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Intermodal freight set to grow

The rail freight industry has been investing heavily in rolling stock and rail facilities at ports and terminals, with a view to increasing the amount of i...
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Posted on June 25, 2009

Cargo growth through Vienna

The inland port of Vienna in Austria acts both as a distribution centre and a transit port for intermodal freight; every week 85 container trains depart fr...
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New Export Control System

Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue is introducing and new Export Control system on 1 July.  The new system has two main aspects; the implementation of ...
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Posted on June 23, 2009

Shenzhen set to grow

This year the port of Shenzhen in China is planning to exceed the volume throughput of 2008, even though there has been a decline of 15-20% in the first qu...
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Turku invests in difficult times

The port of Turku in Finland is taking the opportunity to invest in expansion while construction costs are low.  Two distribution centres are being bu...
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BIFA fights light dues increase

The UK trade association for freight forwarding companies, the British International Freight Association, wants the Department for Transport to re-think th...
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Water Freight Feasibility Study

A study commissioned by British Waterways and published in May suggested that the River Trent was an under-used water facility in the centre of England, an...
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Posted on June 18, 2009

Olympic Freight Legacy

On Friday 5 June a new lock was opened in London at Bromley-by-Bow.  Funded by a combination of public bodies, the lock will allow freight to be carri...
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Midsummer in Sweden

Don't forget that on Saturday 20 June it will be Midsummer Eve in Sweden.  This festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm by people all over Sweden...
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Posted on June 16, 2009

CLECAT Statement on New Shipping Regulations

CLECAT, the body representing European freight forwarders, logistics service providers and customs agents, has issued a statement explaining their objectio...
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Reduced demand from China and Hong Kong

Air freight carriers are reducing capacity on services from south China and Hong Kong to try and improve the load factors on freight aircraft.  Freigh...
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Shipping Conference in India

For the first time the world's largest container ports, shipping and logistics exhibition will be held in the maritime city of Chennai in India.  Dele...
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Banks role in shipping crisis

As the banks respond to the world economic crisis and their own lack of liquidity, their cautious lending policies mean that they are trying to withdraw fr...
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Posted on June 11, 2009

Freight Forwarders fight Shipping Lines

New cargo liability rules have been proposed by the UN to replace the existing Hamburg and Hague Visby compensation regimes.  The proposals have promp...
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Posted on June 9, 2009

Scandinavia maintains rail freight services

While volumes of traffic are falling within Scandinavia, as they are in the rest of the world, rail freight operators remain determined to continue service...
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Port of Gothenburg expands services

As the only port in Scandinavia with a comprehensive deepsea network, the port of Gothenburg has managed to attract shipping lines serving India and North ...
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Rail Freight needs to sharpen response

One of the complaints at the Rail Freight Group Conference last week was that rail freight operators are very slow to quote for business, in comparison wit...
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New air terminal for North China

A new freight terminal opened in Tianjin in Northern China last April and this year has gained security Certification from the Transported Asset Protection...
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New Export Control System

On July 1 Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is introducing a new system for export customs declaration; one of the legal requirements will be that freight ...
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Posted on June 4, 2009

Freight Train Crash in France

Rail traffic was brought to a halt on the main Bordeaux-Paris line on 20 May due to a crash involving two freight trains.  Ininitial investigations su...
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Posted on June 2, 2009

Shipping Exhibition in Bremen

TOC Europe, 'The Shipping, Ports and Terminals Event for Europe' takes place in Bremen, Germany from 16 - 18 June 2009. Conference attendees will gain the ...
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Finland rejects Russian proposals

The Federal Customs Service in Russia is proposing to move the majority of regional container freight traffic from road to trains and local shipping servic...
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