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DfT Committed to Rail Freight

The Rail Freight Group has expressed fears that spending cuts will affect the government commitment to shift freight from road to rail.  However, this...
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Posted on September 24, 2009

Ocean freight volumes decline

The Department for Transport has issued statistics showing that the UK's international trade has declined in the first half of 2009 by 11% compared with la...
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French Investment in Rail Freight

The French government is hoping that investment in rail freight will take more than 2 million truck journeys per year off the road, and reduce carbon emiss...
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Shipping Companies Carbon Trading Proposals

The National ship owning associations of five shipping nations have published a discussion paper about the possibilities of introducing a carbon trading sc...
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Freight forwarders recruiting

Recruitment companies are saying that freight forwarding and logistics companies are beginning to advertise vacancies after a period of redundancies and do...
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Shipping lines think short-term

A major freight forwarding organisation based in Hong Kong says that shipping lines are adopting the short-term strategy of 'rolling-over' cargo, to the lo...
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Third Party Logistics Summit in Brussels

The seventh European 3PL Summit will take place in Brussels from 24th to 25th November 2009.  The event is specifically designed for logistics provide...
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Rail Freight self-promotion

Two Rail Freight organisations have produced papers showing how the sector can help the economy and the environment.  The reports have been timed to c...
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Posted on September 22, 2009

Haulage Bankruptcies in Finland

During the past year, bankruptcies in haulage firms in Finland have been nearly double the usual annual rate.  A number of different factors have play...
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Helsinki regains dominant position

In common with all other Finnish ports, volume through the port of Helsinki has seen a considerable decline, but because it is not so dependent on the Russ...
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Logistics Reform for China

The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing has recently released data showing that the industry is facing huge challenges; 40% of logistics firms hav...
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Russia – Finland trade collapsing

Freight forwarders in Finland are suffering from a massive drop in volumes of freight to and from Russia.  Volumes in Russian transit traffic and fore...
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Better prospects for Tunnel Freight

Freight trains should be able to move more smoothly through the tunnel after the takeover of the rail operating company which was formerly responsible for ...
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Small forwarders beat recession

Small freight forwarders are dealing with the recession by being more pro-active in sales and differentiating themselves by service.  The larger house...
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Posted on September 15, 2009

Shipping starved of finance

A recent survey by a legal group suggests that the international shipping industry is continuing to suffer from the credit squeeze, as banks refuse them ne...
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Driver Scam Alert

Skills for Logistics is warning everyone on its database not to be taken in by an internet scam which asks them to pay £45 for a card to exempt them ...
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BIFA Freight Service Awards 2009

The deadline is approaching for companies wishing to enter the BIFA Annual Freight Service Awards.  Entries from companies must be received by Friday ...
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Women in Logistics celebrate

The networking group Women in Logistics will celebrate its first anniversary this Thursday 17 September; there will be parties in three different locations...
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Freight Exhibition cancelled

The International Freight Week exhibition, which was due to take place in Abu Dhabi from 18 -20 October 2009 has been cancelled.  The organisers state...
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Posted on September 10, 2009

Freight Transport Association Seminars

The FTA is running a series of workshops which will be of interest to people involved in freight and transport management.  The sessions take place in...
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Distribution Conference in Brussels

The 2009 Global Distribution Strategies Conference will take place in Brussels from 6 - 7 October. Taking place over three days, the conference will be att...
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Posted on September 8, 2009

Fuel Duty Increase hits freight sector

In spite of strenuous lobbying by the Freight Transport Association, the Government went ahead with is intended fuel duty increase last week.  The Ass...
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Freight suppliers more optimistic

A report which measures the positive sentiment in the freight forwarding industry shows that forwarders are now expecting freight volumes to increase durin...
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Feeder service to Stockholm

A new service will move containers on feeder ships from Rotterdam to Stockholm.  This will offer shippers a more cost effective and environmental frie...
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Posted on September 3, 2009

Trade report praises Singapore

The world Economic Forum has released its annual report comparing the way that different countries encourage trade and investment.  Singapore and Hong...
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Shipping legislation in China and India

Shipping lines in Asia are under constant criticism from the Asian Shippers Council.  The ASC claims that lines break freight into many different char...
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Posted on September 1, 2009

New truck rules in Finland

Finland is the first country in the EU to introduce stricter rules to control foreign trucks operating within the country.  Freight lorries from outsi...
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FIATA World Congress in Geneva

Don't forget that the FIATA annual congress takes place from 21 September in Geneva.  There will be an exhibition, a conference and a social programme...
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Recovery in Scandinavia

Financial commentators are forecasting that Sweden and Norway will recover from the economic downturn before countries in the Eurozone.  The export le...
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