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Med Freight Marseille

A conference specifically addressing the problems and challenges of logistics and transport in the Mediterranean area takes place this week.  Marseill...
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Posted on November 24, 2009

Logistics Exhibition in China

An exhibition is being staged in Beijing from 10 -12 August 2010.  Organised by the China Logistics Technical Association, importers and shippers are ...
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Trans Middle East Event

The 5th Trans Middle East 2009 Exhibition and Conference, hosted by the General Organisation of Seaports Bahrain takes place at the Gulf Int...
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Posted on November 19, 2009

UK freight capacity decline

A recent report issued by a shipping and transport consultancy shows that the capacity of short sea RoRo ferry and container ships serving the UK mainland ...
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Stratmos Conference in Hull

The Logistics Institute of the University of Hull hosted the second conference of the Stratmos project yesterday. Stratmos is a project studying the feasib...
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Logistics Hub in Bulgaria

A new logistics hub will be opening in Bulgaria next spring.  The building is on schedule, and will be one of the most modern intermodal logistics hub...
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Air Freight enjoys Christmas rush

Air freight carriers are enjoying an increase in ad hoc bookings as retailers re-stock at short notice for the peak shopping period.  A lack of consum...
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Posted on November 17, 2009

Freight by Water

Barge operators suffer from major barriers to the future growth of water freight.  At the Freight by Water annual conference, speakers bemoaned the fa...
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France to suffer logistics chaos

Freight truck drivers' unions are planning to blockade logistics hubs throughout France during December, if employers do not comply with their wishes regar...
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Netherlands pioneers direct air freight bookings

Three internet portals are being developed in the Netherlands which will allow shippers to book air freight direct with carriers, possibly from next spring...
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China balances imports and exports

Although recession in China seemed quite possible at the beginning of 2009, the government has managed to stave this off by a huge investment infrastructur...
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Posted on November 12, 2009

Air cargo improving

Figures from both the Hong Kong airport freight handling company, and from BAA show the first year on year increase in volumes since more than a year ago. ...
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Posted on November 11, 2009

BBC box highlights State of Shipping Industry

For the past year a shipping container marked with the BBC logo has been travelling around the world, with the aim of alerting the public to the importance...
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Barge Freight helps exports in Brazil

For many years it has been difficult for the remote states in the centre of Brazil to access sea ports so that they could export their products of cotton, ...
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Rail Freight Group praises new reefer service

The Rail Freight Group has said that the success of the first refrigerated freight train from Spain to the United Kingdom, which arrived last week, shows t...
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Freight Service Awards sets new record

 A significant number of companies which have never before submitted entries to the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Freight Service A...
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Posted on November 5, 2009

Road Freight Indicators

Whilst it is difficult to gather statistics for the road freight market, due to its fragmentation and the fact that most government statistics are out of d...
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Prospects for International Freight

indicators for the third quarter of 2009 suggest that -although international freight volumes seem to be improving - it is at the expense of margin compres...
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China economy expanding

International trade with China is beginning to recover in response to the government's economic stimulus package.  The economy expanded by approximate...
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Posted on November 3, 2009

Fruity Rail Freight reduces emissions

On 30 October, the first-ever fully refrigerated rail freight train through Eurotunnel arrived at the railhead at Dagenham.  A major UK-based multi-mo...
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Shortsea Shipping Conference

Coastlink was established as a UK organisation to advance the cause of shortsea container shipping around the UK coast.  It has now become a European ...
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Revised BIFA Standard Trading Conditions

The British International Freight Association has revised its STCs slightly to take account of a change in legislation.  In 2005, selling of insurance...
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