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Shipping over Christmas/New Year

Our office will be manned over the Christmas/New Year break, except for the Bank Holidays, and we will be pleased to take your bookings.  Last departu...
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Posted on December 23, 2009

Japanese Shipping lines set example

Several Japanese shipping lines are developing systems which should help to improve the efficiency of fuel use in ships and therefore reduce their carbon f...
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Posted on December 21, 2009

Channel Freight back to normal

Freight through the channel is running normally again after several passenger trains were stuck in the tunnel over the weekend.  Freight lorries were ...
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Congestion at Shanghai

Although air freight capacity out of Asia has improved in recent weeks, congestion at Shanghai has meant that there are still delays and that charters have...
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USA delays cargo scanning

The USA government was planning to institute 100% cargo scanning at all ports of entry.  They have now decided to delay this to 2014, because - in the...
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Posted on December 17, 2009

Christmas Trees from Norway

On 3 December the famous Trafalgar Square Christmas tree was unveiled.  The tree, which is 50 to 60 years old, was chosen from a forest outside Oslo, ...
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Posted on December 15, 2009

Norway chairs Shipping Committee

At the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen yesterday, the Norwegian Minister for the Environment was appointed to chair the committee for shipping, air travel ...
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Sweden promotes road cabotage

Last week the European freight forwarder association, CLECAT, had their annual meeting.  A representative of the Swedish government urged the EC to do...
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Intermodal Conference in Shanghai

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, a special intermodal day will take place at the Toc Asia conference and trade fair.  By 2011, there will be 18 new intermoda...
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Posted on December 10, 2009

Shenzhen suffering

Shenzhen, the second largest container port in China, was the worst performing port in the country during the first eight months of this year.  This i...
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European Freight Expectations

Satistics from the Danske Bank's European Freight Forwarding Index suggest that volumes will decline again at the beginning of 2010; the 160 freight forwar...
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Posted on December 7, 2009

Logistics Park in London Gateway

Thurrock Council has applied for government funding support for the development of the largest logistics park in London.  The developer of the park ha...
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Freight strike expected in France

French haulage workers are once again demanding wage increases in a period of recession and record numbers of haulage companies going bankrupt.  Union...
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Rail Freight Award for Felixstowe

The annual Rail Freight Group awards recognised Felixstowe as 'Business of the Year' in its recent Awards ceremony.  The port has worked with freight ...
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Freight Investigation in Italy

The government Competition Commission in Italy is investigating twenty eight freight forwarding companies who are alleged to be involved in price fixing. &...
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Freight flight fatalities

A charter freight flight sadly ended in three fatalities on Saturday evening.  The aircraft was taking off from Shanghai Pudong airport carrying gener...
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Posted on December 1, 2009

Air freight backlog

The lack of capacity on air freight routes from China and Hong Kong is spreading to the rest of Asia, with the result that rates are increasing and freight...
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Superlorry controversy

A British haulage firm is going to test the law on superlorries by actually using one on the road; the government says that 25 Metre freight lorries are no...
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