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Snow in Sweden disrupts transport

Heavy snowfalls in Sweden have disrupted rail services and prevented commuters from getting to work in Stockholm.  Freight and logisistics companies h...
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Posted on February 25, 2010

Logistics Event in April

The biggest logistics event in the UK takes place at Birmingham NEC from 27 - 29 April.  Exhibitors from ports, shipping lines, rail operators, logist...
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Shipping surcharges get out of hand

Ocean carriers are continuing to impose various surcharges whilst keeping base rates stable; the unpredictability of these surcharges are jeopardizing cust...
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Posted on February 23, 2010

Finland dredging shipping lanes

As container ships become larger, shipping channels and harbour basins need to be made bigger and wider.  The sea around the port of Helsinki in Finla...
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Greening Gothenburg

The port of Gothenburg is one of the first in the world to offer 'cold ironing'; when cargo ships berth at the port, they switch off their diesel engines a...
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Freight Train derailment

Services were disrupted in Hampshire yesterday after the low-speed derailment of a freight train.  The thirty-seven carriage train came off the tracks...
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Germany Braced for pilots’ strike

Pilots working for Lufthansa are planning a four-day strike beginning on Monday next week.  According to Lufthansa Cargo, air freight schedules will n...
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Posted on February 18, 2010

Government Report on Rail Freight

According to a recently published report, investment in rail freight is vital to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.  The report, by the Transport Commit...
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Rail Freight Plans for North

Over the next 10 years Network Rail is intending to make major investments in order to increase the efficiency and speed of both passenger and freight serv...
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Finland Minister delays strike

Port workers in Finland planned to strike last Friday, but the Finnish Labour Minister used her authority to postpone the strike by two weeks.  In the...
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Air Freight Price-Fixing

The European Commission has issued a Statement of Objections to several leading air freight companies which have been accused of price-fixing.  The St...
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Freight Forwarding Regs for Nigeria

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria has engaged a foremost law company to draw up new regulations for the qualifications requir...
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Shipping Lines cut staff overheads

A major Japanese shipping line is moving its London-based staff to a newly refurbished office in Liverpool;the company will benefit from grants given by th...
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Freight Rates fluctuating

The Baltic Index shows that dry shipping rates are unstable due to doubts that the world economy is recovering.  In Europe, business confidence fell d...
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Shipping accident – Sweden

Last Saturday there was a maritime accident in the Baltic Sea close to the Swedish coast, near the island of Gotland.  Three freight containers fell o...
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Freight Development in Kent

A quarry company and a cement company are putting forward proposals for a 26 acre rail freight interchange in West Kent.  The interchange will be call...
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Posted on February 8, 2010

Finland – Wildcat Port Strikes

Export dependant Finland had its cargo movements disrupted on Tuesday by wildcat strikes at seven ports.  The stevedores union is protesting about the...
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Posted on February 4, 2010

Freight train death

A man was hit by a freight train at Manchester Piccadilly in the early hours of this morning.  All main services were disrupted, but the Transport Pol...
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Dry Freight Rates

Having shown a steady fall since the end of last year, shipping industry experts are predicting that the Baltic Dry Index may begin to show an improvement ...
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Optimism for worldwide shipping

Although industrial growth figures in the UK are only just positive, other indicators around the world suggest that the future may be brighter for the ship...
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Posted on February 2, 2010

New logistics market

Industry commentators are saying that the aquisition of Cadbury by Kraft indicates that there will be a new, more global market for international logistics...
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Rail Freight Operator blames Eurotunnel

A major European rail freight operator has blamed the high cost of using Eurotunnel for the lack of growth in European rail freight.  They argue that ...
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