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Green timber from Norway

New timber from Norway to renovate the Norwegian Church Arts Centre in Cardiff was shipped in the greenest possible way - on a sailing ship from Bergen. &n...
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Posted on July 22, 2010

FTA encourages infrastructure investment

The Chief Executive Officer of the Freight Transport Association has written to Transport Minister Philip Hammond to advise him of the logistics industry p...
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Storms hit Chinese shipping

As the south of China is lashed by severe weather, the Government warned people to stay inside and close the doors.  After a typhoon earlier this week...
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China Oil Imports disrupted

Imports of oil into China via the port of Dlian have been halted due to a fire and resulting oil slick.  China recruited an additional 500 fishing boa...
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Freight Transport Association Lobbies Government

The Freight Transport Association has asked the Under Secretary of State for Transport to commission a study on the impact of ever-increasing tolls on the ...
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Contrast in global trade

Global trade statistics are giving a confusing picture, as prices and freight rates for commodities such as iron or and coal plummet, while exports and imp...
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Posted on July 15, 2010

India Freight Set to Grow

The freight industry in India is expected to grow this year, even though it is hampered by lack of investment in infrastructure.  A recently published...
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Lion freight

A freight truck has been discovered carrying a lion cub in Rome, the capital of Italy.  Found in the charge of three Bulgarian nationals, the lorry wa...
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New Rail Freight Germany-Italy

A new cargo service is being set up by the Swiss Government in conjunction with a major international rail freight carrier.  The company will handle t...
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Fall in Bulk Freight Rates

The state owned shipping line of India is suffering from drastically falling freight rates for dry bulk carriers and tankers.  These are the ships whi...
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Posted on July 13, 2010

Rail Freight slows in India

According to figures recently released, the growth in rail freight in India was slower than expected for May this year.  This was caused by lower than...
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Low Carbon Freight

A conference taking place tomorrow will be awarding a prize to the company which has done the most to reduce vehicle emissions for road freight vehicles. &...
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German aid for shipping lines

The German government has pledged 2.5 m Euros per ship to enable shipping lines to retro-fit equipment to help them with slow steaming.  The kits are ...
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Posted on July 8, 2010

Road Tolls study

The Welsh Assemby has advised the Freight Transport Association that there will be a study on the economic impact of tolls on the Severn Bridge.  The ...
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More Countries sign up for electronic freight

Three more countries have signed up to use the efreight system for air freight. An industry-wide initiative from IATA, which is designed to streamline the ...
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Freight Traffic dip

There was a fall in freight volumes in major ports recorded for the twelve months up to March 2010, compared with the previous year.  Total freight tr...
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Export led Nordic countries recover

Norway and Sweden have been the first European countries to increase interest rates.  Both economies are dominated by exports; this means that while t...
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Posted on July 6, 2010

Unrest in parcel freight

Shots have apparently been fired in Turkey as a result of the continuing unrest in the freight parcels industry.  A dispute has been running since Apr...
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Mistakes in export declarations

HMRC say that approximately 2% of all export declarations are not finalised on their system, and is carrying out an investigation as to why this should be ...
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Ports in India over-stretched

With its swiftly growing economy, India should be able to take advantage of its relatively cheaper rates to export goods to the west.  The problems ar...
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Container Shortage

Freight forwarders and shipping lines will be struggling to find containers for exports out of China, even though shipping lines are putting on extra capac...
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Air freight recovery

May's air freight figures showed signs of recovery after the hiatus caused by the Icelandic volcano ash.  Growth in air freight volumes increased to 3...
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Posted on July 1, 2010

Sweden Economy Recovery

The Swedish Riksbank has increased interest rates to ensure stable growth.  Sweden is predicted to recover from the economic downturn more quickly tha...
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India frees diesel market

The Prime Minister, Mahoman Singh, has announced that state control will be removed from diesel prices, following on from the liberation of the petrol mark...
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Intermodal in Amsterdam

This year Intermodal Europe 2010 will be held in the Port of Amsterdam from 30th November to 2 December.  The economic circumstances last year had a d...
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