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India tries to introduce shipping controls

Although the Indian government is trying to introduce legislation to control shipping, there have been so many objections by interested parties that the Sh...
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Posted on August 31, 2010

New Conference in Oman

A new event will be taking place in Oman on 20 and 21 September; because of the unprecedented growth of container throughput in the Middle Eastern Ports, t...
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Rose Exports from India falling

Rose growers in India, who have traditionally exported roses to Europe and the USA at Christmas, New Year's and Valentine's Day, are losing out to cheaper ...
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China and Norway to co-operate

With the Minister for Foreign Affairs currently on a visit to China, the Chinese Vice President said that the two countries should work together to boost b...
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Ship’s Captain imprisoned

On August 13th a Dutch freight ship went aground in the Oeresund Strait which separates Denmark and Sweden.  As the ship went aground near Helsingborg...
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WWF blames Sweden

The World Wildlife fund is predicting that the Baltic Sea will suffer unsustainable pressure as conflicting interests compete to use its resources and to p...
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Freight Ship sheds Load

A freight ship lost 60 tonnes of timber off the Norfolk coast near Lowestoft, and leisure sailors and fishermen have been advised to take care.  The t...
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Volumes fall in China

Volumes of cargo through Shanghai and Shenzhen fell in June compared with the previous month, although they are still well in excess of 2009.  Authori...
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Singapore is top world port

Recently published research shows that Singapore is still the largest port in the world by volume, in spite of huge growth in the main ports of China. &nbs...
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Posted on August 26, 2010

Freight Truck charges

The Government has confirmed that the Department of Transport is committed to introducing a user charge for freight lorries within the next five years. &nb...
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New Incoterms

The International Chamber of Commerce has issued a new set of Incoterms - the three-letter codes which define the risks and responsibilities of buyers and ...
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Logistics Exhibition in Shenzhen

An exhibition covering all aspects of Logistics, Transport and Freight will be taking place in Shenzhen Convention Centre from October 15-17th.  The o...
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Posted on August 24, 2010

Intermodal Europe 2010

Head to Amsterdam on 3th November to 2nd December if you want to take part in the well-established logistics Fair which has been show-casing freight, logis...
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Logistics Exhibition in Saudi

Saudi Transtec will be taking place at the Dharan International Exhibition Centre from 25-27th October.  The show covers all areas of freight and tran...
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Record Traffic Jam in China

Authorities in China say that conditions have returned to 'normal' after a 100 km traffic jam which lasted 9 days.  The record gridlock, which took pl...
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Network Rail improves Freight Capacity

Network Rail will be demolishing a bridge at Kennington over the Christmas break a replacing it with a bigger one.  This is part of ongoing work to im...
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Posted on August 19, 2010

Free Land for Freight in India

An Indian railway company is offering free land to developers who wish to develop rail freight terminals.  The East Central railway hopes that their o...
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Rail Freight Interchange row

The property company which is attempting to develop a new rail freight interchange at Radlett against severe local opposition, has now issued a statement f...
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New Rail Freight Line

The Department for Transport has given permission to Network Rail to build a new freight line in Warwickshire.  The short, 1 km long section, will for...
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Rail freight to expand in China

At a recent logistics conference in Chongqing, one of the main speakers said that rail freight was the key to opening up west China to increased export pro...
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Posted on August 3, 2010

Shanghai busiest container port

Shanghai first overtook Singapore in volume throughput in September last year - since then the lead position has alternated between the two ports, with Sha...
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Inter Modal Freight Exchange delayed

Plans for an intermodal freight exchange on the old Radlett airfield in Hertfordshire have been put on hold while the developers decide whether to request ...
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Air Freight Recovery

Figures recently released by the International Air Transport Association show that air freight volumes are continuing to recover.  Internatonal schedu...
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Posted on August 2, 2010

Greek Freight Drivers back to work

Lorry drivers in Greece have agreed to go back to work after a week of strikes. They were protesting about government plans to reform the freight industry ...
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