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Pirates Confuse Frigate with Freight

Five pirates have been found by an American court and will face lifetime prison sentences.  The pirate crew attacked a USA Navy frigate which was on p...
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Posted on November 25, 2010

Inmex China

The fourth bi-ennial Inmex event is taking place from 8 - 10 December in the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou.  Situated in th...
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Cool Logistics

Representatives from 24 different countries met in Hamburg to discuss the use of air freight in shipping chilled and ambient goods.  The global supply...
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Posted on November 23, 2010

Freight by Water

The recent Freight by Water which took place in Hull last month gave an opportunity to present a new study showing how the automotive industry could save m...
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Dublin tunnel helps freight

A new tunnel under the Shannon river is helping freight forwarders and logistics operators to reduce transit times.  The tunnel, which was opened in J...
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Christmas Opening times

The British International Freight Association has compiled a list of Christmas and New Year opening times for the major UK ports - see BIFA.org for informa...
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Posted on November 18, 2010

BIFA Freight Service Awards 2010

The annual Freight Service Awards ceremony will be held in London at the BIFA luncheon on 20 January 2011.  Six first- time entrants are on the shortl...
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Supply Chain Security

The British International Freight Association, the trade association for UK freight forwarders and other cargo interests, says that the Government should n...
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Finnish exports up

Exports from Finland increased by a quarter year-on-year in September, according to preliminary figures released by the National BOard of Customs.  Th...
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Posted on November 16, 2010

India Rail Freight Revenue improves

Revenue from India's rail freight network has improved for the months April to October this year, compared with the same period last year.  Total frei...
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New Logistics Hub in Vietnam

A Chinese and a Vietnamese company have signed a joint venture agreement to create a logisitics hub in North Vietnam. The new joint venture company, based ...
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Posted on November 9, 2010

New Shipping link to Cambodia

A Saigon shipping company is to begin a shipping service between Pnhom Penh in Cambodia and two Vietnam ports - Cat Lai and Cai Mep.  The service is b...
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Customs System breakdown

UK importers, exporters and freight forwarders are suffering losses due the the computerized Customs facility's unreliability.  Disruptions to the sys...
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New Direct Service to Vietnam

Freight forwarders are expecting exports from Vietnam to the west to rise, as producers invest in new production capacity and Vietnam builds up new transpo...
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Freight trains collide

Two freight trains collided in Poland yesterday, causing a serious explosion.  The freight trains, carrying oil and petrol, crashed near Bialystock wi...
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Finland – Estonia freight growing

Cargo volumes between Finland and Estonia are increasing; freight volumes for the three largest shipping lines have been growing steadily since last spring...
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Posted on November 4, 2010

India Freight to divert through Bangladesh

A recent report suggests that freight between different states in India could more efficiently be transited through Bangladesh, where the use of rail corri...
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Freight checks ordered in India

The Indian Government has ordered checks to be made on all freight from the Yemen and Somalia at airports, ports and in the postal system. The instruction ...
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USA air freight screening

Shippers' representatives have strongly criticised the proposal to carry out screening on 100% on air freight cargo.  The European Shippers council sa...
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Freight container rates falling

In spite of recent increases in freight volumes, container rates Asia - Europe are continuing to fall.  Last week's Shanghai Containerised Freight Ind...
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Air freight to triple

A major air cargo carrier is predicting that traffic will expand 5.9% every year over the next two decades, and will triple by 2029.  There has been a...
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