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DfT May Permit Longer freight trailers

The Department for Transport has consulted with over 170 freight, logistics and retail organisations to produce a report recommending a two metre increase ...
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Posted on March 31, 2011

Bomb scare on freight aircraft

Two weeks ago a fake bomb was loaded on a cargo only aircraft destined for Istanbul from the UK.  Since December, air freight carriers based in the US...
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Freight and logistics report

A report recently published about UK Freight Transport strategy for 2020 and beyond, suggests that the UK government needs to introduce radical changes to ...
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Posted on March 29, 2011

China rail freight plans

China is planning a bullet train which will transport passengers and freight from China to Europe at speeds of more than 250 km per hour.  This may pr...
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Japan shipping in crisis due to nuclear fears

Many of the world's largest shipping lines are avoiding the main ports in Tokyo Bay because of fear over high levels of radiation leaking from Fukushima. &...
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Moon grounds shipping

The moon's close proximity to the earth this weekend seems to have caused a cargo ship to go aground in the narrow shipping lance between the Isle of Wight...
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Posted on March 22, 2011

Shipping pears to China

Belgium's largest fruit growing co-operative become the first company to received import approval from the Chinese authorities for Belgian Conference pears...
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Posted on March 15, 2011

Armed Guards possible on Indian ships

The Shipping Ministry in India has made a proposal to the Government that armed guards should be allowed to man freight ships to protect them from pirates....
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Bulgaria Fuel Price Protest

Freight and logistics companies have joined car drivers in a peaceful protest at what they consider to be 'profiteering'  by wholesalers.  A nati...
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China Air Freight Rates

Air freight rates out of China are likely to be forced downwards as capacity has increased and demand is lower than expected.  Austerity measures impo...
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Hong Kong Air Freight decline

Volumes of air freight through Hong Kong airport declined sharply in February compared with last year.  The main reason for this was that Chinese New ...
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Logistics Struggle in Japan

Whilst some airports are managing to remain open in Japan after the earthquake disaster last week, bookings at seaports have now been closed and logistics ...
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Indian Shipping Rates increasing

Container shipping rates from India to the rest of the world are on the rise, in comparison with tanker and bulk shipping rates.  Shipping volumes hav...
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Posted on March 10, 2011

Air freight volumes up

IATA said that air freight volumes picked up in January but that the unstable situation in the MIddle East is causing concern about rising oil prices. Air ...
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Freight Forwarder foils terrorist

Staff at a freight forwarding company in Texas identified a package which they said matched the profiles in their security protocols for identifying suspic...
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Shipping avoids Libya

No export cargo is currently reaching Libya, as shipping lines avoid Libyan ports to maintain the safety of their crews.  Dock workers have either run...
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China invests in air freight

China is intending to open 45 new airports to add to the 220 which already exist; they need to make improvements to the infrastructure of airports to enabl...
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German Freight Train Strike

Train drivers in Germany have begun a strike about pay and working conditions.  The strike began on freight rail lines at 8.00 pm yesterday, and passe...
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Shipping against pirates

The shipping industry is uniting to campaign in favour of stronger action by governments, who are currently authorising their naval forces only to 'deter a...
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Posted on March 2, 2011

Finland Exports increase

Last year exports from Finland increased by 16%, although they still have not recovered to the level reached before the recession. The value of exports fro...
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Posted on March 1, 2011
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