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Duisburg Logistics Centre Expands

A 42,000 m2 extension has been opened at the logistics centre in Duisburg logport.  Part of the capacity is used as a freight distribution centre fo...
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Posted on October 31, 2011

US Freight Shipments up in September

The Cass Freight index report shows that volumes increased 5% in September and were 7.5% higher than in 2010. Although all modes reported volume gains dur...
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Posted on October 29, 2011

Container Shipping Prospects

Prospects for the freight industry remain uncertain, but different carriers have adopted different strategies for dealing with this.  The largest containe...
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Project Forwarding course for Freight Forwarders

The Breakbulk Americas freight event in New Orleans this month offered a two day training course for Project Cargo Management.  The course which is accred...
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Posted on October 28, 2011

Natural disasters affect Global Shipping

Flooding in Queensland, Australia has had a huge impact on exports; up to 30 million tonnes of iron ore were unable to be dug out, processed and shipped to...
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Posted on October 27, 2011

Rail Freight Dispute stalls

A dispute between major freight railroads in the USA and labour unions has been running for over a year; in a bid to avert strike action, the White House h...
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Posted on October 26, 2011

Rail Freight Plans for Detroit

The rail freight route from Detroit to Chicago will begin improvements next year, after being granted $196.5 million from the US Federal Railroad Administr...
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Posted on October 25, 2011

International Freight Conference in Pakistan

An International Conference and Exhibition on Logistics and Supply Chain Management is planned for 1 November at Hotel Lahore.  It is being jointly organi...
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Posted on October 24, 2011

Direct freight shipping Asia to Rotterdam

In September a new weekly LCL shipping service began between Rotterdam and Asia.  The new services which are guaranteed to operate, will improve the suppl...
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Posted on October 23, 2011

New Freight Logistics Centre for Rhine

This month sees the opening of a new 41 000 square metre logistics centre in Wiel am Rhein in south Germany.  30,000 EURO pallets can be stored at the s...
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Posted on October 22, 2011

Logistics at Chesterfield

Chesterfield College is now offering logistics training at its specialised logistics centre.  There is a 40 seat conference centre and classrooms, togethe...
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Posted on October 21, 2011

Strike ballot for Intermodal Freight Operator

Today the strike ballot called by the RMT union at Freightliner closes. Managers at Southampton's main rail freight operator were  balloted for strike...
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Posted on October 20, 2011

New Air Freight from Qatar

Twice weekly freight only flights will begin early in November to Atlanta and Houston early in November from Qatar. There will also be a weekly service to ...
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Posted on October 19, 2011

Port and Freight Logistics Park on Thames

London Gateway sea port and logistics park will open in the fourth quarter of 2013, the developer said on 4 October.  An extra 1000 jobs will be added to...
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Posted on October 18, 2011

New Air Freight Service to China

A new direct air freight service has been launched from Schipol airport in Amsterdam to Chongqing in China. The cargo service to one of China's major centr...
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Posted on October 17, 2011

Increased volume on freight only line

In the first half of 2011 almost 50% more trains than in 2010 ran on the freight only railway Betuwe Route, which connects the Port of Rotterdam with...
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Posted on October 16, 2011

Cost of piracy to shipping industry

India ship owners day that piracy is costing the global shipping trade more than $9 billion a year. On Monday 3 October, the shipowners demanded that the ...
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Posted on October 15, 2011

Air Freight double slump

The air-freight market declined by 3.8% in August compared with the same period last year, doubling the 1.8% fall in July, according to figures issued by t...
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Posted on October 14, 2011

Non Euro Exports on the increase

The Office for National Statistics has published figures showing that exports from the UK increased in August, compared with July.  The trade deficit narr...
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Posted on October 13, 2011

Industry Plan for Rail Freight

On 4 October the Rail Delivery Group published its plans to improve cost efficiency and increase the volume of freight carried by 30%. The scheme to im...
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Fuel Duty – fight for UK Freight Forwarders

Two Fuel Duty Rate increases are planned for 2012, the first in January, the second in April deferred to August. Currently Fuel Duty is 57.75 pence per li...
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Posted on October 12, 2011

Olympic Freight Forum

The inaugural Freight Forum for the Olympics took place on 8 September, and was attended by a wide range of freight organisations and operators, including ...
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Posted on October 11, 2011

Freight industry help for Olympics

Transport for London (TfL) released on-line data at the inaugural 2012 Freight Forum meeting, which will help firms plan and manage deliveries during the p...
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Posted on October 10, 2011

China exports increase in price

According to Customs Data, Chinese export prices are increasing as growth is slowing. Meanwhile, the nation's foreign trade with countries such as India, ...
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Posted on October 9, 2011

Freight growth for Venlo terminal

The Venlo tri-modal terminal in the Netherlands expects that transhipment of maritime freight containers will grow by almost 15% this year. Last year the ...
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Posted on October 8, 2011

New Rotterdam call for rail freight service

From September onwards,  the existing rail freight service between Rotterdam and Antwerp will also call at the Rail Service Center in Rotterdam. This c...
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Posted on October 7, 2011

Scottish Freight Sector cuts

The Scottish freight and logistics industry is concerned that it will not be able to meet reduction emission targets after a reduction in government subsid...
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Posted on October 6, 2011

Freight Forwarders admit price-fixing

The USA Government, which is carrying out a major investigation into anti-trust trading in the freight forwarding industry, said last week that six Japanes...
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Posted on October 5, 2011

Asia-Pacific air freight declining

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said last week that reduced freight volumes and cargo capacity indicate that the industry is heading for a dismal ...
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Felixstowe’s New Freight Terminal

On 28 September Felixstowe, which is the largest freight container port in the UK, opened two new berths.  They will be the only container berths in the c...
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Posted on October 4, 2011

Air Freight Developments for Dublin

Initial agreements have been signed by the Dublin Airport Authority for a new freight logistics hub at Shannon airport. The new temperature-controlled ware...
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Posted on October 3, 2011

New air freight link to MidWest

A new direct air freight service from China to the Mid West of the USA has been inaugerated.  On 23rd September the first cargo flight to St Louis in Miss...
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Posted on October 2, 2011

UK Freight Volume increase

The volume of freight shipped through Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port, increased by 12% in 2010 over the previous year.  Overall, the volume i...
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Posted on October 1, 2011
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