January 2012 - RW Freight

Freight Service Awards

The annual BIFA Freight Service Awards and Luncheon took place on 19th January. All finalists received a framed certificate presented by the Host, Christi...
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Posted on January 31, 2012

Olympic Freight Advice

Transport for London is offering a series of workshops for freight operators and their customers to help business keep running smoothly during the Olympic...
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Posted on January 30, 2012

Foreign Freight Lorries to be charged

The Freight Transport Association has cautiously welcomed government proposals to charge foreign lorries over 12 tonnes for using UK roads. The FTA think...
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Posted on January 29, 2012

Shipping will suffer from low sulphur directive

Shipping lines based in France, represented by Armateurs de France (AdF), says the EU directive on reducing sulphur emissions to 0.1% would seriously thre...
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Posted on January 28, 2012

Pakistan Rail Freight on the move

Rail freight from Karachi ceased for six months due to a lack of locomotives starting last July. Daily freight services will now recommence to clear a b...
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Posted on January 27, 2012

Scotland cuts Freight grants

Freight operators in Scotland are protesting about the government cutting the funding for Freight Facilities Grants by 62.5%. The funds are to help opera...
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Posted on January 26, 2012

French Rail Freight Disruption

Rail freight services in France could be badly disrupted by modernisation on the rail network in 2012. The French government has a 13bn euro plan to reno...
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Posted on January 25, 2012

Freight Organisation welcomes investment

The British International Freight Association, which represents freight forwarders in the UK, has welcomed the Chancellor's plans to fund road widening sch...
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Posted on January 24, 2012

Beaujolais Nouveau Exports

China is now the top export destination for the Bordeaux region of France, and wealthy Chinese are increasingly investing in wine. Perhaps more surprisi...
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Posted on January 23, 2012

Record Car Exports

Prospects for British car exports are bright as they ended 2011 on a record high. The industry has been growing since the recession on the basis of expor...
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Posted on January 22, 2012

Shipping Prospects

Shippping lines are facing a difficult year this year but many are surprisingly optimistic. Over capacity remains a problem, but planning for the future ...
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Posted on January 21, 2012

New Sea Freight Motorway

A new Motorway of the Sea is being proposed by the port of Sete in France, linking with Southern Spain and Morocco. They will apply for funding under the ...
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Posted on January 20, 2012

Revolutionary Freight Technology

A new system which will lift unaccompanied trailers onto trains is set to revolutionise freight between Western and Eastern Europe. The system which has ...
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Posted on January 19, 2012

China Import Exhibition

The International Chamber of Commerce in China will be hosting an import Trade Fair on March 29th in Jiangsu province. The exhibition will include machiner...
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Posted on January 18, 2012

China Exports Slow

Growth in China's exports is expected to be slow in the first half of this year because of the complicated situation in the world economy. It is expected...
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Posted on January 17, 2012

Freight transport may revive canals

The waterways of the UK could once more be used to carry bulk freight as industry seeks more environmentally friendly ways of transporting cargo. Power s...
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Posted on January 12, 2012

Low cargo growth for Rotterdam

The port of Rotterdam showed an increase in freight volumes of only about 0.8%. The volumes of dry bulk increased, while ore and scrap fell as producers...
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Posted on January 11, 2012

Air freight Service suspended

The first going venture air cargo service in China has been suspended due to falling volumes of freight. The Shenzhen-based carrier was founded in 200...
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Posted on January 10, 2012

French Freight drivers protest

Truck drivers in France ar protesting about increasing freedom in the European haulage market. Since 1 January hauliers from Bulgaria and Romania have j...
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Posted on January 9, 2012

New Service between China and Taiwan

A new container shipping service between Taiwan and Northern China will take advantage of increased volumes of freight between the two countries. Two 1,...
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Posted on January 8, 2012

Arctic Freight Success

It was announced earlier this week that the rail freight service, which has been running for a year, between Oslo in Norway and Narvik in the Arctic Circle...
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Posted on January 7, 2012

Cross Andean Freight Route

Construction of a new freight route across the Andes will begin this year. The 204km corridor will connect Punta de Vacas in Argentina and Saladillo, Chil...
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Posted on January 6, 2012

Freight rate war

Shipping lines began last year to offer different types of service in order to gain share in what seems to be a declining market. The main innovation was...
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Posted on January 5, 2012

Suffolk exports to Russia

A Suffolk manufacturer of metalwork fluids has opened up the Russian export market with the help of UKTI, the government agency charged with enabling busin...
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Posted on January 4, 2012

Gales disrupt shipping

Container freight shipping has been seriously disrupted today by gales affecting the coastal ports. The UK's biggest port by volume of freight, Felixstow...
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Posted on January 3, 2012

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