May 2012 - RW Freight

Global Freight Awards

Freight, logistics and shipping companies are invited to enter for the industry awards recently re-named Global Freight Awards. The deadline for entries ...
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Posted on May 31, 2012

New Air Freight Service to Brazil

A new freight only air service to Manaus in Brazil is beginning, to serve the free trade zone which has developed in the state of Amazonas. The citys's ...
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Posted on May 30, 2012

Proposed New Rail Freight Charges

A new charging scheme for rail freight is due to be implemented in 2014, and the Office of Rail Regulation is proposing to extend a special freight levy to...
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Posted on May 29, 2012

Freight Driver Shortage

The government's logistics training body, Skills for Logistics, has published a report entitled A Looming Driver Shortage? which suggests that a shortag...
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Posted on May 27, 2012

Cabotage Protest for Nordics

Freight transport companies and organisations in Denmark, Sweden and Norway are calling on their governments to temporarily opt-out of the EU cabotage rule...
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Posted on May 26, 2012

New Freight Terminals in Europe

Three new freight terminals will be developed in northern Italy,as part of Europe's plans to improve the rail infrastructure for cargo. The Gotthard Base T...
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Posted on May 25, 2012

Container shipping delays

Container shipping lines have a poor record for punctuality. Researchers claim that forty per cent of shippers are given a bill of lading within three d...
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Posted on May 24, 2012

Foreign Firms dominate Vietnam freight

Since Vietnam opened its borders to foreign freight companies in January this year, local companies have found it more difficult to compete, especially in ...
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Posted on May 23, 2012

Freight shipping of Re-cyclables

A shipping company has succeeded in obtaining permission to ship recyclables from Guernsey to France. The Guernsey based shipping company began the opera...
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Posted on May 22, 2012

Record Imports and Exports in March

Exports from and imports to the UK hit a record high in March. Export growth was mainly due to sales of pharmaceuticals and cars to non EU countries but ...
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Posted on May 21, 2012

Logistics Terminal for Sydney Australia

An agreement has been signed to begin the development of an intermodal logistics and freight terminal in the Sydney area. Over the past five years, the G...
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Posted on May 20, 2012

UK Car Exports Boom

The first quarter of 2012 has been an exciting one for the UK car industry - export sales increased to a level of £6.1 billion. For the first time since 1...
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Posted on May 19, 2012

Hamburg export and import volumes

Volumes of both import and export traffic through the Port of Hamburg in Germany increased in the first quarter of this year. This was in spite of fallin...
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Posted on May 18, 2012

New Shipping route via Suez Canal

Two container shipping companies have announced that they will begin services from South China and Vietnam to the East Coast of the USA via the Suez Canal....
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Posted on May 17, 2012

New Air Freight Service for China

An air cargo carrier has just launched a new twice-weekly scheduled service to Chongqing, China. The flight from Luxembourg via Doha and Sharjah, lands ...
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Posted on May 16, 2012

India to export wheat

India has a massive stockpile of wheat which is surplus to its requirements. The State Trading Corporation is inviting wheat traders to buy this surplus ...
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Posted on May 15, 2012

Shipping slows in pirate waters

Against advice, shipping companies are opting to steam at slower speeds in waters known to be threatened by Somali pirates. The reason is that the reduct...
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Posted on May 11, 2012

New container offices at Chennai port

Five new offices have been opened at Chennai port zero gate in India in order to speed up the customs clearance of freight containers. The new facility wa...
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Posted on May 10, 2012

Bridge the freight gap China – Europe

Discussions between the premiers of Turkey and China began last month to reach agreement on a high speed rail link across Turkey, which would finalise a la...
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Posted on May 9, 2012

Container Freight rates rise

Last week container freight rates on the Asia to Europe shipping routes rose by 19%, but carriers were unable to increase rates on the eastbound transpacif...
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Posted on May 8, 2012

Logistics Development for Morocco

Logistics infrastructure has been identified as a key driver of development in Morocco, and the King has given the go-ahead for substantial investment in t...
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Posted on May 6, 2012

Freight Transport Advice

The Freight Transport Association has just published the most recent edition of advice for UK-based operators on delivering and collecting in Europe and be...
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Posted on May 5, 2012

Air Cargo Confidence

Confidence about the future of the air freight industry is improving, but the outlook is still uncertain as costs may increase due unstable fuel prices. ...
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Posted on May 4, 2012

Solar Exports to fall

AS Germany has reduced the level of subsidy for solar power industries from 1 April, China is expecting that exports of solar panels will reduce in volume....
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Posted on May 3, 2012

New Logistics Centre Germany

A new logistics centre will be built in the vicinity of Heilbronn, selected for its strategic location on the A81 transport corridor. The new centre will...
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Posted on May 2, 2012

Freight Planning for Olympics

The Freight Transport Association last week published its Support Guide for haulage operators; it includes maps, diagrams, and details of the restrictions ...
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Posted on May 1, 2012

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