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Security Workshops for Freight and Logistics

The Transport Security Expo, which will be held at Olympia in London from 14 - 15 November this year, is offering workshops on supply chain security for pa...
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Posted on June 30, 2012

New Shipping route China-Brazil

A new direct container shipping groupage service is now available from Shanghai to Santos.  It can also be used for LCL consignments from Ningbo; they ca...
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Posted on June 29, 2012

Norway Oil Exports

Although 700 workers on North Sea oil platforms off the coast of Norway have been on strike since Sunday, government officials are saying that this will no...
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Posted on June 28, 2012

Delay for multi-modal freight terminal

A planning decision about the proposed new freight terminal on the grounds of Radlett airport was promised for 13 June, but has not been forthcoming.  The...
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Posted on June 27, 2012

Inland Freight Terminal for Perth

Perth in Western Australia has become the main distribution point for interstate general freight.  Planning has begun to move the emphasis away from Perth...
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Posted on June 26, 2012

Rail Freight Agreement for Europe

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed wholeheartedly the agreement w between the EU member states, the European Parliament and the Commission on the Fi...
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New container freight station for India

A new container freight station in Kerala, India, is the first to serve the new International Container Transshipment terminal in Kochi.  The facility has...
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Posted on June 25, 2012

Freight growth slowing in China

The growth in  volumes of import and export freight flowing through China's freight container ports is slowing down.  In the first three months of this y...
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Posted on June 24, 2012

New Container Terminal for Melbourne

The port of Melbourne in Australia is to be re-developed to provide a completely new freight container port, which should take 15 years to complete. The ad...
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Posted on June 23, 2012

Pharma Freight for China

According to a report recently published by Cold Chain IQ, in five years times China will represent a great opportunity for exports of pharmaceutical produ...
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Posted on June 22, 2012

Record Freight Containers at Felixstowe

The Port of Felixstowe last week set a new record for the number of rail freight containers handled in a week.  11,474 containers were handled in one week...
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Posted on June 21, 2012

Rockfall delays Gotthard Freight

After a rockfall near the Gotthard tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland on 5 June, passenger and freight trains have been delayed and re-routed.  The tu...
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Posted on June 19, 2012

Midsummer exit from Stockholm, Sweden

With the main summer festival of Midsummer Eve taking place on Friday 22 June, many workers will leave Stockholm and the other main cities for the countrys...
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Posted on June 18, 2012

Wedding dress exports boom

Exports of wedding dresses from China are buoyant in spite of the general economic gloom.  Chaozhou in southern China's Guangdon province is a leading su...
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Posted on June 17, 2012

China Export Growth

Official statistics issued by China's government over the  weekend show that the economy is still growing, although more slowly than expected in some area...
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Posted on June 16, 2012

Norway Oil Exports may be strike bound

Oil rig workers in Norway are in dispute with Statoil, one of the largest producers, over plans to change the pension system.  The National Mediator has s...
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Posted on June 15, 2012

China logistics weakness

Local Logistics in China tend to be unreliable and expensive according to a recent report. About 49% of the respondents to the survey reported high costs ...
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Posted on June 14, 2012

Slow growth in Europe import/export

Trade volume figures for the first quarter of 2012 suggest that growth will be slower than in 2011. Deepsea imports to Europe are forecast to increase b...
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Posted on June 13, 2012

Russia cuts freight permits

Russia has reduced the number of overland freight permits which it allows to Poland by about 10%. Russia regulates cargo traffic between itself and the res...
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Posted on June 12, 2012

Freight Shuttle Plans for Texas

A privately funded business is being encouraged by state officials to develop an overhead trackway to carry freight across the state of Texas in the USA. T...
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Posted on June 11, 2012

Container Shipping Freight Rates Falling

Shipping lines are being forced to reduce freight rates, even though they made an agreement at the beginning of this year to impose increases. The first...
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Posted on June 10, 2012

Air Cargo limited by Norway Strikes

Although the strikes in Norway are not supported by 100% of workers, air cargo at Oslo has been restricted by the lack of security guards.  Air cargo hand...
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Posted on June 9, 2012

Norway strikes affect freight

The first public sector strikes in Norway for 30 years affected freight and shipping, as harbour pilots, crane drivers and train drivers joined in the disp...
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Posted on June 8, 2012

New Shipping Service to Cork

The port of Cork in Ireland has invested heavily in new equipment, enabling it to welcome the first direct shipping service from South America.  Weekly se...
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Posted on June 7, 2012

UK Pig Exports to China

The UK is exporting thousands of pigs to China, to interbreed with the inferior Chinese pigs. The Food Minister flew out to China last week, and will spen...
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Posted on June 3, 2012

Food Exports to Grow

The UK food industry is planning to hugely expand its exports, especially to China, where there is pent up demand for pork meat and pigs. According to the ...
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China Export Recovery

The Chinese government said in a press conference that export growth  showed recovery during the first ten days of May, but the country is still facing di...
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Rotterdam Heavy Freight Development

The Port of Rotterdam is to renovate part of the site to make a new heavy lift centre for the storage and handling of oversized freight. Most of this cargo...
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Posted on June 2, 2012

Shipping lines to maintain rates

Shipping lines are determined to try and maintain higher rates so that the freight market does not develop the perception that freight rates are constantly...
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Posted on June 1, 2012
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