July 2012 - RW Freight

Car Exports from Felixstowe

As second-hand car exports from the UK continue to grow, Felixstowe port has introduced a new facility to pre-check bio-security and structure. One of th...
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Posted on July 31, 2012

Eurotunnel Freight Increase

Revenue from freight at Eurotunnel increased by a third over the same period last year, even though there was a 14% drop in rail freight tonnage. Fre...
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Posted on July 29, 2012

Olympic Freight App

The Freight Transport Association has launched an App to help the logistics industry plan routes by giving them as much up to date information as possible....
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Posted on July 28, 2012

Freight Concern over Felixstowe road toll

The freight industry has expressed concern over government plans to make part of the A14 - which links Felixstowe to the rest of the country - wider. The...
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Posted on July 27, 2012

Freight Route closed by fire

A major cross border freight transport route between France and Spain was closed earlier this week by violent forest fires in the Catalonia region. Cross b...
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Posted on July 26, 2012

Saudi Shipping Companies to merge

Two merchant shipping companies in Saudi Arabia are to combine, to make the fourth largest owner of VLCCs globally. It is hoped that the company will ...
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Posted on July 25, 2012

Hazardous Rail Freight Accident

A major rail freight accident which happened on 11 July in Columbus, Ohio shows the dangers inherent in carrying hazardous freight. A freight train trave...
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Posted on July 24, 2012

Unusual Freight from China

Earlier this month a three month old kitten was found in a shipping container having survived three weeks without food and water. The kitten was disc...
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Posted on July 23, 2012

Freight by Water

The Freight Transport Association is organising a free one day conference to illustrate the many opportunities available to shipping and forwarding intere...
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Posted on July 22, 2012

Fall in Eurozone Exports

Exports to the most troubled parts of the Eurozone, such as Spain and Greece, are falling as consumer demand in these countries shrinks due to economic dif...
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Posted on July 21, 2012

Saudi Ports swamped by Imports

Ports in Saudi Arabia are being overwhelmed by the increase in imports which has occurred over the last year. The delays in unloading have caused two in...
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Posted on July 20, 2012

Jeddah unable to handle freight volumes

Jeddah Port is unable to handle current freight volumes, because of a 31 percent increase in the tonnage of imports. The number of shipping containers an...
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Posted on July 19, 2012

Rail Freight Group welcomes investment

The Rail Freight Group welcomed the Government's pledge to make a major investment in rail development, saying that the package would support future growt...
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Posted on July 18, 2012

Government Investment in Rail Freight

Yesterday the Government announced a £9.4 bn investment in rail, and a further £200 m for the development of the Strategic Rail Freight Network. The majo...
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Posted on July 17, 2012

Freight Train Derails in Chicago

A freight train carrying coal de-railed in the suburbs of Chicago last week as the bridge over which it was running collapsed. No one was hurt, but the a...
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Posted on July 11, 2012

Eurotunnel Buys Freight ships

When Eurotunnel was opened 18 years ago, it was thought that the future of freight shipping was uncertain, and that freight forwarders would use the tunnel...
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Posted on July 10, 2012

Freight Trains for Gateway

It is planned to run four freight trains per day from the new Thames Gateway deep water port which will open at the end of next year. London Gateway will ...
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Posted on July 9, 2012

Freight Forwarders Meet in South Africa

Johannesburg hosted the Field Meeting of The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association's Region Africa and Middle East (RAME) on 25th a...
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Posted on July 8, 2012

Norway Oil Exports threatened

A strike at one of the world's largest exporters was unresolved on Wednesday as unions failed to agree with employers over changes to pension rights. Exp...
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Posted on July 7, 2012

China reduces rare earth exports

It appears that China has begun stockpiling strategic reserves of rare earths in case of future shortages. China has so far granted companies the right to...
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Posted on July 6, 2012

Global Freight Awards Deadline

The deadline for entries to the Global Freight Awards is 29 July. The Awards reward best practice in freight and logistics, with the aims of improving stan...
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Posted on July 5, 2012

Logistics Revenues declined in 2011

A survey of the ten largest logistics companies shows that, while revenues declined last year, profitability had remained have improved over the past two ...
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Posted on July 4, 2012

New Freight Container Terminal for London

The new Thames Gateway freight container terminal and logistics park is due to open in the fourth quarter of 2013. This will be a great advantage for log...
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Posted on July 3, 2012

Scottish Rail Freight Investment

The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the Scottish Government's pledge to invest £30 million in rail freight. According to the Government' Sta...
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Posted on July 2, 2012

New London Freight Line Opened

Last week the Thames Gateway Minister, Bob Neill, officially opened a new £13.5 million freight link from the North Kent Line to the former Lafarge Cem...
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Posted on July 1, 2012

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