October 2012 - RW Freight

Global Freight Awards

Wednesday 21 November sees the staging of the Global Freight Awards for excellence in freight and logistics in London. Categories range from Air Cargo to...
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Posted on October 31, 2012

Logistics Academy in China

A major European freight forwarding company has opened its own logistics academy to train employees in China. There is a going need for qualified employe...
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Posted on October 30, 2012

Shipping Over-supply

Analysts are concerned about short-term prospects for the container shipping sector, where there is still too much capacity but carriers want to increase f...
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Posted on October 29, 2012

Tasmanian Exporters request freight subsidy

Exporters from Tasmania are suffering increased costs because they have lost their direct shipping link to Asia in April last year. Freight now has to be...
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Posted on October 28, 2012

Ghana Freight Forwarder drugs bust

Last month HMRC found 1.5 tonnes of compressed cannabis in tape-wrappred packages within boxes of vegetables which were exported from Accra. The mastermi...
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Posted on October 27, 2012

Olive Exports help Spain

The vast majority of the world's olives comes from Spain, which exports around 60 per cent of its crop. In the midst of the economic gloom, commentators be...
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Posted on October 26, 2012

Exports from Spain on high

According to Government statistics, Spanish exports have increased to an all time high this year. This is in spite of the fact that public opinion has pe...
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Posted on October 25, 2012

Shipping Association Appoints Filipino

The international shipping industry's trade association - Intermanager - has selected a Filipino executive to be its new President. He is the first Asian...
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Posted on October 24, 2012

China Import Export Fair Disappoints

The China Import and Export Fair opened on Monday 15 October with disappointing attendance. The Canton Fair spokesman attributed this to flagging external ...
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Posted on October 23, 2012

Drug Traffickers use new freight methods

Exports from Spain rose this year to an all time high of 214 bn euros, according to government statistics. This is an increase of 25% over the past fie y...
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Posted on October 22, 2012

China Export Growth Slows

Many Chinese exporters have experienced slowing foreign trade due to reduced overseas demand. Others have managed to maintain growth by technical innovat...
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Posted on October 21, 2012

USA Exports to Surge

The USA is becoming one of the lowest-cost producters in the developed world, which means - according to some commentators - that exports are set to increa...
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Posted on October 20, 2012

Rail Freight plans for Sweden

One of the main elements of Sweden's planned investment in rail freight will be on the Eastern Link rail network between Jaerna and Linkoeping. This lin...
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Posted on October 19, 2012

Sweden Investment in Rail Freight

The Transport Ministry of Sweden is proposing an ambitious plan to modernise railway lines. Two thirds of them withal be allocated as primary rail freigh...
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Posted on October 18, 2012

Asia – Europe Freight rates fall

Although one of the largest shipping lines is reducing capacity on the Asia Europe route, some experts feel that this is unlikely to shore up rates as expe...
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Posted on October 17, 2012

Apple aids air freight

Shipments of the new iPhone have helped the air freight industry recover from sharply falling prices, even as other shippers reduce spending by switching t...
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Posted on October 16, 2012

Rotterdam advises Shipping lines

Rotterdam, Europe's largest freight port by cargo throughput and container volumes, has been advising its customers how to improve their profitability. A...
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Posted on October 15, 2012

Shipping Line Cancels Iran

One of the world's biggest shipping lines has stopped all port calls to Iran as the West puts increasing pressure on the country. The shipping company fe...
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Posted on October 14, 2012

Road Freight Obstacles

The main causes of road freight operators being forced out of business are rising interest rates and falling volumes of freight traffic. A recent researc...
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Posted on October 13, 2012

Money for freight switching

The Low Carbon Freight Dividend from Haven Gateway is offering real money to real companies: eligible SMEs in the south east of England they can receive a ...
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Posted on October 12, 2012

Freight Workers return in South Africa

Although some workers in the freight industry were due to return to work yesterday, the conflict is far from over and unions are still in negotiation with ...
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Posted on October 11, 2012

India shipping to begin recovery

India's biggest shipping firm predicts that the shipping industries will begin recovering in the middle of next year. The mis-match of demand and supply ...
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Posted on October 10, 2012

Low Carbon Freight Dividend

The Haven Gateway in the East of England is offering a dividend of up to 50% to freight forwarders who shift their containers from road to rail. Low Carbon...
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Posted on October 9, 2012

Ukraine Grain Exports

Exports of grain from the Ukraine, of which about 97% are carried by sea, rose by about 68% for the year starting 1 July, compared with the same time last ...
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Posted on October 7, 2012

Container Terminal Opening in Germany

A deep water container terminal and freight village has opened in Wilhemlmshaven. The opening has been delayed several times, and as the freight market i...
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Posted on October 6, 2012

New Freight Container Factory

A new dry freight container manufacturing facility was completed in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China in the first half of 2012. Trial production started i...
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Posted on October 5, 2012

New Container Freight Terminal in Damman

Damman, the nearest port to Ryadh in Saudi Arabia, is under heavy pressure with a backlog of freight shipping containers causing congestion and delays. A...
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New Turkish rail freight service

A bi-weekly intermodal train service between Instanbul and Sopron in Hungary will carry up to 36 freight containers per journey. Transit time via Bulgaria ...
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Posted on October 4, 2012

EU Grant for Port of Tilbury

Tilbury and Bilbao have received funding from the EU for the "Motorways of the Sea" project which aims to take freight off the roads and on to the sea. I...
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Posted on October 3, 2012

Increased reefer freight rates

Major shipping lines have announced increases in reefer freight rates on transpacific routes. Last week at the Cool Logisitics conference in Antwerp, shipp...
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Posted on October 2, 2012

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