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UK Port Traffic falters

Department for Transport statistics show that total freight traffic through UK ports was 2% down over last year, based on the rolling 12 months to the end ...
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Posted on December 23, 2012

Baltics chase Eastern Freight

Lithuania and Latvia are investing in port infrastructure and rail freight systems in an effort to become the gateway to Western Europe for exports from Ch...
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Posted on December 22, 2012

Record volumes for Saudi air freight

Saudi Airlines cargo division has had a very successful year, recording increased volumes of freight for both October and November . The main reason for th...
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Posted on December 21, 2012

French Rail Freight Fine

SNCF Fret has been fined 60.9 million Euros for commercial practices which the Competition Regulator says were designed to keep competition out of the rail...
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Posted on December 20, 2012

Freight Theft rising

According to a recent international conference, the most high risk countries for freight theft are Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia.  Freight is sto...
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Posted on December 19, 2012

BIFA Clarifies Customs

The British International Freight Association advises that HMRC has clarified its policy on Authorised Economic Operators. Importers and exporters using, s...
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Posted on December 18, 2012

Canal Freight Revival

Voies Navigables de France is lobbying for support in Europe to rehabilitate the Rhine - Rhone canal as a freight channel between Switzerland and France. Â...
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Posted on December 17, 2012

China opens cross-Strait shipping ports

Two more ports have been opened in China for direct shipping links to Taiwan.  Yantai in eastern Shandong and Shenzhen in southern Guangdong will bring th...
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Posted on December 16, 2012

Co-operation for Freight Corridor

Ports in France, Switzerland and Germany have decided to co-operate more closely in developing the Rotterdam-Genoa freight corridor.  All are inland ports...
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Posted on December 15, 2012

Freight recovery in China

Shanghai and Ningbo ports in the east of China experienced a strong recovery of freight container throughput in September, and their biggest cargo flows of...
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Posted on December 14, 2012

Shipping Line up for sale

The former state-controlled Danish/German shipping company, Scandlines, will be offered for sale in January.  The owners have been encouraged to sell by t...
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Posted on December 13, 2012

Congestion Charge for USA Freight

Now that the clerical workers strike in Los Angeles has ceased, some shipping lines have started to charge a US$20 per container congestion charge.  More ...
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Posted on December 12, 2012

Freight Benefits from Autumn Statement

The Fair Fuel Campaign, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association gained victory of a kind when the Chancellor deferred the planne...
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Posted on December 11, 2012

Logistics Event

The Supply chain and Logistics summit for Asia will be taking place early in the New Year. On 8th and 9th January, industry professionals will meet to disc...
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Posted on December 10, 2012

Rail Freight Tunnel Security Charge

The Rail Freight Group in the UK is questioning why rail freight services will be charged an additional 750 Euros security surcharge in France.  Freight l...
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Posted on December 9, 2012

Freight Ships Collide

Last Thursday two freight ships collided in the North Sea, with one of them sinking with loss of life.  The sinking ship was a car carrier from Zeebrugge ...
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Posted on December 8, 2012

Cargo moving again in LA

Freight is moving again through the largest port complex in the USA, after mediators from Washington DC helped the strikers to reach an agreement one Tuesd...
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Posted on December 7, 2012

Trans Alpine Freight Link

The governments of France and Italy have approved the building of a high-speed rail link between Lyon and Turin. The link should reduce the journey time by...
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Posted on December 6, 2012

Finland Approves Giant Freight Trucks

The Government of Finland has received parliamentary approval to allow freight trucks of up to 76 tonnes gross weight and 4.4 metres high on the roads.  T...
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Posted on December 5, 2012

Japan helps finance Indian freight

The Japanese government has announced that it will be making loans of USD2.26 billion for the second phase of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor....
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Posted on December 4, 2012

Extra freight for Hong Kong

Extra freighter flights in the last weeks of the year promise to deliver an increased volume of air freight to Hong Kong's statistics.  Airlines have book...
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Posted on December 3, 2012

Container volume fall predicted

A new report suggests that container volumes through North European ports are likely to fall by almost 10% in the coming six months.  Total freight volume...
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Posted on December 2, 2012

Freight Charity Celebrates

Transaid, the charity which helps developing countries to improve transport and logistics, benefited to the tune of over £4000 from a Freight Awards cerem...
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Posted on December 1, 2012
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