March 2013 - RW Freight

Targets to force freight back to roads

A report commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping suggests that new emission targets could force freight back on to the roads from the sea. From the year...
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Posted on March 31, 2013

Shipping unprepared for sulphur limits

According to the UK Chamber of Shipping, the UK industry is ill prepared for the introduction of sulphur limits. A report commissioned by the Chamber says ...
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Posted on March 30, 2013

New Rail Freight Terminal Felixstowe

A new rail freight terminal opening this summer in Felixstowe should enable the port to double its capacity. The port already has the busiest intermodal ra...
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Posted on March 29, 2013

Finland State aid for Shipping

Finland is the only EU country which has pledged funding to the shipping industry, to help them achieve a reduction in fuel emissions. Retrofitting the tec...
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Posted on March 28, 2013

New President for Shipping Association

The new President of the UK Chamber of Shipping said that he would be demanding closer co-operation between the shipping industry and government. He emph...
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Posted on March 27, 2013

Freight Association Budget wishes

The British International Freight Association wanted to see positive announcements on transport infrastructure spending, fuel duty and business tax reform....
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Posted on March 26, 2013

Russia container freight flourishes

An shipping industry leader says that Russia 'remains a bright spot' in the global container industry. Growth is more than double that of the global averag...
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Posted on March 24, 2013

Container ship sinking

A container ship with 14 on board sank off the coast of China on Monday, with the loss of 11 lives. The ship was approximately 40 nautical miles north ea...
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Posted on March 23, 2013

China invests in Belgian container port

A giant Chinese terminal operator has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a 24% share of a Zeebrugge Port company. In 2012 Zeebrugge handled a...
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Posted on March 22, 2013

New cargo freighter for Vietnam

The largest airport in northern Vietnam, Noi Bai in Hanoi,received its first Boeing 747-8 freighter service earlier this week. Freight flights now go thr...
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Posted on March 21, 2013

French Snow halts freight

Last week heavy snow in France caused chaos on the A1 Paris to Lille motorway, as thousands of freight trucks came to a standstill. Operation Stack on th...
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Posted on March 20, 2013

Giant Freight Container Ships

Whilst shipping lines can benefit from the scales of economy offered by larger and larger freight ships, terminal operators have concerns about being able ...
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Posted on March 19, 2013

Air Freight volumes for 2012

In 2012 freight traffic handled at European airports decreased by 2.8% over the previous year. The two Moscow gateways, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo, howe...
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Posted on March 16, 2013

Air Freight Growth

Air freight traffic in Europe grew by 1.9% in January, according to the Airports Council International. ACI wanted to emphasise that the increase in freigh...
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Posted on March 15, 2013

USA Imports Expected to Increase

A recent report says that container imports to the USA this month are expected to rise in comparison with last year. Although there have been reductions in...
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Posted on March 14, 2013

Intermodal Freight Terminal on River Tees

A new intermodal freight and logistics terminal on the river Tees has begun its first phase of operation. The terminal has a direct link to the East Coas...
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Posted on March 10, 2013

Freight ro-ro and lo-lo report

According to a freight industry report recently published, the shipping capacity serving the UK's short sea trailer and container freight demand was suffic...
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Posted on March 9, 2013

Calais Freight Reduction

Last year Calais suffered a double-digit reduction in freight tonnage compared with the year before. A French shipping line cancelled sailings through th...
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Posted on March 8, 2013

Indian Rail Freight Development

The French national railway has signed an agreement with India's railway board to co-operate on the modernisation of the country's rail network. India ha...
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Posted on March 7, 2013

Freight Threat from A9 expansion

Plans to dualise the A9 Perth-Inverness road may lead to loss of freight traffic from the parallel railway. The Rail Freight Group has accused the transp...
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Posted on March 6, 2013

Finnish Ship Investigation

The captain and crew of a vessel owned by a Finnish shipping line were under investigation last week by Finland's customs authority. A shipment of military...
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Posted on March 5, 2013

Irish Exports to China

China is expected to become the fourth largest export market for Ireland according to HSBC's trade forecast. Ireland's main export markets of the UK, USA a...
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Posted on March 4, 2013

Prison for illegal waste shipping

A waste disposal company has been prosecuted for illegally shipping waste to South America. The company dispatched 89 shipping containers of rubbish collec...
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Posted on March 3, 2013

Freight Rates squeezed in Europe

Road freight rates in Europe were pushed down last year because of growing capacity in the market. In the last quarter of 2012, the European road freight...
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Posted on March 2, 2013

More freight corridors for India

Indian Railways is planning to build five new freight corridors, in addition to the two already under implementation. Feasibility studies are being underta...
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Posted on March 1, 2013

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