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New Rail Freight Terminal for Sweden

Karlskrona in Sweden is to be the site of a new rail freight terminal, which will improve inter-modal transport options for freight forwarders and industry...
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Posted on April 30, 2013

Global Freight Awards

The date of the annual Freight Awards ceremony for 2013 has just been announced. ON 20 November, entrants will compete for prizes such as 'Young Freight Fo...
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Posted on April 29, 2013

Freight on Water

Moving freight on coastal and feeder shipping services has created an 'M6 of the North Sea', offering a more environmental friendly way of transporting car...
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Posted on April 28, 2013

More Funds for Freight Dividend

The European Regional Development Fund is increasing its funding to Haven Gateway to enable it to extend its 'Low Carbon Freight Dividend' to coastal and s...
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Posted on April 27, 2013

Chinese Shipping optimism

China Shipping Group is forecasting higher volumes of freight this year, but is not certain whether it can deliver higher profits.  They foresee more unce...
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Posted on April 26, 2013

Logistics Hub for Dunkirk

Work on a new logistics zone in Dunkirk is due to start in 2015 and last for four years.  It will include a container storage system and a multi-modal log...
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Posted on April 25, 2013

Swedish Freight Standstill

Unless employers and unions come to an agreement beforehand, industrial action is likely to bring freight in Sweden to a standstill later this week.  Swed...
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Posted on April 24, 2013

Freight Disruption Sweden

The Transport Workers Union of Sweden has given final notice of industrial action to the employers' association.  From tomorrow, freight forwarding traffi...
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Posted on April 23, 2013

Freight Forwarders report growth

According to the latest Danske Bank European Freight Forwarding Index, European Freight Forwarders are reporting improving volumes and expect this to conti...
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Posted on April 20, 2013

More air freight on passenger flights

British Airways will be increasing its flights between London and Seattle, which will enable the carrier to offer customers additional freight capacity on ...
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Posted on April 19, 2013

Breakfast Freight moves to Canal

Kellog has increased the volume of breakfast cereals to be transported via the Manchester Ship Canal container shuttle.  Hundreds of freight trucks will b...
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Posted on April 18, 2013

New Sea Highway from Spain

Two European ro-ro operators are co-operating to offer a sea highway for freight moving between Spain and the UK.  They are hoping to attract viable volum...
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Posted on April 16, 2013

Freight Forwarding Cartel in Sweden?

The Swedish Competition authority has begun investigation into whether leading companies in the home/office removal sector of freight forwarding are breach...
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Posted on April 15, 2013

New Cargo Flight to Tokyo

A new daily non-stop flight from Dubai to Tokyo will start on 3 June.  Haneda Airport in Tokyo is the second biggest airport in Asia, and the new flight w...
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Posted on April 14, 2013

Idle Container Ships Increasing

The percentage of container ships in the world shipping fleet has increased to more than 4.3%. The last time that the idle shipping fleet exceeded this was...
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Posted on April 13, 2013

Freight Association welcomes electronic bill

The British International Freight Association has welcomed the approval by IATA and FIATA of the standard for the multilateral electronic air waybill. The ...
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Posted on April 12, 2013

Freight Forwarding Investigated in Sweden

The competition authority in Sweden has begun an investigation into suspected anti-competition operations in the home and office removal sector. The Swedis...
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Posted on April 11, 2013

No more noodle imports

A leading manufacturer of food products is moving production of its noodles from China to the UK, which will create up to 50 jobs when the factory is o...
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Posted on April 10, 2013

Hong Kong Container Strike

The strike at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal in Hong Kong is now in its thirteenth day and there is no plan to negotiate to end the dispute.  Dockworkers a...
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Posted on April 9, 2013

Extra Air Freight Flights from China

Two new freighter services from Shanghai to Europe started last month.  This will enable freight to move more quickly to and from Zhengzhou in north-centr...
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Posted on April 8, 2013

Intra Asia Shipping Service

A new shipping link between South China, the Philippines and east Malaysia will expand intra-Asia transport; the International Monetary Fund's forecast sug...
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Posted on April 7, 2013

Global Liner Shipping Conference

The annual shipping conference will take place this month from 18 - 19 April in London. The conference will discuss the outlook for freight rates, collabor...
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Posted on April 6, 2013

Frankfurt Germany loses freight volume

Frankfurt airport has announced that there will be fewer freighter flights in its summer timetable.  The number of freighter departures per week will be r...
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China Tackles Freight Trucks

At last the authorities in China are taking action on the safety standards of freight haulage operators. 28% of all road traffic accidents involve a commer...
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Posted on April 5, 2013

Norway exports waste

Norway has been exporting its waste to neighbouring Sweden, to fuel that country's heat producing incinerators.  Sweden has more burning capacity than Ref...
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Posted on April 4, 2013

Sweden Imports Refuse Derived Fuel

Sweden has been forced to import rubbish to fuel its waste-to-energy incineration program. The specially prepared waste product, called Refuse Derived Fuel...
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Posted on April 3, 2013

China Imports fall in New Year

The Lunar New Year celebrations in China have had a considerable impact on import figures: in February imports declined 15.2% compared with the previous ye...
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Posted on April 2, 2013

China exports exceed expectations

Exports from China rose more than expected in February; shipments increased by 21.8% over the previous year, helped by strong demand from the USA and South...
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Posted on April 1, 2013
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