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Edmonton Expanding for Cargo

Edmonton Airport in Alberta, Canada is investing in a Cargo Village to act as a catalyst for the economic prosperity of the region.  The Village included ...
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Posted on September 30, 2013

Guangzhou to Frankfurt Air Freight Service

A new freighter service to Frankfurt uses a Boeing 777 200F.  Flights depart every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, providing 270 tonnes of cargo capacity pe...
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Posted on September 29, 2013

Singapore’s Perishable Cargo facility

A new perishable cargo handling centre has been opened at the airfreight centre at Singapore Airpot.  The new centre can process 75000 tonnes of perishabl...
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Posted on September 28, 2013

Melbourne Cargo Facility

Melbourne Airport is constructing a cargo estate which will add about 2000 square metres of warehouse space. Melbourne is the leading airport for air freig...
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Posted on September 27, 2013

Syrian turmoil affects Turkey’s exports

Turkey's reliance on customers in the Middle East has tripled during the past decade.  It sells approximately one fifth of its exports to the area.  The ...
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Posted on September 26, 2013

Turkish Air Freight expects growth

The freight service of Turkish Airlines has averaged a growth of 20 per cent over the past five years.  Although the first half of 2013 has been challengi...
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Posted on September 25, 2013

Green Logistics in Northampton

A Costs and Carbon saving seminar was convened at Northampton University on 11 September.  The event was designed to enable logistics businesses to learn ...
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Posted on September 24, 2013

US Imports Predicted to Surge

The USA based National Retail Federation is expecting import container volumes to increase 5.1% in September in comparison with the previous year.  Retail...
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Posted on September 23, 2013

New Cargo Flights to Mid East and Africa

The freight business of British Airways and Iberia will be increasing flights from Heathrow to the Middle East and Africa from early 2014.  These cargo fl...
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Posted on September 22, 2013

Shortsea Shipping in Crisis

The Chief Executive of a major Dutch shipping line told the German Ship conference in Hamburg that the short sea shipping sector is experiencing the worst ...
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Posted on September 21, 2013

Shippers support container weighing

The Global Shippers' Forum is lobbying governments to improve maritime safety by ensuring that container weights are checked.  There was a setback to the ...
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Posted on September 20, 2013

Illegal Freight on fire

Last week the crew of a cargo ship carrying 20 tonnes of cannabis set fire to the vessel. The ship was seen by a French Customs aircraft in international w...
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Posted on September 19, 2013

More Freight on Europe’s water

The European Commission is encouraging more freight on to water.  Transporting cargo by barge is energy efficient, but currently only about 6% of freight ...
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Posted on September 18, 2013

Boris backs Shipping

Earlier this month the Mayor of London told the chairman of the steering group for London Shipping Week how enthusiastically he supported London as a marit...
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Posted on September 17, 2013

Freight Growth at Leipzig

Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany are increasing for the ninth year in succession. Over 400 000 tonnes of freight passed through the airp...
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Posted on September 16, 2013

30th Rail Freight Service for Felixstowe

A new daily service from Felixstowe to Doncaster has started to run from the country's largest container port.There are now 60 freight train movements each...
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Posted on September 15, 2013

Tenerife Container Terminal

A new container terminal in Tenerife is intended to handle freight movements between Africa, Europe and North America.A spokesman for the port said that Sa...
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Posted on September 14, 2013

New Container Port for Algeria

Work is starting on a new container terminal at Djen Djen lat this year. The new terminal will be able to handle the new Panamax ships.  A significant pro...
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Posted on September 13, 2013

Hong Kong container trade struggles

The first six months of the year were challenging for Hong Kong, with container traffic down over 10% over the corresponding period of 2012.  Hong Kong is...
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Posted on September 12, 2013

China container trade knocked by economy

This year rates of growth of freight volumes have eased, victim of muted demand for China's manufactured goods. In May, both imports and exports fell.  It...
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Posted on September 11, 2013

Rail Freight in China

Volumes of container rail freight should rise in consequence of recent Government reform, increasing investment, and the launch of several international se...
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Posted on September 10, 2013

US Invests in Chinese Logistics

Chinese and American investors are co-operating to develop 17 new warehouses across China, including locations such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. Th...
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Posted on September 9, 2013

Fake Exports Stopped

French Customs authorities stopped a UK-registered express delivery van, carrying counterfeit goods to Belgium, initiating a full investigation. The perpet...
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French Freight Lorry Tax Delay

The French government is introducing a tax at an average rate of 0.12 euros per km for commercial vehicles of more than 3.5 tonnes (excluding toll motorway...
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Posted on September 8, 2013

Shanghai Port requests relaxation of charges

Shanghai International Port is asking the government of China to relax regulations on port charges and allow individual ports to set their own prices.  Th...
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Posted on September 7, 2013

New Logistics Pool in France

A huge 'logistics pool' has been established north of Paris, including many major suppliers to retailers.  According to the owners, the hub ensure efficie...
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Posted on September 6, 2013

Fashion Exports help Italy

Exports from Italy are steadily increasing and have brought the Italian trade deficit into surplus.The strongest areas for export freight are food, leather...
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Posted on September 5, 2013

Air cargo slump in Hong Kong

Cargo revenues for HOng Kong based air freight companies are falling, as demand remained weak.  Use of freighter planes has therefore been reduced, with f...
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Posted on September 4, 2013

Air Cargo Flight Danger

The rate of fatal air cargo accidents is apparently eight times higher than for passenger flights.  The data, from a new study by the UK Civil Aviation Au...
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Posted on September 3, 2013

Government Supports Low-Carbon Freight

The Department for Transport has agreed to supply an additional £500 million to support industry and consumers in switching to low-carbon technology.  Th...
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Posted on September 2, 2013

Freight Shifting Programmes ineffective

EU backed Marco Polo programmes, which were intended to shift freight away from the roads, have been ineffective and should be discontinued.  The European...
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Posted on September 1, 2013
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