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Bhubaneswar State, India targets 10% export growth

The state government aims to achieve annual growth rate of 10% in exports from 2014-15 and has prepared a draft policy for it. The draft export policy...
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Posted on June 30, 2014

Majority in Sweden against weapons exports

Sweden has become a major world supplier of arms, but most Swedes are against having weapons exports at all, a new study has revealed. Just over half of Sw...
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Posted on June 29, 2014

Airport rail interchange puts Charlotte on freight map

Charlotte’s intermodal shipping facility has put the City “on the map” nationally as a transportation hub, a Norfolk Southern official told Charlotte...
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Posted on June 28, 2014

Singapore wins at Asian Freight and Supply ChainAwards

Singapore companies snapped up seven of the 39 awards presented at the 28th Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards ceremony in Shanghai. Several hundred top...
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Posted on June 27, 2014

Iran resumes car exports to Russia

Iran began exporting cars to Russia for the first time in five years on Sunday, after meeting upgraded emission standards, the country's largest car manufa...
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Posted on June 25, 2014

War on imports to Belarus

The Council of Ministers in Belarus is introducing licensing for the imports of cars and tyres. Public authorities are working on a draft law, according...
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Posted on June 24, 2014

Danish exports to Sweden gathering pace

Recent figures from the Danish export council - Danmarks Eksportråd - show that Danish exports to Sweden are expected to increase by three percent in 201...
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Posted on June 23, 2014

Surge in Imports to Sweden

The economy of Sweden contracted in the first quarter of 2014 as imports surged, masking a gain in consumer spending and a recovery in exports. Gross do...
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Posted on June 22, 2014

Air Freight Good News

A four times weekly air freight service from Hong Kong to Paris to meet demand from French importers has been announced by a leading freight forwarding com...
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Posted on June 21, 2014

Beef, pork exports continue growth trend

Beef and pork exports from the USAcontinued their positive growth trend in April, increasing by double digits in volume and by an even healthier margin in ...
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Posted on June 20, 2014

Confronting the Menace of Falling Freight Containers

Chigozie Chikere, a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria, wants the federal government to urgently consider the dan...
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Posted on June 19, 2014

Exports from Finland to Russia drop

Finnish exports to Russia dropped sharply in the last quarter, making Germany in the top position for international sales, according to new figures. Mac...
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Posted on June 18, 2014

China’s exports to continue improvement

Export activity from China may maintain a steady rebound in the coming months, as the country is faced with several favorable factors, an official said on ...
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Posted on June 17, 2014

IATA release new data on air freight

Air freight growth has improved from a year ago, but high jet fuel prices and weakness in yields continue to hamper financial performance, according to rec...
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Posted on June 16, 2014

Melbourne Airport gets landmark freight facility

A $150 million freight sorting facility, the largest of its kind, is being built in Australia. Works have started on the 71,000 square metre facility on...
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Posted on June 15, 2014

Value of Irish exports drops in April

The value of Irish exports fell again in April, preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office show. Seasonally adjusted exports were €6.8 billi...
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Posted on June 14, 2014

UK Imports Wheat

Recent figures show that the UK had for a 23rd successive month imported more wheat than it exported, against the typical trend. Imports, although down 9.8...
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Posted on June 13, 2014

Mango exports ban questioned

Mango exporters on Tuesday asked the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister of Pakistan to intervene on the unnecessary regulations that prevent mango exp...
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Posted on June 12, 2014

Freight Journey Planner for Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council has commissioned a Freight Journey Planner to provide freight operators with a planner for Reading which includes weight, height a...
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Posted on June 11, 2014

Norway, Kazakhstan Seeking to Expand Cooperation

Already cooperating and supporting each other in world nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament efforts, Norway and Kazakhstan are seeking to expand cop-op...
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China’s exports rise 7% in May, imports fall

Exports from China increased in May thanks to firmer global demand, data showed on Sunday, but an unexpected fall in imports signalled weaker domestic dema...
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Posted on June 10, 2014

UK Suffering Weak Exports

Britain's manufacturing sector recovery is largely caused by increasing demand at home rather than from abroad as exports continue to be weak. A report ...
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Posted on June 9, 2014

Influx of freight trains due to widened canal

The number of freight trains passing through Florida could more than double after a widened Panama Canal opens. The wider canal and new shipping lane will ...
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Posted on June 7, 2014

Tasmania exports live bees to Canada

Tasmania - being relatively free from most serious bee diseases - has opened up a niche export trade in live bees. During the last three months 2,800 pack...
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Posted on June 6, 2014

Exports soar for rice fields of Italy

Italy is Europe's top rice producer. Exports are growing thanks to small-scale farmers growing premium rice varieties which are popular with health conscio...
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Posted on June 5, 2014

Russia Suspends US Pig Imports

Russia - concerned over the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diahorrhea virus (PEDv) in U.S. pig populations, announced last week it was suspending U.S. imports ...
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Posted on June 4, 2014

China freight volumes continue to rise

China’s total volume of freight transport rose in the first four months of 2014, but at a slower pace amid an economic slowdown, new data showed last Sat...
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Posted on June 3, 2014

E.U Bans Citrus Imports From South Africa

On 27 may, the European Commission announced restrictions on citrus imports from South Africa due to an outbreak of “black spot” plant disease there. S...
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Posted on June 2, 2014

New freight opportunities for Limerick-Shannon

Stakeholders from Ireland’s freight, logistics and transport sector gathered in the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick on Wednesday 28 May, to discuss how...
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Posted on June 1, 2014
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