December 2014 - RW Freight

Hong Kong suspends chicken imports

Hong Kong began culling 15,000 chickens on Wednesday, and suspended imports of live poultry from mainland China for 21 days after the H7 bird flu strain wa...
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Posted on December 31, 2014

Russian Shoppers Want Imports

January 1 is Russia’s answer to Christmas - a day for exchanging gifts after a night of feasting. But as shoppers crowd into Moscow’s malls, they may g...
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Posted on December 30, 2014

2014 a bubbly year for sparkling wine imports to USA

It has been a bubbly year for sparkling wine imports. They will set a record in 2014, as will overall wine imports, annual U.S. Census Bureau statistics wi...
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Posted on December 29, 2014

USA Sparkling wine Import-Export Imbalance

Looking strictly at exports and imports,the United States is running a deficit totaling $698.72 million this year, with — and here’s the imbalance — ...
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Posted on December 28, 2014

Prosecco Imports fizz

The most rapid growth in sparkling wine imports to the USA is not those originating in France but in Italy,perhaps best known for one of its leading variet...
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Posted on December 27, 2014

‘Dangerous drug’ imports to be banned from Japan

The Japanese government and the ruling parties are expected to revise the Customs Law to ban imports of quasi-legal drugs known as dangerous drugs, it has ...
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Posted on December 26, 2014

Now Calais migrants threaten imports

Fresh food imports to the UK are coming under threat because illegal immigrants are hiding in the back of lorries; entire truck-loads of imported fruit and...
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Posted on December 24, 2014

Government rejects call for Queensland Rail to ship freight

QUEENSLAND Rail will not be returning to the freight industry, after the Queensland Government rejected a parliamentary recommendation. The state parliamen...
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Posted on December 23, 2014

10 freight forwarders fined

A cartel of freight forwarders shipping cargo from Japan to Singapore have been fined over $7 million for price fixing. The Competition Commission of Singa...
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Posted on December 22, 2014

Russia May Start Fish Imports From Iran

Russia may start importing fish and fish products from Iran this month, a spokesman for Russia’s agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said a couple of w...
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Posted on December 21, 2014

Romania Freight Integration

Within the EU28, Romania appears to have achieved the best balance between the various modes of transport, with roads, rail and inland waterways each repre...
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Posted on December 20, 2014

EU Freight Integration Failure

EU initiatives to better integrate and improve connectivity between road, rail and water freight have failed to yield any significant results, according to...
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Posted on December 19, 2014

Pharma shippers turn to sea freight for reliability

Pharmaceutical shippers have urged airlines to become more reliable, in a good-natured discussion at the Life Science and Pharmaceuticals conference last w...
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Posted on December 18, 2014

Passenger delays after freight train breaks down

A BROKEN down freight train in Brough caused delays yesterday for motorists and train passengers. Dozens of trains due to leave Hull had to be cancelled, a...
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Posted on December 17, 2014

Rail Freight Group Lunch

The annual Rail Freight Group (RFG) Christmas Lunch raised £5,500 for Shelter, the RFG’s ongoing chosen Christmas charity and guests also heard Mark Ca...
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Posted on December 15, 2014

Nordic Air Cargo Event

The Nordic Air Cargo Symposium takes place from 27 - 28 January in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the premium event for air freight shippers and suppliers. �...
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Posted on December 14, 2014

First freight train from China arrives in Spain

The first direct freight train to connect China and Spain reached Madrid on Tuesday 9 December after a journey of around 13,000 kilometers that began 21 da...
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Posted on December 13, 2014

Air Freight Growth in Middle East

The Middle East is expected to be the fastest growing region for air freight within the next five years. Africa is second in line, followed by Asia-Pacif...
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Posted on December 12, 2014

Air cargo optimism

The International Air Transport Association's five year forecast predicts reasonable future air cargo growth. They suggest that international freight volum...
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Posted on December 11, 2014

Record Container Shipments at Grangemouth

Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container port, last week handled a record breaking 4,200 containers, surpassing their previous record by over 20...
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Posted on December 10, 2014

Kiev resumes imports of Russian coal

The Ukrainian government has partially resumed imports of Russian coal which were suspended in late November, Ukraine’s acting energy minister told journ...
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Posted on December 9, 2014

Fish traders want cheap imports banned

Fish traders in Zimbabwe have appealed to the government to protect the local industry from cheap and poor quality imports from Cahora Bassa in Mozambique,...
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Posted on December 8, 2014

Road Haulage & Freight Forwarding Welcome Road Development

Representatives from both the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the British International Freight Association (BIFA), which represents the freight forward...
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Posted on December 7, 2014

China to Europe rail freight services expand

China is seeing a growing number of rail freight services to Europe, in spite of lack of profitability on the the services. Efforts are being made to integ...
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Posted on December 6, 2014

Freight Logistics Centre opens in Dubai

Dubai World Central has officially opened the 6,500m2 Total Freight Logistics Centre. Located within the Logistics District, the warehouse can accommodate...
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Posted on December 5, 2014

London hosts Quiet Cities freight summit

The first Quiet Cities summit has taken place in London. The summit aimed to bring key members of the freight industry together, to take a long-term loo...
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Posted on December 4, 2014

Small Airports restrict export growth

Although the West Midlands has been increasing its exports significantly, Birmingham airport was until recently a limiting factor. The runways were simply...
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Posted on December 3, 2014

Midlands Exports to continue growth

West Midlands exports are expected to continue growing, according to a report last year by Ernst & Young. the report described the area as an export “po...
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Posted on December 2, 2014

West Midlands export success

Exports from the West Midlands are on the increase, having grown by over 100% in the past five years, according to figures from HMRC. While growth in expor...
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Posted on December 1, 2014

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