Freight News

Loan funding for new freight operator

The Latin American development bank CAF has approved a US$45m loan to Servicios Logísticos Ferroviarios, a new freight operating company formed by state r...
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Posted on January 26, 2015

New Export Markets for Ireland

The Irish food industry has made stringent efforts to reach markets outside the EU. The shift in market destination was demonstrated by increases in the...
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Posted on January 25, 2015

US Opens Road Freight Trade to Mexican Operators

The USA Department of Transportation (DOT) has opened the door for Mexican road freight operators to conduct long-haul, cross-border trucking services in t...
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Posted on January 24, 2015

Georgia Wine Exports hit all-time high

Georgian continues to be exported to foreign countries, resulting in the highest volume of wine exports in 2014 in for the last 20 years. By 15 December...
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Posted on January 23, 2015

English Wine exports to hit high

English wine could be the toast of the country’s farmers this week, with more than £100m in export sales expected this year for sparkling and still vari...
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Posted on January 22, 2015

Exports from Ireland down by 7 % in November

Exports from Irelandfell sharply in November, while imports rose by 2 per cent:this was mainly due to a 57 per cent increase in the number of vehicles comi...
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Posted on January 21, 2015

China December exports rise

Exports from China exports rebounded in December, but imports shrank in a sign of weak domestic demand. Total trade in 2014 grew just 3.4 percent, well bel...
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Posted on January 20, 2015

Chinese Coal Imports: Regulatory Risks

In recent years, Chinese seaborne coal imports have been surging, registering average growth of 67% p.a. between 2009 and 2013 to total 265mt. However, thi...
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Posted on January 19, 2015

Air Freight Event

The Nordic Air Cargo Symposium will take place later this month in Stockholm. From 27-28 January, air freight industry leaders will discuss market trends a...
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Posted on January 18, 2015

Air freight November bounce

Demand for air freight in November, measured by freight tonnes, grew by 4.2 per cent compared with the previous year. The most significant growth was recor...
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Posted on January 17, 2015

Freight Association welcomes clarity

A major freight carrying international airline has decided to quote all-inclusive freight rates. This will replace the current system where there are sepa...
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Posted on January 16, 2015

Exports from Latvia dropped by 13.4%

Provisional data of the Latvian Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that in November 2014 compared to the previous month exports value of goods at curren...
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Posted on January 15, 2015

Nigeria imports rice from Vietnam

The Nigerian-Vietnam Chambers of Commerce and Industry says that the Nigerian government’s yearly rice import bill from Vietnam has hit about $500 millio...
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Posted on January 14, 2015

Turkey hoping to increase exports

The Economy Minister of Turkey said on Dec. 26 that things would be much better in 2015. “We live in such an unpredictable region, where everything ca...
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Posted on January 13, 2015

India Asks For Protection Against Cheap China Imports

Indian industries are seeking a limit on imports from China and a string of other measures to give local manufacturers a chance against a tidal wave of che...
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Posted on January 12, 2015

Biggest container ship – for now

Local shipping journalist at the port of Felixstowe said on Wednesday that the CSCL Globe will be the biggest ship in the world for only a short time. "...
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Posted on January 11, 2015

Spectators watch container ship

Hundreds of spectators arrived along the Suffolk coast to watch the world's largest container ship dock at Felixstowe's deep-water berths eight and nine, w...
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Posted on January 10, 2015

Largest Container Ship at Felixstowe

The world's largest container ship has arrived in the UK for the first time at Felixstowe. The Hong Kong-registered CSCL Globe, measuring more than 400m...
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Posted on January 9, 2015

Everywoman Freight Awards

The everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards aims to recognise outstanding females in the transport and logistics industry. There are eight categories...
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Posted on January 8, 2015

Freight Service Awards

The British International Freight Association, which represents members of the freight forwarding industry, is staging its annual Awards Ceremony later thi...
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Posted on January 7, 2015

Regional conflicts stem Turkish exports

Turkish efforts to diversify trade partners, which have been ongoing following the 2008 global financial crisis, stalled in 2014 amid regional conflicts. ...
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Posted on January 6, 2015

US to resume beef imports from Ireland

The United States will permit imports of beef from Ireland, the first European Union country allowed to resume exports to the USA since the mad cow disease...
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Posted on January 5, 2015

US relaxes Chinese solar import tariffs

A group of US solar firms has welcomed proposals to lower the tariffs imposed on Chinese solar imports as "a step in the right direction" for the industry....
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Posted on January 4, 2015

Perth freight link to be Western Australia’s first toll road

Freight truck drivers will be charged a toll to use the new $1.5bn Perth freight link. It will be Western Australia’s largest road infrastructure project...
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Posted on January 3, 2015

Falling Oil Prices’ effect on freight

Falling oil prices, and thus transportation fuel costs, will have different effects on these different modes, according to a report by a major investments ...
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Posted on January 2, 2015

Russia bans poultry imports

The Russian federal service for veterinary matters, Rosselkhoznadzor, has banned the imports of all kinds of poultry from Italy where an epidemic of bird f...
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Posted on January 1, 2015
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