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China opens probe into EU dairy imports

China on Wednesday said it had opened an anti-subsidy probe into dairy product imports from the European Union, increasing tension with the bloc a day afte...
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Posted on August 30, 2024

US pet food exports

Dog and cat food exports from the United States to Chile have nearly tripled since 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultur...
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Posted on August 29, 2024

Rapeseed exports improve

Rapeseed exports from Australia picked up in the last two months of the crop year, meaning full year exports were close to the figure in Agriculture Canada...
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Posted on August 28, 2024

U.S. Oil Imports

The opening of the Trans Mountain Expansion project earlier this year may minimize the initial impact on oil supplies from an expected Canadian rail strike...
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Posted on August 27, 2024

Japan rising import prices

The Finance Ministry revealed that imports into Japan increased by nearly 17% from the previous year to 10.2 trillion yen ($70.6billion), while exports ros...
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Posted on August 26, 2024

U.S. import tariffs

U.S. efforts to reduce their reliance on foreign goods with the introduction of tariffs on imports, particularly from China, hasn’t reduced U.S. dependen...
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Posted on August 23, 2024

Railfreight in Canada

Logistics providers are warning the historic shutdown of Canada’s two largest railroads would have a drastic effect on the cross-border supply chain with...
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Posted on August 22, 2024

Nigeria Freight forwarders

Freight forwarders in NIgeria under the umbrella of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) have complained about the r...
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Posted on August 21, 2024

New air-freight China to UK

A new air-freight route has started between Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Bournemouth in England. The carg...
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Posted on August 20, 2024

China Condemns EV Imports

China strongly criticized the European Union's decision to impose tariffs on electric vehicle (EV) imports, after the EU lowered duties on several major el...
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Posted on August 19, 2024

Plea to UK Government to support exports

A leading UK logistics provider has urged the new labour government to prioritise support to SMEs which seek to expand their presence internationally. T...
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Posted on August 16, 2024

Shipping Freight rates

Shippers should expect continued volatility in container shipping freight markets throughout 2025. Even the re-start of operations through the Suez Canal ...
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Posted on August 15, 2024

Gothenburg new logistics park

The Port of Gothenburg is devleoping a sustained logistics facility at Halvorsaang as a joint venture. One large client has already signed an agreement for...
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Posted on August 14, 2024

Continued pandemic effect on shipping

The global shipping industry changes all the time, and the COVID-19 pandemic began a marked shift in how container shipping operates. Disruption caused by ...
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Posted on August 13, 2024

Container ship explosion

A powerful explosion from a container ship hit the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan at 1-40pm on Friday 9 August. It said that no casualties or injuries had been re...
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Posted on August 12, 2024

Logistics needs Minister

The representative business group Logisitics UK want the new Government to appoint a Minister for Logistics and Supply chain. New survey data showing fe...
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Posted on August 9, 2024

New rail freight cranes

Two new Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for the London Gateway rail terminal have arrived. They will increase rail capacity at the logistics hub by 50 pe...
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Posted on August 8, 2024

Thai Rice exports to increase

Thailand’s rice exports this year are expected to increase, from the projected 7.5 million tonnes to 8.2 million tonnes, thanks to the weakening of the b...
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Posted on August 7, 2024

Germany reduced waste exports by 7%

In January-May 2024, German waste companies reduced exports of ferrous scrap by 7% compared to the same period in 2023, to 3.1 million tons. The main decli...
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Posted on August 6, 2024

South Australian wine exports

The total value of South Australia’s wine exports reached $1.1 billion in the 12 months ending in June which is a 37.2 per cent increase year-on-year. ...
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Posted on August 5, 2024

Australian wine exports reach $2.2 billion

Australian wine exports increased by 17% to AU$2.2bn in 2023-24. This is the highest since September 2021, while volume remained steady at 619 million lit...
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Posted on August 2, 2024

Volume growth a positive sign for heavy-haul freight companies

Mining activity is on the rise, and with it, project cargo volumes seem to be increasing. Volumes of contract freight shipments are expected to grow. Co...
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Posted on August 1, 2024
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