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Durum Exports from Canada

Contrary to expectations, the majority of durum wheat exports from Western Canada to Algeria are not shipped via the St. Lawrence Seaway, despite this bein...
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Posted on March 7, 2025

India’s Rail Freight Network

The electric locomotive manufacturing unit in Dahod, Gujarat, is poised to revolutionise India's freight network with the impending production of high-spee...
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Posted on February 27, 2025

Prince Rupert Port Improved Logistics Efficiency

In a bid to improve logistics efficiency, the Port of Prince Rupert in Canada is encouraging the development of transload operations. IntermodeX, an interm...
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Posted on February 21, 2025

New Warehouse in France e-commece

A global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, has recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art warehouse facility in France. The new warehouse is int...
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Posted on January 9, 2025

US dairy exports

The United States is witnessing a surge in dairy exports, nearing record levels, according to a bank report. This growth is primarily attributed to the...
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Posted on January 2, 2025

Pakistan Sports goods exports to China

Pakistan's sports goods exports to China have seen a 7% increase, as reported by China Economic Net. This surge in exports underscores the growing trade re...
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Posted on January 1, 2025

Saudi Supply Chain Conference 2024

On December 15, 2024, Eng. Saleh Al-Jasser, the Minister of Transport and Logistic Services, officiated the opening ceremony of the Supply Chain Conference...
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Posted on December 18, 2024

Customs facilitators celebrate 20 years

Customs facilitators play a crucial role in streamlining the logistics process by ensuring that all customs procedures are handled efficiently and accurate...
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Posted on November 26, 2024

Ukrainian Railways Restores Container Freight Traffic

Ukrainian Railways has achieved a notable milestone by restoring container freight traffic to the levels seen before the crisis. The state-owned railway co...
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Posted on October 25, 2024

Transport Sector in China Grows

China has experienced remarkable growth and development in its transport sector in recent years. The country has heavily invested in expanding and upgr...
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Posted on October 7, 2024

EES effect on freight

New research by business group Logistics UK suggests there may be increased food prices and the potential for shortages in shops as a result of delays caus...
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Posted on September 3, 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

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

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

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

India Exports grow

India’s goods exports in June grew 2.55 per cent year-on-year to $35.2 billion. There was continued demand recovery in key export markets such as the US...
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Posted on July 18, 2024

New logistics and freight yard

A new logistics and freight yard adjoining Southampton Container Terminal is expected to give a significant extra competitive edge to cargo and haulage ope...
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Posted on May 20, 2024

French shipping line’s revenue declines

A French shipping Group has announced a significant decline in net income, falling by 85% to $3.64 billion for the fiscal year 2023 compared to $24.88 bill...
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Posted on February 19, 2024

British International Freight Association welcomes decision on container shipping rules

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not recommend to the Secretary that the current Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) should ...
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Posted on February 15, 2024

Nationals from China accused of Illegal Exports to Iran

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that four Chinese nationals have been charged with various federal crimes related to a years-long conspiracy to unla...
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Posted on February 9, 2024

New London to Netherlands freight ferry service

A new freight ferry service will begin in March, connecting the ports of London (Tilbury 2) and Rotterdam (Europoort). According to information on the com...
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Posted on January 10, 2024

Airships for Large Cargo

A French logistics and freight forwarder has a new idea on how to move large cargo for shippers; they plan to fly it to and from the ship using airships no...
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Posted on November 21, 2023

China Increased Imports From BRI Countries

China is importing more and more agricultural products from countries along the 'Belt and Road Initiative', including Georgian wine and Kazakhstani flour a...
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Posted on October 18, 2023

Free Grain Exports To Africa from Russia

Vladimir Putin has said the Russia intends to export free grain to Africa. His comments were made during a press conference with Turkish leader Recep Ta...
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Posted on September 14, 2023

Post covid affect logistics and supply chain

Logistics and supply chain products for temperature-sensitive goods continue to experience challenging conditions post pandemic. The chilled sector has ...
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Posted on July 11, 2023

Mannheim and Rotterdam logistics

The ports of Mannheim and Rotterdam have agreed to increase cooperation in making the logistics chain between the two ports more sustainable and digital. ...
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Posted on May 2, 2023

Sainsbury’s logistics re-organisation

Sainsbury’s, the major supermarket chain, has announced a significant overhaul and consolidation of its logistics operations. 3,000 current staff memb...
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Posted on April 20, 2023

231 housing modules delivered to Stockholm

A vessel arrived in Stockholm from East Asia on 5th April, carrying 231 housing modules. The housing modules were unloaded over the Easter weekend at Friha...
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Posted on April 13, 2023

Dutch transport & logistics

The Dutch transport and logistics sector has returned to well above pre-Covid levels of growth. The recovery during most of the pandemic was driven by ...
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Posted on March 8, 2023

Saudi port welcomes new freight service

A new freight container service has begun to operate from the port in Dammam, which is the capital of Saudi's Eastern Province. The port should become ...
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Posted on February 1, 2023

Japan government investigates freight market

Delays in international freight can lead to shortages in raw materials and goods;the transport ministry will be investigating cost, time and customs cleara...
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Posted on January 12, 2023

HK freight forwarders request use of road-air for e-cigarettes

The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (HAFFA) has requested that the ban on the transport of e-cigarettes is eased due to its impac...
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Posted on November 30, 2022

China Trade Logistics corridor expands

The 'New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor', a trade and logistics passage from western China, has opened 78 new freight routes so far in 2022, setting...
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Posted on November 24, 2022

Russia agrees to continue Ukrainian grain exports

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to extend their agreement allowing grain exports from Ukrainian ports through a safe corridor in the Black Sea. The deal ...
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Posted on November 21, 2022

Riga creates digital platform for multimodal cargo

The Port of Riga authority is creating an integrated platform to develop the automation of port and logistics processes. The project aims to provide mul...
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Posted on September 27, 2022

Product prices to rise as inputs and freight costs increase

A multi-national consumer goods company based in South Africa, says price increases will continue into 2023 as pulp and sea-freight costs weigh on the busi...
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Posted on September 8, 2022

Sea Freight Service for flowers

A company specialising in flower preservation is now offering a sea freight services. The flowers are treated with preservatives then monitored by Technic...
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Posted on September 5, 2022

New Zealand shipping delays

AN INCREASE in shipping delays to Oceania is having a severe effect on New Zealand, according to a new report from a logistics technology company. The d...
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Posted on August 26, 2022

Felixstowe Freight workers strike

Freight transport and logistics workers at the UK port of Felixstowe recently announced plans for eight days of industrial action. Workers started strikin...
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Posted on August 25, 2022

Shipping lines move to air freight

Shipping lines are setting up their own airlines, acquiring freighters and purchasing freight forwarders, seeming to make themselves into end-to-end logi...
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Posted on August 8, 2022

Freight costs remain high in Brazil

Inland freight rates for transporting corn from the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil — the country’s largest producer and exporter — to ports have surg...
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Posted on June 29, 2022

Shippers face record fuel surcharges

Shippers who are coping with record-high fuel surcharges must simply bear with it until more (and cheaper) crude oil is available, according to diesel supp...
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Posted on June 13, 2022

NZ businesses struggle with logistics delays

Freight Forwarders, importers and exporters are struggling with delays caused by increased fuel prices, the pandemic and war in Europe. NZ borders are ope...
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Posted on April 4, 2022

Ukraine ‘limits exports of food commodities’

Ukraine has reportedly suspended exports of certain agricultural commodities and introduce licences for exports of others out of the war-hit country. Uk...
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Posted on March 9, 2022

South Shields direct container ship from China

The first ever container shipment of imports coming directly from China into the UK has docked and been unloaded in Port of Tyne. The ship was used by a...
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Posted on January 13, 2022

Latvia freight problems

Recently the situation at Latvia’s biggest sea ports and international railway freight services has deteriorated dramatically because of geopolitics. ...
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Posted on December 31, 2021

Shipping companies try to ease freight delays

Businesses in the USA affected by high logistics costs and freight bottlenecks are etaking on new strategies to ease supply chain pain in the new year. ...
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Posted on December 27, 2021

Cashew nut exports increase despite COVID-19

Cashew nut exports from Vietnam saw encouraging growth this year in spite of COVID-19 induced restrictions. There have also been shipping container shortag...
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Posted on December 16, 2021

SOEs boost exports in China

State-owned enterprises in China form part of many programmes currently being expanded to stabilize supply chains. The SOEs as well as private businesses a...
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Posted on December 1, 2021

Cargo Keeps Passenger Planes in Air

Airlines have needed to display an agile approach to logistics as the recovery from Covid-19 gains momentum. A Dubai-based airline operated to about 140...
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Posted on November 5, 2021

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