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Three-fold increase in Ocean freight rates
Ocean freight rates between India and the rest of the world have risen at least 3.5-fold (250%) over the past six months. Local export industries say that shipments are either being delayed or held back. The industry has written to ...Read More
Tags: Covid-19, exports, India, Seafreight, shipping
Guernsey Post buys freight firm
Guernsey Post has bought a freight firm as the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic damages its letter mail business. The firm said buying the air and sea freight company would "strengthen and secure both businesses". Guernsey post said that the ...Read More
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Freight-rate increases prompt demand for shipping regulator
Trade bodies in India have urged the government to set up a regulator, to deal with rising sea freight charges, and the problem of container shortages which exporters have. The Engineering Export Promotion Council of India has claimed that shipping ...Read More
Tags: China, freight, Freight Shipping, imports, Seafreight, shipping
Asia shipping industry helped by on-line shopping
There has been an online home-shopping boom in the USA, which has caused transpacific sea freight rates to increase to the highest on record. This is helping the container shipping industry in Asia, which suffered a downturn when world trade ...Read More
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South African blueberry exports move from air to sea freight
Harvesting has begun across South Africa of the largest blueberry crop yet, an estimated 24,000 tonnes of production. 17,000 tonnes will probably be exported. Exports came to 12,282 tonnes last year, which gives an idea of the tremendous growth within ...Read More
Tags: air freight, exports, freight, Seafreight
USA Importers short of capacity
USA importers are having to book earlier with shipping lines and are finding it difficult to get space on ships. US imports via seafreight from Asia in June were 9.5% higher than in May, led by traffic from China, which ...Read More
Tags: China, freight, Seafreight, shipping
Singapore and France agree freight policy
Singapore and France have announced in a joint statement that they will co-operate to ensure the supply chains for essential food and agricultural freight remain operational during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Agriculture and Food of France and the ...Read More
Tags: Covid-19, France, freight, Seafreight
Shipping Industry Covid-19 aftermath
The 'Big 3' shipping alliances — 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance — are cutting back operations to prevent freight rates from falling because of a steep decline in cargo volumes. There were 212 temporary cancellations of container ships from ...Read More
Tags: cargo, container, Covid-19, freight, Seafreight, shipping
Fruit & veg exports return to near normal
An Indian fruit marketing organisation said that 140 tonnes of mangoes were shipped from Mumbai on Saturday for the markets in the Middle East, reviving the export of essential commodities by sea freight. However, exports by air are yet to ...Read More
Tags: air freight, exports, freight, Seafreight
Baltic seaport operations
Baltic seaports are streamlining cargo operations and their workflow using automation and technology. 60% of all logistics in the Baltic area is maritime, and 40% of sea freight cargo passes through small- and medium-size terminals and ports which suffer from ...Read More
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China Spring Festival good for cherry imports
There was a significant increase in the volume of cherries expected to be exported from Chile to China this year. Chinese Spring Festival is taking place much earlier than in previous years, so the Chinese fruit market has a shorter ...Read More
Tags: air freight, China, exports, freight, Seafreight
China exports mushrooms to Russia via sea-rail freight service
A freight train carrying 35 containers of mushroom products left Nanyang in central China’s Henan Province on the first week of January, heading for Russia. The freight train will arrive at the port city of Qingdao, in east China’s Shandong ...Read More
Tags: China, containers, freight, Seafreight
South Africa’s blueberry industry growth “a great story”
The South African blueberry export harvest has come to an end, with increased volumes of exports. Stone fruit exports run through to the end of March. Blueberries peak in August/ September, and are followed early peaches. The majority of blueberries ...Read More
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Cyprus Economy rise connected to international freight
The CEO of an international logistics company has said that 'the future growth of Cyprus will be highly interconnected and dependent on international maritime and air freight transport.' He says that major shipping companies are interested in Cyprus as the ...Read More
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China Made Car Exports go by train
Sweden based Volvo Cars recently announced it has exported the first consignment of China-built cars to Europe by train. It has become the first car maker in the world to export China-made cars to Europe by rail freight, via the ...Read More
Tags: China, exports, freight, logistics, rail freight, Seafreight
Shipping container freight rates jump
Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe jumped by 26 percent to $591 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week ended on Friday 28 August, data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange showed. The rise ...Read More
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Shipping Freight Rates to Stay Low
Shipping freight rates, which have hit record lows this year, are set to remain weak for the rest of the decade or longer. There are too many ships and low fuel prices are capping operating costs, a recent report said. ...Read More
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Vietnam to stop fresh fruit imports from Australia
Australia's Department of Agriculture (DoA) has confirmed that Vietnam has 'raised concerns with Australia's fruit fly management systems and is considering suspending trade in Australian fruit'. The export market is worth about $40 million, including grapes and cherries. Alan Bramble, ...Read More
Tags: Australia, China, exports, imports, Seafreight
Finland Post to cease air and sea freight business in Scandinavia
Finland’s postal operator, Itella, said it will abandon its business activities in the fields of air and sea freight in Scandinavia in order to improve profitability within the organisation. Itella will give up service warehouses in Sweden, Norway and Denmark ...Read More
Germany to China freight train quicker than sea freight
A new train service from Hamburg to Zhengzhou is about 20 days faster than sea freight. Claimed to be the first ever, the freight train service runs from Hamburg to the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. The train, with a ...Read More
Tags: China, freight forwarders, Germany, Seafreight
Emission Control – Shipping Companies need more time
Shipping companies said that they need more time to comply with the European Sulphur Directive, which requires that from January 2015, ships sailing in the Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) covering the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Channel must use ...Read More
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Leipzig/Halle air freight volumes increase again
Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany have set a record for the ninth time in a row. Leipzig/Halle handled 887,101 tonnes of freight in 2013, an increase of 2.7 percent. “Leipzig/Halle Airport has continued to enhance its position as ...Read More
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Greater freight options for fresh fruit
Brittany Ferries plans an innovation for freight transportation between England and northern Spain, with gas-powered ships connecting Portsmouth with ports like Santander and Bilbao by 2017, if all goes according to plan Brittany Ferries has officially announced the order of ...Read More
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Increase in freight rates good news for shipping firms
The end of 2013 and the beginning of the New Year have encouraged shipping companies in India, with freight rates touching a three-year high, mostly on the back of increased demand for movement of oil and iron ore. Shipping companies ...Read More
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More freight for HS 1
Additional freight services on High Speed 1 were introduced from January 13, carrying automotive components and refrigerated freight containers of perishable foodstuffs from Spain to London via the Channel Tunnel. The service provider has a track access contract with HS1 ...Read More
Tags: freight, rail freight, Seafreight
Rail freight traffic in Slovenia increases 9% in 2013
SLOVENIAN Railways (SŽ) saw a strong recovery in freight traffic last year according to the company's annual figures, which show volumes increased by 9% to 17.6 million tonnes. Freight performance rose by 10% year-on-year to 3.89 billion net tonne-km as ...Read More
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Freight Transport Association Cutting Carbon
On May 21, The Freight Transport Assocation will stage its annual 'Cutting Carbon, Cutting Costs' Conference. The conference will honour the freight sector’s effort to cut carbon emissions. This event, held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, will also ...Read More
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Long freight trains test in France
The first 1·5 km long freight train was run between Sibelin yard near Lyon and Nîmes on January 18, marking the start of the demonstration phase of the Project Marathon research programme. Project Marathon was launched in April 2011 and ...Read More
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U.S.A Bill would fund freight projects via new shipping fee
A Bill has been introduced to the USA Senate proposing funding for freight project. The Act, if passed, would provide for competitive grants for projects designed to increase the efficiency and capacity of the national freight mobility network in America. ...Read More
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China Railway Corp freight rise expected
China Railway Corporation (CRC) is expected to raise freight rates early this year in order to relieve its massive debt burden and speed up market-oriented reform in the industry, in which it has the monopoly. Such a move may further ...Read More
Tags: China, freight, rail freight, Seafreight
International Freight Forwarding Group stresses Logistics Importance
The latest press release from the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) stresses how important the logistics sector and an efficient supply chain is to growing the international economy. The reports advises that the United Nation’s post 2015 Sustainable ...Read More
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Freeze Hits Road and Air Freight Services in USA
In early January freight movement in some parts of America slowed to a standstill as the effect of the so called ‘Polar Vortex’ has been felt in areas unused to such extreme conditions. Thousands of flights were cancelled and roads ...Read More
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Tasmania wants Air freight subsidy
TASMANIA's biggest airport says that air freight should be subsidised by the Commonwealth. The Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme covered sea freight but not air freight reduced freight market competition, Hobart Airport argued in a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry ...Read More
Tags: air freight, freight, Seafreight, shipping
Second Freight station at container transshipment terminal India
A second container freight station (CFS) near the international container transshipment terminal at Vallarpadam is nearing completion. The CFS will have a capacity to handle 75,000 containers a year and is being set up on 18.3 acres of land leased ...Read More
Tags: containers, freight, logistics, Seafreight
Loan for Brazil to improve freight and passenger transport
São Paulo in Brazil directly administers a road network marked by intensive use, so the International Development Bank has granted a loan to finance the rehabilitation of 570 kilometers of highways. This will include improved access facilities, construction and paving ...Read More
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Electrified rail freight network for Ecuador
Metro operator TMB from Barcelona in Spain has been awarded a contract worth around $US 1.4m to carry out a prefeasibility study into the construction of an electrified freight network in Ecuador, South America. The planned route will linkkey industrial ...Read More
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Air freight growth for Middle East carriers
IATA statistics show that Middle Eastern carriers reported the largest increase in air cargo growth in November 2013, compared to the same month in the previous year. Middle Eastern carriers reported a 16.5 per cent jump in air freight, measured ...Read More
Tags: air freight, cargo, freight, Seafreight
Increased Freight Rates for container shipping lines
Container shipping lines hope for a better year as freight rates are increasing. They are expecting overcapacity to ease during the year. Surplus supply, which has been a major problem for shipping lines since 2008, should narrow to 1.5 per ...Read More
Tags: container, freight, Seafreight, shipping
Skills forLogistics Outfit Plans for Freight Forwarding
The newly appointed CEO of government sponsored Skills for Logistics has plans to 'attract,develop and support' people and companies in the logistics and freight forwarding industries. This sector employs 8% of the workforce of the UK and will need 588,000 ...Read More
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New Container Shipping Service to Fiji
The first ever direct ocean Less than Container Load shipping service between northern Europe and Fiji has been announced.The new service, operating on weekly sailings from Rotterdam to Suva, will slash transit times from 55-60 days to just 36, while ...Read More
Tags: container, freight, Seafreight, shipping
Freight takes off at Shanghai Pudong Terminal
Shanghai Pudong cargo terminal saw freight tonnage rise by 2.83 percent to a total of 1,173,784 tonnes in the first 11 months of 2013. In 2012 the total was only 1,141,472 tonnes. Domestic cargo volume grew by 17.05 percent year-over-year ...Read More
Tags: air freight, cargo, exports, freight, imports, Seafreight
Freight industry to pay for infrastructure – Australia
The Premier of South Australia,says that the freight transport industry could be asked to contribute to the cost of infrastructure projects such as major roads.The Government outlined a $36 billion, 30-year transport plan in October. The state is currently undertaking ...Read More
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Chennai airport losing freight revenue
The air freight station (AFS) at Chennai airport which was launched nearly five years ago has still not been put to effective use, say cargo agents and officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI). This has led to a delay ...Read More
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Five new freight trains for Pakistan
On 24 December, Pakistan Railways initiate the service of five freight trains from Karachi. The Railways spokesperson said that introducing of new trains in freight sector was a big achievement which would be helpful in generating more revenue. A few ...Read More
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India Railway freight loading hit by weather
The South-Central Indian Railway has registered a decline in its freight loading in the first three quarters of this fiscal year.Heavy rains disrupted train movement and coal production was affected Singareni Collieries for the last two months. The zone handled ...Read More
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Rail Freight programme reaches midpoint
On December 4 a conference in Paris, France marked the mid-point of the EU-funded Sustrail research programme to ‘integrate vehicle and track innovations for a more sustainable freight railway’. Sustrail is an EU funded research programme which aims to make ...Read More
Tags: freight, Seafreight
Nuclear Freight wagon derails near Paris
On Monday a rail freight wagon carrying nuclear waste was derailed in Drancy, 3 km northeast of Paris. There was no leakage of the waste. Every year about 4000 freight wagons carrying radioactive or chemical wast pass through the station. ...Read More
Tags: freight, Seafreight
More US cars Shipping to China
Exports of cars from the USA to Saudi Arabia and China are increasing revenue for shipping vessel operators. The U.S.A exported a record 1.8 million cars and light trucks last year. Exports rose another 8.9 percent in the first 10 ...Read More
Tags: exports, freight, imports, Seafreight, shipping
Freight Transport Association supports airport expansion
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said the interim report published on 17 December emphasises the need for new airport capacity in the south east. The FTA has been campaigning for this for a long time, as it will enhance the ...Read More
Tags: freight, Seafreight
Grangemouth freight terminal news
THE heart of Scotland’s rail freight industry lies in hub railheads along the Mossend-Coatbridge-Grangemouth axis. This is the north end of the West Coast Main Line which is the busiest trunk route for freight in Britain., where millions of tonnes ...Read More
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Freight earnings in India increase by 8 per cent
Railways in India have earned Rs 59,069.73 crore from freight traffic during April-November 2013, compared with Rs 53,923.37 cr during the corresponding period last year. This represents a 7.9% in rail freight traffic. The national rail company carried 677.58 million ...Read More
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Slower freight growth for air cargo
A forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 2013-2017 shows that international freight volumes are expected to grow 17% over the next five years. This outlook incorporates a conservative estimate of the recovery in global economic activity. 'More than ...Read More
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USA Freight Index Shows Strength
In the USA Spot market freight availability remained strong in November., according to the DAT North American Freight Index. Freight availability continued to outpace levels seen in recent years for a fifth consecutive month. Cargo volumes usually decline during this ...Read More
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Indian freight corridor contract bids
The dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India has allowed four companies to bid for electrical and signalling works on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. The 343km Bhaupur - Khurja section of the 1829km Freight Corridor (DFC) for cargo carried by ...Read More
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