16/03/2010
UK – The Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) and the Unite Trade Union have concluded discussions that have resulted in an agreement to diffuse ...
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TDG Secure New Long-Term Warehouse Contract
Givaudan Nederland Confirm Outsource Choice

16/03/2010
NETHERLANDS – TDG, the European-based supply chain and logistics provider, has secured a long-term contract to provide warehousing and handling ...
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Kuehne and Nagel In Norwegian Wines And Spirits Logistics Link Up
Vectura AS Outsources Warehousing and Distribution Services

16/03/2010
NORWAY - Vectura AS, a supplier of logistics services for producers, agents and importers of wine and spirits in Norway, has signed a three-year agree...
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US Freight Truck Survives Train Wreck
Another Rail Crossing Accident - but This Time Some Good News

15/03/2010
US – Not a day goes by in the Handy Shipping Guide office without another sad tale from somewhere around the world involving an accident between...
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French Container Shipping Giant Battles Through Stormy Financial Waters
Who Will Step Up to Help CMA CGM ?

15/03/2010
FRANCE – As reported here over the past few months CMA CGM have been through the wringer of late with accusations bandied about after illegal ar...
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Ferry And Frost Cast A Shadow On The Undersea Freight Link
But is there Light at the End of the Eurotunnel ?

13/03/2010
UK – FRANCE – It has been a tough year for the shipping industry overall and this is epitomised by Eurotunnel who have had to face not onl...
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Container Handling Group Celebrates Shipping Out Record Breaking Truck
Konecranes celebrates 3000th machine made at one factory

13/03/2010
SWEDEN – Finnish crane and fork lift truck manufacturer Konecranes have celebrated the 3000th machine to be produced by their Swedish Markaryd p...
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Bulk Shipping IPO 's Start At The Bottom - But At Least They Start
Offers Taken Up by Investors as Genco Extends Another Charter

12/03/2010
US – Two new flotations hit the New York Stock Market this week, the first such shipping company initial public share offers since the crisis in...
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MOL Confirm New Container Shipping Route Changes
CSW Service to Take in Extra Ports

12/03/2010
ASIA – SOUTH AMERICA – SOUTH AFRICA - In line with their recent policy of optimising all routes container shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines ...
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TV Series To Be Presented By UK Freight Transport Entrepreneur
Channel 5 will Feature Pall-Ex Boss

11/03/2010
UK – For those who like to take their work home with them a new weekly TV show may prove on interest. Hilary Devey CEO and Chairman of the Pall-...
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DHL Awarded Four Year Logistics Contract For BP Convenience Stores
Companies Will Work to Improve Cost and Carbon Savings

11/03/2010
UK - DHL Supply Chain has been awarded a four year contract worth £75 million to manage the UK warehousing and distribution of dry goods and chil...
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Freight Transport Body Welcomes Government Recognition Of High Risk Alien Trucks
Foreign Lorries Condemned in Commons Report

11/03/2010
UK – The Road Haulage Association (RHA) joined others in the British haulage community in the release of today’s House of Commons Public A...
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New Container Shipping Company Due To Go West
Inaugural Sailing Set for April

11/03/2010
CHINA – US – At a time when only the bravest might consider a major investment in container shipping by way of a brand new venture as a br...
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Clarksons Shipping Services Deliver Profit Despite Economic Downturn
Market Share Expands in Tough Conditions

11/03/2010
UK – Clarkson PLC, one of the worlds leading shipping services and brokerage firms, has announced its preliminary profits for 2009. Though the c...
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Spotless Record For Greatwide Logistics Freight Truck Driver
US Driver Passes Four Million Mile Mark

11/03/2010
US – Rick Gassman has been hitting the road, without hitting anything else, for over half a century, and yesterday he was honoured by his compan...
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Tanfield Receive Bid For Smiths Electric Vehicles
US Sector makes an Offer for UK Company

10/03/2010
UK – US – Tanfield plc have confirmed to the Handy Shipping Guide that they have received a non-binding conditional offer for the groups S...
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Big Apple Clean Trucks Air Quality Plan Gets Freight Community Approval
American Trucking Associations Give Scheme the Thumbs Up

10/03/2010
US – After some quite fractious negotiations in California, not to mention ongoing litigation, when attempts to purge the atmosphere of vehicle ...
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Schenker Achieves AEO Logistics Security Status Across The UK
Company Wins Important Accreditation

10/03/2010
UK - Schenker Limited in the UK has been awarded Authorised Economic Operator (AEO - F) status across its multi-modal branches for both Customs simpli...
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South East Asian Logistics Link Develops As Damco Open Thai Inter Modal Warehouse
Container Barge Service Ties Highway to River System

10/03/2010
THAILAND – Handy Shipping Guide’s Thailand office is to have a new neighbour with the announcement that Damco, the logistics arm of Danish...
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UK Truck Freight Group Set Out Parameters For Post Election Ministry
RHA Want Haulage to Receive Higher Priority

10/03/2010
UK - The Road Haulage Association (RHA), which numbers many freight truck companies amongst its membership, have compiled a list of matters which they...
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IATA See Air Freight Improvements But Press For Modernisation
CEO Still Aspires to Paperless Environment

10/03/2010
CANADA – At the IATA World Cargo Symposium yesterday Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani summarised the current air freight situation an...
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Project Forwarding Group Complete Shipping Effort Into The Desert
Multinational Effort to Supply Power to North Africa

10/03/2010
LIBYA – TUNISIA – ALGERIA – This month saw remote locations in the three countries receive eighteen transformers and associated equi...
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Further Disruption Due For Greek Logistics
24-Hour Strike for Tomorrow

10/03/2010
GREECE – In the continued troubles that beset the Mediterranean country another 24-hour strike at ports, airports and border crossing checkpoint...
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Trellborg Sponsor PIANC Shipping Navigation Congress
Thousand Delegates Expected

09/03/2010
UK – PIANC, an international association dedicated to improving maritime navigation, has announced that their upcoming PIANC MMX Congress are to...
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Panalpina Expand Los Angeles Logistics Operation
Experiences Greater Demand For Supply Chain Services In California

09/03/2010
USA - Panalpina Los Angeles has added an additional 42,000 square feet of warehouse space to cope with the growing demand it is experiencing for their...
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Giants Of The Shipping World Combine To Test Biodiesel In Container Vessel
Maersk Line And Lloyds Register Ally to Test Fuel

09/03/2010
UK / DENMARK / NETHERLANDS – Two of the most renowned names in the shipping industry, Maersk and Lloyd’s Register, are cooperating with th...
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Texas Truck Company Fits New Trailer Management System
Royal Freight LP plumps for VeriWise Technology

09/03/2010
US – Royal Freight LP of McAllen, Texas, an international truckload carrier, have signed a five year agreement with Asset Intelligence, a subsid...
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Deutsche Bahn DHL Announce Profits For Last Year
Cost Cutting Exercise Turns Around Results

09/03/2010
GERMANY – Post and logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL has announced that despite the recession and making a loss for the 2008 financial year due ...
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Cory Logistics Shipping Steel Line To India
Major Project from Sheffield to Chennai

09/03/2010
UK – INDIA – Project forwarder Cory Logistics is wrapping up their three month assignment shipping an entire steel production plant to Ind...
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Louis Vuitton Choose Kuehne + Nagel For Japanese Warehousing And Distribution
Major Fashion Label a Coup For Logistics Group

08/03/2010
JAPAN – Louis Vuitton Japan, a subsidiary of the LVMH Group and one of the world’s most prestigious companies in the retail industry, has ...
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Greatwide Logistics Expands Handling Contract With LG Electronics
'Testament to Quality' - COO

08/03/2010
USA – Third-party logistics provider Greatwide Logistics Services has announced the expansion of its contract with LG Electronics USA, a global ...
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Logistics Specialist Damco Customize Clothes For Kids
Broker Appointment as Leading Children's Retailer

08/03/2010
US – CANADA - Damco, the logistics arm of Moller-Maersk, has been appointed US and Canadian Customs House Broker by The Children’s Place,...
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Indian Truckers Threaten Subcontinent's Freight and Logistics
Strike Action Warning over Diesel Prices and Road Tolls

08/03/2010
INDIA – In a move that reveals the depth of frustration that Indian haulage drivers are feeling at the failure of the Indian government to deliv...
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Ngqura - Container Port For The Future Of African Shipping
Transnet Look to New Facility to Increase Traffic Share

08/03/2010
SOUTH AFRICA – Anyone who came across the developing port of Ngqura, as one of our staff did in 2005, was staggered by the scope of the developm...
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Trailer Dog Puts Bite On Freight Truck Thieves
Anti- Break In System Proven Successful

08/03/2010
USA – In response to the problem of thefts from trucks, trailers and containers one Pennsylvanian-based company is offering its state-of-the-art...
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Shipping Lane Patrols Make Major Hit On Somali Pirates
French Vessel Nabs 35 Alleged offenders - But What Happens Next?

08/03/2010
SOMALI COAST – Operation Atalanta, the attempt by an EU joint force to restrict and eliminate pirate attacks has scored a major victory this wee...
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BBC Star To Host Logistics Event
Kate Silverton To Open CVO Show

06/03/2010
UK - Kate Silverton, the famous BBC news anchor and presenter, is to host the inaugural Logistics Showcase on 13 April 2010. ...
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Container Shipping Line MOL Announce New Indian Route
Service to Run Between Thailand and Chennai

05/03/2010
EAST ASIA – INDIA – Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), the Japanese owned container shipping line have announced more changes to their schedules foll...
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UK - Greek Freight Groupage Shipping Specialist Closes Down
Sealandair Call it a Day after 50 Years in London

05/03/2010
UK – Sealandair Transport, pioneers of groupage trucks to and from Greece have been forced to shut up shop after more than five decades trading ...
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Freight Truck Representatives Say UK Fuel Increase A 'Joke'
RHA Storms at April Duty Increase

05/03/2010
UK – Plans for Chancellor Alistair Darling to introduce his fuel duty increase of 2.5 pence on 1st April have aptly been described as a joke by ...
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Deutsche Bahn Has 'Insufficient Funds' For Rail Freight Projects
Boss Tells Meeting More Cash is Required

05/03/2010
GERMANY – According to first hand reports in the German press covering a meeting last night in Berlin, State owned national rail operator Deusch...
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Logistics Giant Opens Chinese IT Centre in Nanjing
DB Schenker Launch New Style Operation

05/03/2010
CHINA – DB Schenker , via its subsidiary company Schenker (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd.,an integration between Schenker and the former BAX Global foll...
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PD Ports Wins Asda Outstanding Carrier Award
Coastal Port Link Helps Cut Road Congestion

05/03/2010
UK - PD Ports, the operator of Teesport, has been crowned as the Most Outstanding Service Carrier of the Year in 2009 by leading UK retailer, ASDA, at...
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Baltic And International Maritime Council Reviews The Current World Shipping Situation
BIMCO publishes its " Reflections 2010 "

05/03/2010
DENMARK – The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), an NGO which represents and focuses the opinions of ship owners, agents, charte...
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Kuehne To Found Dedicated Logistics University
Freight Moguls Foundation To Provide Specialist Education

05/03/2010
HAMBURG - GERMANY - The Kuehne School of Logistics and Management GmbH, whose sole shareholder is the non-profit Kuehne Foundation, has announced that...
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UK Rail Freight To Have Unified Transport Infrastructure - We Hope
New Body to Centralise Transport Development Schemes

05/03/2010
UK – As from the 1st March the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) will take responsibility for the coordination of major schemes which for...
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Shake Up In West Coast - East Asian Shipping Services
Thailand Added to PSX Whilst MOL and K-Line to Cooperate

05/03/2010
EAST ASIA / WESTERN USA – The New World Alliance (TNWA), which is TNWA is composed of shipping lines Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), APL and Hyundai ...
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Shipping Halted By The Big Baltic Freeze - Freight And Ferry Traffic Trapped In Ice
Thousands Caught in Extra Cold Snap

05/03/2010
BALTIC SEA – The waters off the Swedish coast are never balmy in winter but the excessively cold weather, coupled with the current gale force wi...
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German Freight Group To Sponsor Major World Sports Events
Deutsche Bahn Group to Back 2011 FIFA World Cup and Paralympics

04/03/2010
GERMANY – The management teams from Deutsche Bahn AG, the logistics giant, joined with bosses from FIFA and German football representatives yest...
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Trucks Allowed In UK HOV Lane In Landmark Decision
Victory for Common Sense by South Gloucester Council

04/03/2010
UK – The Road Haulage Association (RHA) were celebrating a decision by South Gloucestershire Council who have accepted the organisations argumen...
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Cape Town Container Terminal Expansion Well Under Way
Capacity to Double Within Two Years

04/03/2010
SOUTH AFRICA – Transnet Port Terminals have released up to date details of progress on the 5.6 billion rand Cape Town development designed to in...
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Logistics And Shipping Relocation Group Launch Shanghai Virtual Tour Guide
6th in Series for Companies and Personnel Wishing to Relocate Abroad

04/03/2010
CHINA – Shanghai is the latest city to come under the microscope of Move One, who specialise in relocating individuals and companies overseas. T...
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Terrorists Threaten Oil Tanker Shipping In Malacca Strait
Regional Navies Issues Warning To Operators

04/03/2010
MALACCA STRAIT – The navies of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia have warned tanker operators that they have received information that an unname...
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Chilean Earthquake's Effect on Ports and Logistics Facilities
Review of Damage on Freight Handling Areas

04/03/2010
CHILE – The huge earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday has dramatically affected a number of the key freight and logistic handling facilities...
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Menlo Logistics Appoint New Asian Shipping Boss
Managing Director has Vast market Experience

04/03/2010
US – CHINA – Menlo Worldwide Logistics, subsidiary of Con-way Incorporated, the truck and shipping group, have appointed a new managing di...
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Maersk Details Massive Losses For Container Shipping Business In 2009
Annual Report Confirms Expectations

04/03/2010
DENMARK – Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has confirmed in its financial report for last year that it has suffered a loss for 2009 of $1 billi...
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New LNG Bulk Carrier Vessels From China for Mitsui
MOL Snap up Liquid Gas Carrying Contracts

04/03/2010
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – AUSTRALI A– CHINA - Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), the bulk to container shipping line announced further development of its li...
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Southern Air's New 777's To Enhance THAI Cargo's Air Freight Options
First 777 Freighter User in Southeast Asia

04/03/2010
USA / THAILAND – Boeing’s delivery of two new 777 Freighters to US-based operator Southern Air has been cause for celebrations not just th...
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TDG'S Chemical Depot Reaches 2000 Days With No Lost Time Accidents
Impressive Safety Record Attributed to Staff and Training

04/03/2010
UK - Site-based employees at TDG’s chemicals depot at Acton Grange, near Warrington, are celebrating an impressive 2000 days with no lost-time a...
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Want To Buy A Freight Railway ?
Australian Rail Network Up for Sale

04/03/2010
AUSTRALIA – The receivers of Freight Link Pty Ltd., the freight rail owner operator which went under Down Under in 2008, want to hear from any i...
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Maersk Line To Cancel Trans-Pacific Shipping Service with Horizon Lines
Changing Market Forces Appraisal of Needs

03/03/2010
ASIA / USA - Leading liner shipping company Maersk Line is to cease its slot charter agreement with US-based Horizon Lines on its Trans-Pacific 1 (TP1...
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Another Bulk Shipping Line Takes Delivery Of New Capesize Vessel
Diana Shipping Continue to Enjoy Strong Demand

03/03/2010
GREECE – Dry bulk shipping line, Diana Shipping Inc., took delivery of the latest addition to their fleet on Monday the 1st of March....
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Jungheinrich Fork Lift Truck In Charity Road Trip
Trio Raise Money for Cancer Research

03/03/2010
UK – Normally used for loading pallets and manoeuvring freight and cargo the ubiquitous fork lift truck has proved itself capable of performing ...
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US Senate Approves Extension On Highway Trust Fund
Crisis Defused and Federal Employees Back to Work Today

03/03/2010
USA – The United States Senate agreed late last night to extend the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for an additional thirty day period. The agreement ...
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American Airlines Opens New Freight Terminal At JFK
Features State-of-the-Art Handling Systems for Containerized Freight

03/03/2010
NEW YORK / USA – American Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) has just opened its newly relocated cargo terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy Inter...
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US Truck Group Demand Government Acts On Safety Finance And Maintenance
Squabble Over Funds will cause Serious Problems

03/03/2010
US – On the 28th February the House of Representatives and the Senate failed to agree on the budget for Highway Trust Fund (HTF) outlay. This ef...
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Scottish Truckers Criticise Excessive Fuel Penalty
RHA Joins Objectors to Surcharges

03/03/2010
UK – Many Scottish truck companies have appealed against the delivery surcharges imposed by British fuel distributors who cite distance from the...
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Eagle Bulk Shipping Commission New Supramax Carrier
Imperial Eagle Fifth New Build

02/03/2010
USA – New York-based Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. has today taken delivery of the latest addition to its fleet of bulk commodity carriers, the 56,00...
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Freight Haulage Body Wants Heavy Lift - Out Of Gauge Rules Enforced
RHA Lobbies Government to Ban Foreign Trucks

02/03/2010
UK – The Combined Transport Directive, introduced twenty years ago as part of the pan European transport strategy, is being termed “totall...
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South African Minister Calls For More Rail Freight To Protect Roads
Under Investment Causing Damage to Infrastructure

02/03/2010
SOUTH AFRICA – At a media briefing yesterday the South African Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin stated that the failure of the rail freig...
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Channel Island Shipping Company Adds Cherbourg To Routes
Huelin-Renouf Expand Freight Service Options

02/03/2010
UK / FRANCE - Huelin-Renouf Shipping, the principal shipping company serving the Channel Islands, is to add the port of Cherbourg in France to the fre...
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Rail Freight Giant Appoints New Head
DB Schenker Promote Asset Management Chief

02/03/2010
GERMANY - The Supervisory Board of DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG has appointed Otto G. Niederhofer (56) to the Management Board with effect from Mar...
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TDG Expands Eastern European Logistics Service
Acquisition of RRS Continues Growth in Hungary

02/03/2010
UK / HUNGARY – European freight forwarder and logistics service provider TDG have consolidated their expansion into Eastern Europe last year by ...
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New UK Reefer Trailer Order For Schmitz Cargobull
150 Trailers to go to Asda

02/03/2010
UK - Schmitz Cargobull (UK) part of the leading manufacturer and supplier of semi-trailers in Europe, report an order this week for their County Durha...
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American Road Projects Halted By Political Row
Dispute on Legislation Sees Workers Furloughed

01/03/2010
USA – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has furloughed almost two thousand employees without pay from today after a bill to extend a s...
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Russian Railways Announce Details Of Massive Investment For Infrastructure
Billions of Rubles to be Allocated

01/03/2010
RUSSIA – Following on from last week's announcements on the rail and intermodal projects that are to receive TIGER funding from the U.S. governm...
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Freight Transport Association Issues Warning To UK Government
Invest in Logistics or See Britain Slump

01/03/2010
UK – One of the UK’s leading logistics trade bodies, the Freight Transport Association (FTA), has issued a warning to the contending parti...
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