28/02/2011
US – The irony is lost on observers that on the day the Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) convene to endorse plans for Alaska’s bi...
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Another Container Shipper Reports Record Profits
French Group Position Now Much Stronger

27/02/2011
FRANCE – WORLDWIDE – It is a year since our article on CMA CGM pointed out the perils facing the container shipping giant as it negotiated...
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Port Aims To Increase Freight Turnover As Environmental Vehicle Export Tonnages Rise
Alternative Energy Vehicles can Drive Growth

27/02/2011
SOUTH AFRICA – Figures released by the combi and RoRo facilities operated by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) this week demonstrate the increasing ...
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Freight And Logistics Specialist Expands Into Asia Generating Love And Hate In Equal Measure
Investment in Advertising as Well as Infrastructure

27/02/2011
ASIA – US – UK – This week saw UPS extend its Preferred LCL consolidation services across much of Asia after seeing the parallel les...
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LTL Freight Haulier Nail A Terrorist Bomb Plotter
Con-way's Security Protocols Catch a Criminal

26/02/2011
US – Con-way Freight, the less than truckload (LTL) division of the logistics giant have issued details of their involvement in foiling a bomb p...
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How Will Middle East Uncertainty Affect International Freight Shipments?
Speculation on Fuel Prices Unsettling the Industry

26/02/2011
UK – WORLDWIDE – In the past few weeks Britain has witnessed concerted pressure on the Government to find a method of reducing the impact ...
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Full Training For Logistics And Supply Chain Professionals
Summer School Offers Comprehensive Instruction

24/02/2011
GERMANY – Anything which bears the name of entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne is bound to be taken seriously by freight professionals. Now th...
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Logistics Operator Records 'Significant' Profit
Damco Share in Maersk Success

24/02/2011
DENMARK – After the release of A.P. Moller Maersk’s trading figures yesterday the logistics arm of the supermarket to container shipping l...
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Less Than Truckload Carrier Streamlines Customs Procedures For Freight Shipments
Con-way Achieve Early Adoption of New Procedures

24/02/2011
US – CANADA - Con-way Freight, the less than truck load (LTL) subsidiary of logistics giant Con-way Incorporated, today announced it is fully op...
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Transport Charity Leader Recognised By Royalty As Freight Warehouse Opens
Transaid Boss Retires After Seven Years

24/02/2011
UK – WORLDWIDE – Transaid, the charitable development agency founded by the Save the Children Fund and the Chartered Institute of Logistic...
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Divided Opinions On New Rail Freight And Truck Infrastructure
Opinions Polarised as Australia Moves Forward

23/02/2011
AUSTRALIA – The current government policy here is to plan for the growth in road and rail freight which most industry observers feel is a certai...
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Eastern Courier Company Buys Western Freight Forwarder And Liner Agency
Expansion Continues for Dubai Based Aramex

23/02/2011
DUBAI – IRELAND – One of the largest of the Middle East logistics specialists, Aramex, have continued their policy of expansion through ac...
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Danish Container Shippers Bring Home The Bacon
Maersk Report Profits for 2010

23/02/2011
WORLDWIDE – A.P. Moller Maersk have released their full year figures for 2010 and they are very much in line with the anticipated levels forecas...
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Road Haulage - Freight Trucks Need To See And Be Seen
Reflections on the Need For Night Time Visibility

23/02/2011
UK – US – Two stories today about improving road safety through increased visibility, one on trucks and one on the roadway itself. In the ...
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New Freight Operation For Bahamas
GAC Join Up with Local Shipping Agency

22/02/2011
BAHAMAS – Middle East based logistics specialist GAC has formed an alliance with Bahamian agency Elnet Maritime Co. Ltd., which will commence op...
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Four Murdered As Pirate Seizures Include Iranian Bulk Freight Vessel On Nuclear Weapons List
The Worst Possible Outcome for Captured US Yacht Crew

22/02/2011
SOMALIA – It has been twelve days since our last update on the situation regarding the pirating of freight, fishing and private vessels in the I...
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Truck Strike Ends As Freight Groups Unite In New Logistics Venture
Settlement with Drivers Should Bring Reconciliation - but with Concerns

22/02/2011
SOUTH AFRICA – After a bloody week which saw petrol bombs seriously injure two and at least fourteen more non striking freight truck drivers wer...
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Container Shipping Lines See Profits Rise As Freight Revenues Recover
NOL Witness $1.2 Billion Upswing and Maersk Invest in Newbuilds

21/02/2011
WORLDWIDE – As bankers hide behind their profit reports in the face of widespread criticism the container shipping industry seems to be breathin...
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Low Cost Airline Announces Freight Carrying Intentions
Jetstar Asia and Valuair Look for Service Expansion

21/02/2011
AUSTRALIA – ASIA – Qantas subsidiary Jetstar and its own offshoot Valuair are seeking approval from the authorities to expand their activ...
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Air Freight Price Rise As VAT Comes Under Spotlight
Channel Islands Look for Extra Revenue

20/02/2011
CHANNEL ISLANDS – UK - As expected Guernsey plans to introduce a raft of cost increases to raise revenue including an air freight charge of 3.4 ...
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Truck Strikes Follow Different Paths As Freight Deliveries Suspended
Drivers Attitudes A World Apart

18/02/2011
SOUTH AFRICA – COLOMBIA – As vehicles burned after petrol bomb attacks in Durban, peace reigned across the world in Bogota when union offi...
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Higher Road Tolls Will Hit Freight Haulage Companies
Europe's Motorway Costs Continue to Rise

18/02/2011
FRANCE – In January we highlighted the discontent which freight hauliers in the UK felt as road, tunnel and bridge tolls seemed destined to rise...
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New Freight Container Service Between Europe And Indian Subcontinent
Safmarine and Maersk Announce Route Expansion

17/02/2011
EUROPE – INDIAN SUBCONTINENT – MIDDLE EAST – Safmarine Container Lines are to expand the box services they operate in conjunction wi...
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Container Lines And Bulk Freight Carriers Collaborate On Safety Software
Systems Aboard Ship Just Got a Technology Boost

16/02/2011
EUROPE – Just a month ago we told how Flagship, the programme designed to bring safety and competitiveness to European maritime services had pro...
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Appointments In The Shipping, Freight Forwarding And Logistics Industries This Week
Who's Moved To and From Where and When

15/02/2011
US – Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have assigned sales managers for their three sales regions after restructuring their refrigerated container cargo se...
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Vessel Charterer Issues Statement Regarding Dry Bulk Freight Carrier In Receivership
Eagle Reveal Details of Korea Lines Debt

15/02/2011
US – KOREA – Following our recent report that bulk freight carrier Korea Line (KLC) had filed for protective receivership, one of the ship...
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Cross Border Truck Freight Looks For Improvement
New Relationship For US - Mexican Neighbours

15/02/2011
US – MEXICO – An historic agreement signed this month ties even tighter bonds between economic communities from either side of the border....
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Port And Harbour Development Group Sold
BMT Acquires Western Australian Asset

14/02/2011
AUSTRALIA - JFA Consultants Pty, specialists in managing and inputting technical know how to port and harbour projects in its home country and the As...
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Volvo Launch Haulage Internet Community For Truckers Worldwide
Latest Technology makes Worldtrucker Open to All

14/02/2011
WORLDWIDE – Today Swedish truck manufacturers Volvo officially revealed their new Worldtrucker idea, with the aim of making it the largest and m...
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Marine Transport Experts Study The Human Factor
Further Improvements in Health and Safety Possible

14/02/2011
UK – One of the intangible elements in arranging a totally safe working environment has always been human fallibility, a problem addressed by a ...
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BMW Continue To Develop Freight And Logistics Contracts
Second Announcement in a Week from German Car Makers

13/02/2011
GERMANY – After announcing the appointment of Kuehne and Nagel as their chosen partner for distribution of their products in Canada, BMW have aw...
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Maersk Group Announce Expansion Of Break Bulk And Container Freight Carrier Fleet
Safmarine to get Six more MPV's this year

13/02/2011
DENMARK-– ASIA – AFRICA – Danish shipping group A.P. Moller Maersk has released details of the direction being taken by subsidiary S...
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UK Agent Will Concentrate On Port And Freight Terminal Equipment
Cooper Ends Distribution of Baumann Products

13/02/2011
UK – Warwickshire based Cooper Specialised Handling (Cooper SH) has announced it is ending its contract with Baumann, the Italian company which ...
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Johnston Stevens Sell Shipping And Multimodal Stake
Change of Name Due for Agency Veterans

11/02/2011
UK – Johnson Stevens Agencies have sold their interest in China Shipping (UK) Agency and Multimodal Logistics Ltd. to China Shipping Holdings Gm...
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Forum On Dangers Posed By Badly Loaded Freight in Shipping Containers
Safety Considerations Under Review

11/02/2011
EUROPE - WORLD WIDE – The 21st and 22nd February will see a forum on the subject of overloaded and badly stowed cargo in shipping containers hel...
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Baltic Dry Index Sees Freight Rates Rise - At Last
First Real Hike Since December

11/02/2011
UK - WORLD WIDE - The Baltic Dry Index took its first tentative steps upward this week when it closed yesterday at 1136 points, up from the dismal 104...
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Logistics Institute Launch New Courses To Improve Company Performance
CILT and CWD Link to Create New Process Management Data Forum

11/02/2011
UK – The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) says it has added a new dimension to its activities by launching a new professional...
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Container Terminal Issues TEU Performance Figures
GPS Aids Locating Boxes Within Port

10/02/2011
SOUTH AFRICA - Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) have released figures for Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) which opened in October 2009 and have described...
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Container Freight Service Abandoned For Lack Of Cargo
Much Heralded Island Box Carrier Project Founders

10/02/2011
ISLE OF MAN - UK - The container service launched by Mezeron between Liverpool and the Island which we announced in October and which by November was ...
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Scottish U Turn On Rail Freight Grant
Extra Money Found for Environmental Reasons

10/02/2011
UK – After intense lobbying by industry groups including the Freight Transport Association (FTA)and the Rail Freight Group (RFG) the decision to...
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Express Delivery Group To Invest $40 Million In New US Air Freight Hub
DHL Increases Handling Capacity at CVG

10/02/2011
US – In the second phase of their investment in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport DHL announced today it is investing a further $22.5 million...
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RoRo Freight Ferry Deal Subject To Investigation
Stena and DFDS Deal Referred to Competition Commission

09/02/2011
UK – IRELAND – Authorities in both Britain and Ireland are investigating the recent agreements between DFDS and Stena Line on the Irish Se...
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Yet Another Vessel Seized By Pirates
Supertanker Hijacked in the Arabian Sea

09/02/2011
SOMALIA – Just one day after our report mentioning the hijacking of an oil tanker there has been another major incident when pirates today seize...
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RoRo Ferry Unaccompanied Trailer Fees To Rise - By Order!
Review Reveals BCFS Services are Unfairly Subsidised

09/02/2011
CANADA – Rarely do fares come down but it is even more unusual for a business watchdog to demand that freight rates go up – yet that is pr...
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US Freight Truck News This Week
Stories from the Highway - Step up Ladies - and get Physical + New Infrastructure Praised

09/02/2011
US – Our photograph shows the Salute to Women Behind the Wheel in 2010 the annual event when ladies of the road have the chance to meet up with ...
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Logistics Agent Appointed For BMW Supply Chain
Joy for K + N in Canada*

08/02/2011
CANADA - Kuehne + Nagel tell us today the group has been awarded a three-year contract to manage the BMW Regional Distribution Centre in Vancouver ser...
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Pirates Attacks On Freight Vessels Continue But Indians Strike Back
Another Oil Tanker Taken But 43 Pirates Reported Captured - What Happens Next?

08/02/2011
SOMALIA – INDIA – Another vessel was seized today approximately 670 nautical miles East of Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean. The MV Savi...
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US Ocean Freight Subject To Government Enquiry On Slow Steaming
FMC Want Comments from Shippers and Forwarders

08/02/2011
US – Regulatory bodies in America are amongst the toughest in the world and now, like the eye of Sauron, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (F...
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Latest Appointments In Freight, Logistics And Haulage
News on the Moves and Changes at the Top

07/02/2011
AUSTRALIA – After apparently wishing to move away from coal haulage to fresh logistics markets rail freight and ports group Asciano have parted ...
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Stobart Freight Group Spreads Its Wings
Good News For New Business Sector and Modernisation of Existing Equipment

07/02/2011
UK – Cumbria headquartered Eddie Stobart made a conscious decision some time ago to expand its traditional road freight haulage operations and e...
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Freight And Logistics News From Around The Globe
Snippets from the World of Haulage, Shipping and Forwarding

07/02/2011
US – Thursday saw Boeing conducting yet another test flight for the 747-8 Freighter (coded RC523) from Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The a...
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Freight Train Crash Causes Huge Fireball
Homes Evacuated after Derailment

07/02/2011
US - A freight train carrying hundreds of thousands of gallons of flammable chemicals derailed yesterday morning in a rural area south of Toledo, Ohi...
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Logistics Charity Plans To Improve Transport Infrastructure
Freight Representatives Hit the Road to Help Others

06/02/2011
AFRICA – Transaid, the international development agency founded by Save The Children and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)...
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US And Canadian Truckers Chance For Safety Pay Day
Volvo and Michelin Sponsor Awards

06/02/2011
US - CANADA - $50,000 is on offer for fleet owners who can demonstrate their effort to field safer trucks, for the third consecutive year Volvo Trucks...
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Women Wanted - Freight And Logistics Awards Nominations Closing
Only a Few Days Left to Promote Your Industry

06/02/2011
UK – You still have time (just about) to nominate any woman (or indeed women) who you feel deserves recognition for their outstanding contributi...
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Freight Train Robbery Leaves Two Dead
Shoot Out with Police Kills Two Teenagers and Another Seriously Injured

06/02/2011
ARGENTINA – For most involved in the logistics industry the closest one comes to criminality is pilfering from a truck load or on a more serious...
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Port Strike Turns Ugly As Freight Trucks Attacked
History Repeats Itself After Only Eight Months

05/02/2011
PERU – Less than a year after a state of emergency was declared after eight days of strikes by the stevedores employed at the Port of Callao, we...
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Egypt - Latest Bulletin For Freight And Shipping Interests
Suez Canal Operating As Normal - Labour Shortage Hinders Ports

05/02/2011
EGYPT – As the world watches the dramatic events unfold, the situation in the country as regards import freight continues to improve but with di...
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After Freight And Haulage Groups Now Coalition Faces MP's On Monday Over Fuel Price
Scots and Welsh Will Accuse Government of Breach of Promise

05/02/2011
UK – Just once a year do the parties who represent their respective assemblies in Scotland and Wales get to put an unequivocal point to the gove...
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Continental Hauliers Face Road Pricing Scheme
Ministers to Examine Road Tolls

04/02/2011
UK – The talk this week in the world of freight haulage centres around the excise duty levels on diesel and a possible fuel stabilisation scheme...
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Another Freight Operator Joins WFP Logistics Effort
Maersk is Latest partner to Sign Up

04/02/2011
WORLD WIDE – Bulk and container shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has become the latest member of the Logistics Emergency Team (LET) whi...
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Rate Hikes Help Less Than Truckload Freight Carrier In Bad Times
ABF Posts Losses - But Heads In the Right Direction

03/02/2011
US – Arkansas best subsidiary ABF Freight System have posted full year figures which are a marked improvement on the near $100 million loss they...
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IATA Report Air Freight Cargo Levels Rising
Oil Price and Bad Weather Are Limiting Factors

03/02/2011
WORLD WIDE – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported full-year 2010 demand statistics for international scheduled air traffi...
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Organisers And Haulage Groups Welcome Back Manufacturers To UK Truck Show
April Opportunity to See What's on Offer

03/02/2011
UK – After a period of austerity caused by declining freight levels hauliers are anticipating the return of the major manufacturers to what is a...
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Export Containers Still Delayed By Rhine Barge Accident
Trial Shipments Yesterday to Assess Safety

03/02/2011
GERMANY – The accident on 13th January when the 360 foot tanker Waldhof capsized near Wiesbaden with her cargo of 2,400 tonnes of sulphuric acid...
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DVLA Scam Targets UK Truck And Car Drivers
Don't Get Caught by 'Phishing' e mail

02/02/2011
UK – We’ve all seen them, the Government Treasury official in Nigeria who’s squirreled away $20 million and wants to put it through ...
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Murder On The High Seas - Heavy Lift Freight Ship Crewman Murdered By Pirates
Authorities Criticised After One Dead Two Missing as they Flee Captured Vessel

02/02/2011
SOMALIA – GERMANY – Before our weekly overview of pirate activity comes the full story of an innocent crewman murdered whilst trying to es...
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Some Good News For US Truck Companies As Freight Haulier Profits
Others However Still Give Cause for Concern

02/02/2011
US – In the past year or so we have seen extreme disquiet amongst those involved in haulage in general and less than truck load (LTL) operators ...
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Freight And Logistics Firms Sign Up To Fair Fuel Demand For Haulage
More Demonstrations of Depth of Industry Feeling Next Week

02/02/2011
UK - The FairFuel UK campaign to restrict the price of duty charged by the government to commercial truck operators continues to gather momentum. With...
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Freight Still Flowing Through Suez Canal And Egyptian Ports
Shipping Continues Despite the Turmoil on the Streets

01/02/2011
EGYPT – The country is winning plaudits from far and wide as the so far ‘quiet revolution’ continues and the people demand the remov...
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New Headquarters For Freight And Logistics Group
Swiss Facility Launches Cargo Operations

01/02/2011
SWITZERLAND – In their new Pratteln country headquarters freight and logistics specialists DHL say they have one of the most modern facilities o...
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Pallet Leader Develops Simulator For Freight Unit Loads
CHEP Able to Evaluate New Shipping Platforms

01/02/2011
US – The name of CHEP is familiar to anyone operating in an intermodal or freight depot as a world leader in pallet supplies with over 300 milli...
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Freight Hauliers Must Clean Up Their Act As US Trucks Come Under Fire Again
Battle To Remove Pollution from US Ports Moves Northward

27/02/2010
US – Despite much wrangling the pollution statistics around the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles speak for themselves. Even critics of the wa...
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London Freight Drivers Urged To Look Out For Poison Pick Up Truck
Deadly Cargo Missing in South East London

27/02/2010
UK – Police have appealed for all drivers to keep an eye out for a blue D21 Nissan truck, registration number R363 PJO which was stolen late on ...
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New Irish - Welsh RoRo Freight And Passenger Service Due To Set Sail Friday
Fastnet Line Inaugural Sailing Delayed

27/02/2010
IRELAND – UK – The initial sailing of Fastnet Lines new service between Cork and Swansea is now scheduled for Friday 5th March. The sailin...
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French Shipping Hit As Dock Strike Hits Freight Movements
Several Ports Affected By Strikes

27/02/2010
FRANCE – After port workers went on strike on Wednesday at Saint Nazaire to protest changes in reforms to workers conditions, the country was hi...
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New Dry Bulk Shipping Company Launches In New York
Genco Subsidiary to Commence Trading

26/02/2010
US - Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, owners of 35 dry bulk carriers carrying freight world wide have announced the launch of their wholly owned ...
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Tongan Shipping Boss Arrested
Ferry Sinking Enquiry Drama

26/02/2010
TONGA – The secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd., Lord Ramsey Dalgety, has been arrested after given evidence to a public enq...
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More North Korean Arms Seized Hidden In Freight Containers
Report Details Circumstances of Find

26/02/2010
SOUTH AFRICA / NORTH KOREA / CONGO – Details are emerging on the seizure by South African authorities last November of two containers carrying e...
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Alleged Shipping Scam Deprives Export Owners Of Freight
Pakistan Bills of Lading " False "

26/02/2010
PAKISTAN – Local media report that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) are looking into cases put forward by several exporters that they are ...
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Fujifilm Poland Appoints Kuehne + Nagel For Its Contract Logistics
New Hi-Tech Client In Eastern Europe

25/02/2010
POLAND – Fujifilm, the Japanese manufacturer of high-tech goods such as cameras, photographic processing, medical and printing equipment as well...
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Warehouses To Get Green Make Over
UKWA working with the Carbon Trust on 'emissions toolkit' for the warehousing industry

25/02/2010
UK - The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) is working in partnership with the Carbon Trust to develop an ‘emissions toolkit’ t...
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DB Schenker Wins Accreditation As Envirotainer Shipping Provider In Europe And Asia
Acknowledgement of Successful Handling Processes

25/02/2010
EUROPE / ASIA - DB Schenker has gained accreditation as a Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) at several stations in Europe and Asia by Envirotainer...
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US Freight Truck Figures Released
ATA Economist Conservatively Confident

25/02/2010
US – As mentioned earlier today the American Trucking Associations (ATA) for hire truck tonnage index figures have just been released. The growt...
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Lufthansa and Austrian Air To Combine Air Freight Ops
Lufthansa To Take Over Global Services

25/02/2010
GERMANY / AUSTRIA – Lufthansa Cargo and their subsidiary Austrian Airlines have announced that they are to integrate their air freight services....
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Confidence Growing Slowly In Freight And Shipping Circles
Global Signs are Hopeful as Numbers Rise

25/02/2010
WORLD WIDE – The shipping industry has been depressed for so long now that the only hopeful mantra heard lately has been that freight levels mus...
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Indian Rail Budget Offers Little Help To Freight Groups
100 Days to Examine Privatisation and Most Rates Held Stable

25/02/2010
INDIA – The announcement of the Indian Rail Budget, as discussed here recently, was never going to please everybody but reactions are fairly mut...
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Freight Ships Arriving Safe As Anti Pirate Policy Supports Shipping And Defence
Long Slow Road to Recovery for Somalia under the Wing of the World

24/02/2010
SOMALIA– The master of the Masar Trade looked happy for once as his cargo was offloaded at the Berbera quayside. “This is the very first t...
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Antonov Giant's Join Air Freight Relief Efforts To Haiti
Biggest Aircraft In The World Committed To Japanese Program

24/02/2010
HAITI – In order to rapidly deploy heavy earth moving equipment to assist in the clearance and rebuilding works taking place in the earthquake s...
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Freight Transport Association Celebrates Links With Transaid
Charity Support Recognised by Royalty at New Office Opening

24/02/2010
UK – It is no surprise to learn that the person opening the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) new Leeds office yesterday would be a tr...
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Logistics Group Appoint Air Freight Chief
Damco to Strengthen Aviation Sector

23/02/2010
DENMARK – Damco, the independent logistics arm of shipping giants AP Moller-Maersk, have outlined their intentions to advance their airfreight c...
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Indian Truck Makers Deflated By Pressure On Tyre Market
Local Manufacturers Depressed by Anti Dumping Legislation

23/02/2010
INDIA – The country’s recent decision to increase duty on imported Chinese and Thai truck tyres, adding up to $40 per casing, has disturbe...
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Shipping In The Dock This Month - Literally Unfortunately
Staff Arrested in Diverse Criminal Cases

23/02/2010
TONGA – PHILIPPINES – There are two cases this week involving shipping company executives who are charged with criminal activity. Police i...
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Japanese Shipping Lines Bulk Carriers In Rescue Drama
MOL vessels Answer Government Appeal and Race to Rescue

23/02/2010
BRAZIL – Two of Mitsui OSK (MOL) Lines woodchip carriers Hokuetsu Delight and Crystal Pioneer diverted to the site where the Canadian 57-meter s...
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Government Port Development Plans Heavily Criticised
RTPI Slam Westminster Report as " Not Fit for Purpose "

23/02/2010
UK – The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) a charity devoted to advancing the art and science of developing town plans to the benefit of the ...
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Milford Haven Pilot Strike Called Off
Management and Unions Agree to 28 Days for Further Discussions

23/02/2010
UK – The strike scheduled today by pilots at the port of Milford Haven, one of the UK’s largest gas and petroleum handling facilities, has...
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A V Dawson Invest In Teeside Expansion
New Crane Start of Expansion Aimed At New Markets

23/02/2010
UK – Logistics provider and port operator A V Dawson have hailed the delivery of a new €2 million harbour crane as the start of a program ...
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Kuehne + Nagel Expands Logistics Contract With Wine Importer
Concha Y Toro Reaffirms Faith in K + N For UK Business

23/02/2010
UK – Concha Y Toro, Latin America’s leading wine producer and exporter and one of the ten largest wine companies in the world, has expande...
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Dry Bulk Shipping Group Posts Results
Paragon Figures for Year End Published

23/02/2010
GREECE – Paragon Shipping, who currently operate eleven Panamax, Handymax and Supramax dry bulk carriers, posted full year figures today showing...
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Australian Rail and Infrastructure Group Posts Encouraging Figures
UGL Orders Booked Past 2011

23/02/2010
AUSTRALIA – United Group Limited, which became UGL in November, yesterday posted encouraging figures for their half year (to 31st December 2009)...
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Southern Air Increase Thai Air Cargo Freight Fleet
Two New Boeing 777 's Running for Thai Airways from March

22/02/2010
US – THAILAND – Southern Air Holdings Incorporated, part of the Oak Hill Capital Partners Group, have added two new Boeing 777 wide body ...
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Smiths Supply Electric Vans For German Government Truck Assessment
Ten Edison Transits en route to Cologne

22/02/2010
UK – GERMANY – Smiths Electric Vehicles, part of the Tanfield Group are to send a fleet of their Edison vans, based on the Ford Transit, t...
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Rail Freight Update for February
Snippets of Some of the Things Happening on Tracks World Wide

22/02/2010
AUSTRALIA – BALTIC STATES - UK – The transfer of state rail freight and coal transport assets to private hands, details of which we repo...
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Saga Of Toxic Waste Ship Continues
Platinum ll Case may Change Indian Vessel Scrapping Rules

22/02/2010
INDIA – The continuing row over the Platinum ll, a ship which arrived with the most tenuous of cover stories when it arrived on the beaches at A...
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Indian Rail Freight Under The Microscope This Week
All Eyes on Bengali Minister's Future Financial Plans

22/02/2010
INDIA - Mamata Banerjee, the controversial Minister for Railways will announce her budget plans for rail freight on Wednesday and there will be many i...
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Any Freight, Shipping Or Logistics Executives Want To Buy A Car For Haiti ?
Well Now is Your Chance to Bid for a " Naomi for Haiti " Lotus Evora

21/02/2010
UK –HAITI - In the course of our normal freight and shipping stories we have covered the assistance given by the logistics community to the deva...
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New Truck Driving Simulator Lets You Build A Virtual UK Road Freight Empire
A Chance to Try and Make it in the Haulage Game - Without the Risk

20/02/2010
UK – This week’s release of UK Truck Simulator is a light hearted way to try to learn some of the basics of the road freight world –...
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Shipping Line Fined Millions For Pollution and Conspiracy
Cost of Worst California Oil Spill in 20 Years Continues - and More to Come

20/02/2010
US - In July we reported on the imprisonment of John Joseph Cota, the negligent California pilot who steered the container ship MV Cosco Busan into th...
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Levy On Shipping Lines Will Pay Australians Maritime Disaster Compensation
Repercussions for Oil Spill Last Year

19/02/2010
AUSTRALIA – The Federal Government will increase the levy on cargo ships by a further 3 cents a tonne, taking the charge over 14cents a tonne ov...
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Container Shipping Line MOL Train For Philippine Disaster
Biannual Tests Keep Staff on their Toes

19/02/2010
PHILIPPINES – In a week we have seen the country's smaller ship owners squabble about introducing the most basic safety measures it is encourag...
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Transport Forum Head Responds To Rail Freight Group Chief's Criticism
Baroness Greengross Answers To Lord Berkeley's Comments

19/02/2010
UK – On the 26th of January, 2010, we published an article in which the report on rail privatisation by a transport forum headed by Baroness Sal...
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3PL Provider Greatwide Logistics Announce Safety Improvement
Tougher Measures and Safety Training Produces Results

19/02/2010
US – CANADA – The third party logistics provider, Greatwide Logistics, has announced the results of its comprehensive measures to reduce t...
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US Truck Lobby Group Say Food Miles - Fact or Myth ?
ATA Conference Hear the Arguments for Supermarket Style Deliveries

19/02/2010
US – Everyone it seems is taking up the challenge of seeking out locally sourced foodstuffs. It is politically correct and “green” t...
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Irish Ferries Wins Logistics And Transport Awards
Company Praised for Commitment to Quality

18/02/2010
IRELAND – Last weeks Irish Logistics and Transport Awards sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport saw Irish Ferries walk...
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Panalpina Launches Two New Ocean Freight Services
Swiss Logistics Group Look To Improve LCL Options

18/02/2010
SWITZERLAND – Swiss-based logistics group Panalpina is now offering two new LCL (less than container load) services to its ocean freight custome...
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Kelvin Hughes Updates Digital Chart Compatibility For Shipping
Reminds That Out of Date Charts Cause Accidents

18/02/2010
UK – A report by the London P&I Club, one of the world’s leading Protection and Indemnity Associations, which concludes that a major c...
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Logistics And Supply Chain Specialists Damco Extend African Operation
New Djibouti Office Opens This Month

18/02/2010
DJIBOUTI – Damco, the logistics arm of shipping giants Moller – Maersk have announced they are to open an office in the country this month...
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Long Running Dublin Dock Dispute Ends Amicably At Last
As Predicted Mutual Agreement Reached

18/02/2010
IRELAND – As we envisaged yesterday the long and acrimonious dispute at the port of Dublin was resolved today with the three parties involved in...
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Ferry Company Respond To Court Verdict On Their Breach Of EU Directive
European and British Law not Compatible on Issue of Super Ferries

18/02/2010
UK – Tuesdays verdict in the High Court that Wightlink, the passenger and freight RoRo ferry operators had acted unlawfully with their introduct...
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Milford Haven Dock Strike Averted - But Perhaps Not For Long
UNITE Castigate Court Decision

18/02/2010
WALES – The decision by a court to ban strike action scheduled for today by pilots and launch crews at Milford Haven, Wales biggest port has bro...
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Truck Driver Robbed at Gunpoint For England Strips
Police Ask For Help With Terrifying Ordeal

18/02/2010
DEESIDE / LANCASHIRE, UK – Greater Manchester Police are requesting help from the public after an armed gang stole a lorry loaded with 50,000 En...
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Philippine Shipping Companies Must Modernise Or Be Disqualified
"Holiday" is a Strike by Any Other Name

18/02/2010
PHILIPPINES – For one of the most traditional of seafaring nations the Filipinos have the least enviable safety record amongst the world’s...
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US Freight To Benefit Significantly From TIGER Grants
Winning Projects for Grants Announced

18/02/2010
USA – The Department of Transport (DOT) has finalized which projects are to receive funding out of the Transportation Investment Generating Econ...
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Alderney Service Starts Next Week For Sea Freight And Haulage Group
Huelin - Renouf add Twice a Week Service from Southampton

18/02/2010
UK – Things continue to move fast for Jersey based freight shippers Huelin – Renouf Shipping with the news that from the 23rd February the...
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Extra Road Tolls For Trucks Riles Freight Transport Group
M6 Charges Set to Increase

18/02/2010
UK – At a time when shipping is at its lowest ebb the cost of using the M6 toll section is about to increase. On 1st March there will be a rise ...
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Dublin Port Dispute End in Sight As Milford Haven Plans Stoppage for Oil and Gas Tankers
As One Door Opens Another Appears to Close for Dock Labour Relations

17/02/2010
IRELAND / UK - Further to our story last August revealing the parlous state of labour relations in the Port of Dublin we have received word today that...
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New Shipping Law Firm Sets Up In Preston
Legal Eagle Swoops Home

17/02/2010
PRESTON / UK - Lancashire born solicitor Janci Karri has arrested ships, handled multi-million dollar cases, and practised at one of the world’s...
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Improved Indian Emission Standards Blamed For Commercial Truck Price Increases
Cleaning up the Asian Atmosphere Blamed for Inflated Costs

17/02/2010
INDIA – CHINA – Truck manufacturers have never had to struggle to explain the rising costs of a new rig. One must have some sympathy now h...
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Shipping For Falklands Under New Restrictions
Argentina Imposes New Controls

17/02/2010
ARGENTINA / FALKLANDS - In a new move to ratchet up pressure on British oil exploration works being conducted in the Falkland Islands the Argentine go...
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Freight Transport Association Slates Government Fuel Policy
"Own Goal" with Tax Hikes Causing Inflation

17/02/2010
UK – Anyone running a freight truck in the country is well aware of the way diesel prices have soared in the past couple of years. Shipping anyt...
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Container Shipping Lines Reorganise Staff In UK Shake Up
NYK and Maersk both Restructure Office Operations

16/02/2010
UK – This week there is good news and bad news as the saying goes for staff employed by two of the world’s largest shipping lines. Nippon ...
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Safmarine To Launch New East African Shipping Service
New Mashariki Express to commence beginning of March

16/02/2010
AFRICA / ASIA - African shipping specialist Safmarine is to implement a new container shipping service that is intended to improve the quality of the ...
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Broken Arrow Injures The Wrong US Truck Company
Rumour Mongers Speak with Forked Tongue

16/02/2010
US – The disastrous demise of Arrow Trucking , Tulsa, Oklahoma which caused hundreds of employees to be stranded across the country, fuel bills ...
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CEVA Logistics Win Multiyork Contract
CEVA Home to Manage Over 16,000 Deliveries Per Annum

16/02/2010
UK – CEVA Logistics has been awarded a three-year contract to provide a white glove two-person home delivery service to Multiyork, manufacturer ...
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Diana Shipping To Confirm New Container Shipping Line Investment
Bulk Shipper to Invest US$50 Million

16/02/2010
GREECE – Bulk ship operator Diana Shipping has confirmed that they have agreed to invest US$50 million in the previously announced new project i...
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PD Logistics Win Tsingtao Beer Import Contract
Validation for Portcentric Concept

16/02/2010
UK – Halewood International, one of the UK’s biggest drink distributors, has appointed PD Logistics to manage all imports of that firm fav...
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Freight Truck Efficiency Body Plan The Future Of Haulage
NACFE Begins its Mammoth Assessment Task

16/02/2010
US – The North American Council for Freight Efficiency, the body formed last year with the intention of standardising and improving the accuracy...
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Kuehne + Nagel Awarded Logistics Contract For Marina Bay Project
Giant Hotel Complex Latest Client For K+N

15/02/2010
SINGAPORE – Kuehne + Nagel has been awarded an exclusive logistics contract to manage the warehousing, delivery-to-site and installation activit...
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Haiti Container Shipping Services Start To Run Again
Lines Work Toward Service as Usual

15/02/2010
HAITI – Shades of normality are gradually creeping back to the stricken country with the news that sea freight shipping services from the USA ha...
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Container Shipping Lines To Cooperate On Asian - African - South American Route
New Trade Agreement to Rationalise Deep Sea Service

15/02/2010
ASIA – SOUTH AFRICA – SOUTH AMERICA – Zim Integrated Shipping Services issued a press release on Friday stating they had reached agr...
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RHA Call For Better Parking Facilities For Freight Truck Drivers At UK Ports
Good but Can Do Better say Hauliers Association

15/02/2010
UK - Following our article last month regarding the reinstatement of truck parking at some US locations Britain’s own facilities have come under...
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RFG Support Government Report To Upgrade Rail Freight Infrastructure
Group Press for Continuing Investment

15/02/2010
The Rail Freight Group (RFG), who lobby for the case for increased investment in the development of rail carriage over truck borne and short sea freig...
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Hydrogen Generator Wins Nautical Innovation Award
Acta Scoop First Place At Italian Seatec Exhibition

15/02/2010
ITALY – A potentially revolutionary micro hydrogen generator has won the prestigious Qualitec Technology Award 2010 at the international Seatec ...
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New Irish Based Marine Logistics Course For Tanker Shipping And Terminal Staff
GAC Join Forces with Maritime College in Training Venture

15/02/2010
IRELAND – GAC, the Dubai based shipping, logistics and marine service company, have announced a joint venture with the National Maritime College...
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Australian Review Of Rail And Truck Freight Under Discussion
Local Producers to Discuss Plans with Government Representatives

15/02/2010
AUSTRALIA - Grain prices at the point of delivery, along with all bulk products, are constantly under pressure from the price in the market for other ...
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Air Freight In The UK - A Review Of Regional Cargo Airports
Growing Casualty List Indicates the Demise of a Cottage Industry

14/02/2010
UK – Researching the background for a piece on the development of small, local air traffic centres can prove to be a depressing task. A list of ...
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Waste Export Shipping Scandal Gets A Result From Court
Registered Waste Broker Slapped with Huge Costs - and More to Follow

13/02/2010
UK – BRAZIL – The scandal of waste matter emanating from the UK and being shipped to Brazil which we revealed last August has produced the...
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Argentines Seize Alleged Falklands Shipping
Oil Exploration Supplies Embargoed

12/02/2010
ARGENTINA / FALKLANDS ISLANDS – Argentine authorities have prevented a vessel from leaving the port of Campana on the grounds that they believe ...
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EGSAC GSSA Network Appoints SNTTA As Sharjah Air Freight Agent
Membership Expected to Boost UAE Potential

12/02/2010
UAE - The world’s largest independent cargo General Sales and Service Agents (GSSA) network – EGSAC - has appointed SNTTA Cargo as its exc...
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Transport Ministers Agree On Fast Tracking New Truck Technology
Australian Meeting Prompts Agreement

12/02/2010
AUSTRALASIA / ASIA – Transport ministers from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, who met this week in Melbourne, have agr...
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Shipping Tanker Company Develop Oil Export Technology
Cleaner, Safer, Faster System for Export from Smaller Fields

12/02/2010
BERMUDA – NORWAY – This week saw an agreement signed between the Teekay Corporation, a midstream company who transport in excess of ten pe...
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NOL Posts Massive Losses For Last Year
Container Operations Cause of Loss

11/02/2010
SINGAPORE – Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is the latest, though surely not the last, of the major freight groups to post a net financ...
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Greek Customs To Strike Again Next Week
Freight Shipments Expected to be Further Delayed

11/02/2010
GREECE – Following on from this week’s widespread industrial actions by civil servants and government employees across Greece against gove...
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Danish Government Assists Forlorn Crew Of Abandoned Freight Vessel
Seafarers Union Body Successfully Negotiates Release of Three Crewmen

11/02/2010
DENMARK – The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), who represent over 750 unions with in excess of four and a half million members...
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Transaid And Dentressangle Team Up To Give Forklift Training In Africa
Instruction Course To Improve Standards and Safety

11/02/2010
UK / ZAMBIA – Haulage company Norbert Dentressangle and logistics training charity Transaid have cooperated to give forklift training to a team ...
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Penzance to Scilly Isles Freight And Passenger Ferry Shipping Service Row Rumbles On
Accusations Fly as Revised Local Route Evolves for Islanders

11/02/2010
UK - In the world of freight and logistics there is nothing as contentious as the development of a new intermodal depot, airport or dock complex. The ...
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CEVA Wins Mazda Italy Supply Chain Contract
Three-Year Deal on Distribution

11/02/2010
ITALY – CEVA Logistics has signed a three-year agreement with Mazda for the management of the distribution of spare parts for the automotive gia...
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Yet More Freight Forwarders Caught Up In EU Probe
DSV, UPS and Expeditors International Now Investigated

11/02/2010
EUROPE – Yesterday’s reports that some of the giants of the freight forwarding industry such as DHL, Panalpina and Kuehne+Nagel had receiv...
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Handy Shipping Guide Launches New Facility For Freight and Logistics Readers
Another Free Service for the Worlds Cargo Transport Community

11/02/2010
UK – THAILAND – Today sees a further improvement in our day to day freight and shipping news service with readers now having the ability t...
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Australian Air Freight Security To Increase
Irony as Government Shows it Cannot Protect Itself

11/02/2010
AUSTRALIA – The Federal Government has announced the launch of a major review and upgrade to aviation security in the country following a White ...
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As Freight Investigations Rumble On New EU Competition Commissioner Steps In
Commissioner Designate Finally Succeeds Neelie Kroes

10/02/2010
EUROPE – At a time when many amongst the EU’s freight and shipping community are looking anxiously over their shoulders ( see today’...
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DHL Also Receives EU Opprobrium For Freight Forwarding Surcharges
Company Fully Cooperating With Investigation

10/02/2010
GERMANY – DHL Global Forwarding, the freight forwarding division of Deutsche Post, has confirmed that have also received a Statement of Objectio...
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New Ferry Terminal At Dover Will Need Funds So Bids For Port Invited
400 Million Pound Development Prompts Search for Finance

10/02/2010
UK – Despite sensational headlines in various tabloids the Port of Dover has not been sold to the French – yet. A statement issued by the ...
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Eagle Bulk Shipping Takes Delivery Of Two New Vessels
Bulker Fleet Continues to Expand

10/02/2010
USA – New York-based Eagle Bulk Shipping, a major global owner/operator of Supramax vessels to the bulk commodity market, has taken delivery of ...
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Mexican Freight Trucks May Be Permitted To Cross The US Border
Obama Regime to Examine Transit Programme

10/02/2010
US – MEXICO - On a day when all talk seems to be of anti trust legislation and Competition Commission enquiries it seems apt to mention the word...
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Another European Freight Forwarder Summoned By Anti Trust Commission
Kuehne & Nagel Join Panalpina in List of Accused

10/02/2010
SWITZERLAND – After our story this morning confirming Panalpina’s possible involvement in alleged anti competitive practices relating to i...
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Panalpina Receives Freight Anti Competition Objections From European Commission
Practices Investigation Issues Preliminary Findings

10/02/2010
EUROPE – Swiss-based logistics operator Panalpina has confirmed that following on from reports that they are subject to an international investi...
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Shipping And Logistics Group GAC Sign Up Freddie Flintoff
First Cricket Sponsorship Deal for Dubai Based Forwarder

10/02/2010
SINGAPORE – GAC, the Dubai based group which employs over 9000 people in 300 global offices have a new staff member. Yesterday the freight and l...
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PD Ports Container Feeder Shipping Service Cuts ASDA Mileages
“Logical Link” means over a Million Road Miles Saved

10/02/2010
UK – PD Ports, bought in November by Canadian owned Brookfield Asset Management claim to have saved ASDA, the supermarket giant, a very precise ...
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Freight Forwarder Davies Turner Awarded AEO Status
Company Gains Authorised Economic Operator Certification

10/02/2010
UK – Davies Turner & Co have achieved full certification for all their services including ocean sea freight, overland trailer movements, Cus...
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Con-way Freight Enlists YRC Experience
Revamped Sales Teams For Expansion

09/02/2010
USA - Con-way Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of logistics giant Con-way Inc., have announced that they have made a numb...
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RZD President Reaffirms Europe To Asia Rail Freight Plans
Development to Continue Despite Recession

09/02/2010
RUSSIA – Speaking at the opening ceremony of the International Regional Rail Business forum in Tallinn today, the President of Russian Railways ...
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Vietnam Customs Find Cash In Shipping Container
Authorities Want Tape Shipment Mystery Wrapped Up

09/02/2010
VIETNAM – Most of those involved in freight forwarding and logistics have had to handle some unusual shipments. Over years varied and interestin...
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New Indian Port Receives First Freight Handling Cargo
Unloading Rigs Landed Despite Opposition from Environmentalists

09/02/2010
INDIA – Yesterday saw the arrival of the MV ‘Zhen Hua 11’ at the new port of Dhamra on the east coast of the country. The ship, whic...
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Smith Electric Trucks Continue To Innovate
Approved for Sale to US Government and Hybrid Developments in Pipeline

09/02/2010
UK / USA /GERMANY – Smiths Electric, producers of one of the world’s best-selling electric trucks, are now targeting the billion-dollar bu...
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Monster Air Freighter Takes Flight
Boeing’s 747-8 Conducts First Tests in the Air

09/02/2010
USA – Boeing’s new 747-8 freighter successfully conducted its first test flight yesterday at the start of the new models test program. Boe...
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LD Take On Ramsgate To Ostend Freight And Passenger Ferry Route
Association Formed with Transeuropa

09/02/2010
UK – BELGIUM - LD Lines, who already have TransManche Ferries under their wing, have formed a partnership with Ramsgate based Transeuropa Ferrie...
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Con-way Freight Launch New Website For Truck Race Fans
US Haulier Will Sponsor Braun Again This Year

09/02/2010
US – Whilst not exactly a freight news story many readers will be pleased to know that Con-way Freight, the less than truck load (LTL) logistics...
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Volvo Trucks North America Introduce On Line Service Tool
MVASIST will ensure all Dealers Kept in the Maintenance Loop

09/02/2010
US – Volvo Trucks North America have instituted a new on line service tool to ensure consistency of service to owners no matter where they have ...
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UK Freight Haulier Goes Under
Gunns Transport falls to Economic Pressure

09/02/2010
UK – Established Kent haulier Gunns Transport has been placed into administration. The axe finally fell last week after the Handy Shipping Guide...
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BIMCO Endorse New Quality Standard For Shipping Agents And Brokers
Concerns at Credibility of Sector Encourages Self-Regulation

08/02/2010
WORLDWIDE - The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), the world’s largest ship owners association, has endorsed the Federation of N...
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Container Shipping Boss To Speak At Conference After Record Company Loss
Hanjin Figures much as Expected but Some Good News

08/02/2010
SOUTH KOREA – Hanjin Shipping, ninth largest container shipping line in the world, have posted the disastrous figures that were anticipated last...
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Finnish Container Ship Sheds Hazardous Goods Into Baltic Sea
Marine Search Continues for Poisonous Chemicals

08/02/2010
SWEDEN – In a catastrophic accident on Saturday three steel shipping containers fell from the decks of the MV “Linda”, an 11,000 ton...
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Australian Sea Freight Container Firm Acquires Rival
ACFS buys Port Botany Neighbour

08/02/2010
AUSTRALIA - Australian Container Freight Services (ACFS), a freight container handling, transport and storage company formed in 2005 and with operatin...
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Asian Shipping Investment Set To Grow As Air Freight And Banks Declare An Interest
Asia – Pacific Region is seen as the place to be whilst Europe economises

06/02/2010
ASIA – PACIFIC – After the announcement that HSBC were moving their CEO’s office to Hong Kong and considering a listing on the Shang...
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Special Forces Thwart Pirate Attack On Slovenian Shipping Lines Bulk Carrier
Crew Secure After Raiders Flee

06/02/2010
GULF OF ADEN – A gang of Pirates was interrupted and fled yesterday after the Antiguan and Barbudan flagged ship MV Ariella, a bulk and containe...
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British Rail Freight Modernisation Plans Take Step Forward
Network Rail Awards Design Contract for New Link

05/02/2010
UK – Plans on upgrading the British rail freight network have taken a step forward after infrastructure operator Network Rail announced that the...
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Japanese Shipping Line Lock Horns With Union
Dowa Lines Sue Japanese Seaman’s Union

05/02/2010
JAPAN – Tomorrow will see a rally of dockworkers and seafarers outside the offices of Dowa Line who operate a non union policy, unlike the major...
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Major Logistics Operators Make New Appointments
CEVA and Panalpina Recruit New Management

05/02/2010
EUROPE / CANADA – Both CEVA Logistics and Panalpina have announced new appointments to expand on their current market shares and improve their p...
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US Truck And Logistics Giant Report Fourth Quarter Loss
Con-wayTo Hold Investor Conference Call Today

05/02/2010
US – Con-way, the freight trucking and logistics carrier have announced a group loss for the last quarter of 4 cents per share to investors, thi...
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Not Small Beer For Coyote Logistics
“Thrilled” at Heineken Contract

04/02/2010
USA – Coyote Logistics has been selected by Heineken USA as its national freight forwarder. The contract will see Coyote responsible for outboun...
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Finland Port Strikes May Continue To Beset Shipping
More Set for the 19th if Negotiations Fail

04/02/2010
FINLAND – The wildcat strikes that afflicted seven Finnish ports on Tuesday could bode the start of a period of major disruption to the Nordic c...
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US Freight Truck Companies Aid Search For Missing Children
Vehicle Poster Campaign Aids Police in Search

04/02/2010
US – A campaign to locate missing children organised by the Washington State patrol is targeted at finding waifs and strays in the Pacific North...
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Schneider Appoint New Intermodal Freight Expert
New Director For Division

03/02/2010
USA – Wisconsin-headquartered Schneider National has appointed Derrel E. Chappell as their new Director, Wholesale Business Development, Intermo...
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Greek Farmers Blockade Continues To Handicap Freight Movements
Worst Expected to Follow

03/02/2010
GREECE – Blockade actions by Greece’s farmers against freight vehicles have entered their third week and continue to greatly hamper truck ...
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US Freight Truck Group Join Protest Against Anti Pollution Body
ATA to back Court Case Against Californian Pollution Watchdog

03/02/2010
US - Once again the battle lines are drawn up between the environmentally sound principles of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the equall...
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Change At The Top For Greatwide Logistics US 3PL Company
CEO Greer Quits after Four Years

02/02/2010
US – Greatwide Logistics, the non asset based third party logistics and truck management outfit, have replaced Raymond B Greer with Leo Suggs as...
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Turkish Based Logistics Firm Complete Syrian Shipping Contract
Company Reports Fastest Ever Turnaround

02/02/2010
SYRIA - Advance International Transport the Turkish based international logistics group who moved their headquarters out of the UK in 1992, have annou...
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Container Carriers Join With Sea Air And Rail Freight Shipping Groups To Help Haiti And Mongolia
Industry Operations are the Experts When it Comes to Disaster Aid Relief

02/02/2010
HAITI – MONGOLIA -We have already reported extensively on the assistance rendered by shipping industry groups such as FedEx and UPS in the curre...
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Air India To Separate Freight Operations By April
Troubled Carrier to split Passenger and Cargo Sectors

02/02/2010
INDIA – In October we reported on the problems of national carrier Air India which lost several hundred million dollars last year and was plague...
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Signs Of Recovery Bode Well For Global Freight And Logistics Shippers
Industry Indicators Show Improvements in Different Sectors

02/02/2010
WORLD WIDE – It would take a brave man or a fool to predict that the crisis which has crippled shipping in the past two years was over. A look a...
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Freight Giant Kuehne And Nagel Open Logistics Subsidiary In Belarus
New Minsk Office will Embed Swiss Group Further into Eastern Europe

02/02/2010
BELARUS – Kuehne & Nagel have founded an operating centre in Minsk under their own company name having had agencies there since 1996. The ne...
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Tax And Business Consultants To Hold Global Supply Chain Seminar
Conference to Give Advice on International Operations

01/02/2010
USA – Houston-headquartered tax and business advisors Verse Consulting LLC have announced the first in a series of conferences aimed at providin...
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Move One Expand Afghan Logistics Operations
New Kandahar Facility Now Open

01/02/2010
AFGHANISTAN – Move One, a global logistics and relocation specialist, has recently completed work on its new one million dollar support facility...
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Freight Forwarder Latest To Sign For Processing System
Kingscote Rojay joins NetFreight community

01/02/2010
UK – Aldershot-based freight forwarder Kingscote Rojay (KRL) is the latest in a growing list of operators to switch to NetFreight, the web-based...
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