July 2012
Head of commercial property specialists Colliers International’s Bristol office, Tim Davies, has called for the port of Avonmouth’s long awaited deep sea container terminal to be pushed to the front of the queue of strategic transport initiatives in the South West.
The latest Colliers International report on Global Linkages forecasts continued growth in container shipping at European ports. However, other major transport schemes are proliferating in the area including the Great ...
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Four regional finalists in the T Club-sponsored FIATA Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award will travel to Los Angeles in October for the FIATA World Congress. One of the four from Germany, Australia, Canada and South Africa, will receive the overall International Award. The winner’s prize will include ...
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Kuehne + Nagel Group said on 16 July that ut had increased its turnover by 2.8% to 10bn Swiss francs in the first half of 2012, despite the difficult economic conditions. While gross profit was up 2.6%,operational profit was down 9.6% to CHF454 million.
The company said that there had been ...
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The Government has announced plans for a high-capacity “electric spine” rail route from the North of England to the South Coast.
As well as electrifying the Midland Main Line from London through Leicester to Sheffield, the £9.4bn High Level Output Specification programme for 2014-2019 unveiled to the Cabinet on 16 July ...
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Short-sea operator Containerships is to discontinue calls at Soedertalje to improve frequency and transit time from 3 August. The eastern Swedish port was served weekly from Teesport and Sheerness in the UK.
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Independent freight forwarder The Woodland Group has been listed in The Sunday Times International Track 200 league table, which celebrates Britain’s most successful mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales, after seeing a rise in exports of English language books to India, China and Brazil. The Chelmsford-based forwarder was ...
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The UK has secured European Union funding from the TEN-T Agency for three freight-related projects.
The UK railway infrastructure company said that three projects to improve vital freight and passenger links on the railway network are to receive €14m (£11m) from the European Commission - €5m (£4m) towards electrifation between Liverpool ...
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The freight forwarding industry has come through the recession with its profitability relatively intact, but it has been a volatile and difficult year, say consultants Transport Intelligence (Ti). Global Freight Forwarding 2012 – published on 12 July – and one of the few surveys dedicated to the industry found that ...
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European Parliament President Martin Schulz has written to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso asking him to postpone plans to allow 25.5 metre trucks – so called gigaliners - to operate cross-border between countries that allow them on their domestic territories. It follows a letter sent to member states by ...
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The draft aviation policy framework, published by the Government on 12 July, promised further liberalisation of the UK market to encourage foreign airlines to develop routes from airports other than Heathrow , along measures to improve reliability at Heathrow. It also promised to push for international action on aviation emissions ...
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