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GB Railfreight is launching a new intermodal service from Felixstowe to Manchester, starting on 30 September. The new service of 22 wagons is a ‘turn up and go’, non-contracted train - customers need no long term commitment to secure space. GBRf now runs six services a day from the Suffolk port.
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A series of four workshops on freight crime on Britain’s roads is being held throughout October. Organised by the University of Central Lancashire,and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) they aim to bring together haulage companies, police and other organisations such as insurance companies, community safety partnerships ...
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Freight Business Journal is media partner in a new Waterfront Conference Company Interactive Symposium on Intermodal Freight Transport on 11 November. Hosted by specialist legal firm Bircham Dyson Bell's central London offices, it seeks to maximise experience and knowledge in an interactive forum that will inject new thinking into a ...
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Maersk Line has unveiled a new concept in shipping - a daily service from selected Far East to European ports, including Felixstowe. Rather than advertising specific voyages and services, the line undertakes to get cargo dropped at its four Asian ports – Shanghai, Yantian, Ningbo and Tanjung Pelapas – to ...
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The Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) approved, on 8 September, the European Parliament's amendments to the new Eurovignette Directive, paving the way for its formal adotpion on 12 September at the General Affairs Council. It will allow EU member states to impose taxes on trucks that take into account the ...
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Guest speaker at the British International Freight Association’s Freight Services Awards 2011 luncheon ceremony on 19 January next year will be broadcaster and author, Christine Hamilton. Wife of former Minister Neil Hamilton in John Major's Government of 'Cash for Questions' fame, she is renowned for her conference and after-dinner speeches. This ...
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PALLETFORCE is celebrating 10 years of success and looking forward to a bright future with their ever-expanding family of members.
Palletforce has been boosted by its performance over the past decade and particularly in 2011 when it has enjoyed its best ever turnover and profits.
Its 87 shareholder members are similarly ...
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Deutsche-Afrika Linen is replacing its direct sailings from Le Havre, Antwerp and Felixstowe with a transshipment service via Gioia Tauro in Italy. However, the new service, which uses the MSC Lion service, will offer faster transit times and improved schedule reliabilityand now also includes Bremerhaven and Hamburg. Tamatave and other ...
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The US Postmaster General warned on 5 September that the US Postal Service would have to shut down this winter – possibly for good – if Congress did not take urgent action to stabilise its finances. Its deficit is set to balloon to $9.2 billion despite a range of cost-measures ...
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Volga Dnepr has been awarded ISO9001:2008 status for quality management and ISO14001:2004 for environmental management.
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