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Retailer Sues Maersk For Raising Freight Rates |
Argos has filed suit against Maersk for $13.9 million, claiming breach of contract in rate increases and services.
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| 8 Sep 2010 - 08:51 by Terry Abra |
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FTA sets out roadmap for transport spend |
The Freight Transport Association has put the case for continued investment in key transport infrastructure projects to the government ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), due to be published on the 20 October. The leading trade body has identified a series of road and rail schemes that must be spared the axe in the interests of maintaining the UK’s economic recovery and ensuring future international competitiveness.
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| 8 Sep 2010 - 08:48 by Terry Abra |
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Victory for Heathrow campaigners as ministers block extra flights and third runway |
Heathrow’s third runway has finally been killed off as ministers also blocked plans to allow an extra 64 flights a day at the airport.
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| 8 Sep 2010 - 08:46 by Terry Abra |
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Battle Over The Future Of Dover Port Heats Up |
Dover Harbour Board (DHB) has hit back at union claims that the port of Dover is too important to sell, as the battle over the future of Northern Europe’s busiest ferry port continues.
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| 8 Sep 2010 - 08:46 by Terry Abra |
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Hauliers want rogue operators stopped |
If you had absolute power for a day, what would you do? End all wars? End famine and poverty? Cease publication of The Daily Mail? Take all those pointless talent shows off TV? Or would you concentrate on the issues that bedevil the transport industry? August's Trucking Britain Out Of Recession survey tackled the latter issue. We asked respondents: which of the following changes would you make to the industry if you had the power? We offered a dozen ideas, and respondents could pick up to six of those.
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| 7 Sep 2010 - 06:47 by Terry Abra |
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Purchasing managers index shows slower growth |
In August the UK service sector grew at its lowest rate in sixteen months, but a double dip recession remains unlikely, according to the Markit/CIPS purchasing manager’s index for August.
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| 7 Sep 2010 - 06:46 by Terry Abra |
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Porsche to design new Scania |
Scania has selected Porsche Engineering Group as its partner in the development of the next generation of truck cabs.
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| 6 Sep 2010 - 10:26 by Terry Abra |
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RHA says pre-packs undermine haulage industry |
The RHA has delivered a stinging verdict on the current rules governing pre-pack administrations, claiming that they do nothing but create "significant market distortions" and "undermine quality and sustainable jobs" in the industry.
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| 6 Sep 2010 - 10:24 by Terry Abra |
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| 6 Sep 2010 - 10:10 by Terry Abra |
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First intelligent stamp put on sale by Royal Mail |
The Royal Mail has launched what it claims is the world's first "intelligent" stamp.
Viewing the stamp via a smartphone takes users to a related webpage.
Also required is the Junaio image recognition application - versions of which have been made for iPhone and Android smartphones.
The Royal Mail said intelligent stamps "mark the next step in the evolution of our stamps, bringing them firmly into the 21st Century."
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| 6 Sep 2010 - 10:00 by Terry Abra |
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