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Rail

US intermodal traffic still on the up

But railcar loads not hitting 2008 levels

Modal share record for rail at Thamesport

Rail movements the highest at London port since 2008

The case for a freight-friendly Channel Tunnel

Under-utilisation is stifling potential for increased rail freight traffic with the continent, claim

Maritime Transport takes on Tilbury rail terminal

New operator plans intermodal and environmental focus

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Letters to the Editor

History catches up with SNCF in California

French rail operator must disclose holocaust role before bidding for new Californian high-speed service

Freightliner and RMT locked in talks over sacked workers

Union ballot returns majority vote for industrial action at Southampton rail freight depot

Tunisia invests in high-speed rail link

High-speed freight and passenger network will create rail link between Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya

UK lobby groups hit out at rejection of rail terminal

Rail group says the decision is a step in the wrong direction

India's rail freight corridors boss in corruption probe

Multibillion rand contracts were 'handed out without approval'

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Features

European rail freight in recovery mode

After a strong decline in European rail freight in 2008 and 2009, the noticeable recovery in the first quarter of 2010 is expected to be sustained, according to the first, intermediate results of the Booz & Company annual European Rail Freight Survey

Get on the right track

Operators are finding ways to cross the barriers to transporting high-cube containers from southern ports to northern inland depots by rail. But gauge clearance issues hinder connectivity.

Pulling truckers to sea

Ro-ro carriers are searching for untapped niches, while political initiatives to ease cargo off the roads are creating new opportunities, writes Karen Thomas

Northern rail link seeks new owner

Receivers looking after Australia's northern rail link say it should have a new owner soon and still has a bright future.

Interviews

A Q&A with James Clark

A Q&A with James Clark

US-based YRC Worldwide has completed the sale of its logistics business in a last-minute deal said to be worth US$38.7 million. YRC Logistics, bought by private equity investor Austin Ventures, has been re-branded as MIQ Logistics. Its Director of Global Services outlines plans for the future

Hong Kong: full of eastern promise for TNT

UPS and FedEx have recently set up major air freight hubs in southern China’s Pearl River Delta, but TNT remains focused on Hong Kong as its main hub for customers in ’the world’s factory’, MD Edward Lau tells IFW

Opinion

Supply chains and all that jazz

Supply chains and all that jazz

Oliver Evans, Chief Cargo Officer at Swiss International Air Lines, in his first blog for IFWtv, explains how the spontaneity and inventiveness of master jazz musicians playing together can relate to the creativity and teamwork exchanged by logistics partners

Riding the storm

Alan Whittaker, Director, NYK Logistics, International Network Solutions, on how to manage a supply chain in a market blighted by equipment and capacity shortages

Cargo community

The A-Team: Freight-talking

The A-Team:  Freight-talking

With only 10% of the Channel Tunnel’s capacity for rail freight services being used, will the tunnel ever really work for rail freight? asks Christopher Snelling

The A-Team: Seeing Red

Caroline Frostick ponders the effect on the UK recruitment sector and workforce of the government’s decision to scrap compulsory retirement

People

Claus Aagaard

Damco's new Global Head of Aid & Relief

Mariana Bigatto

CEVA appoints new Global Account Director in Brazil

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