Air transport is often the most regulated of all the modes, stemming from the fact that airlines are often of national carrier stature and the subject of bilateral rights between two trading nations. Within Europe, air transport has been liberated but the fixing of tariffs and other regulations continues in other parts of the world … Continue reading The Flights
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Airfreight
Commercial airfreight has been available to international buyers and sellers for little more than 50 years but it has made up for lost time, taking off with vigour in the mid 1970s with the arrival of the wide-bodied aircraft like the Boeing 747. Today, while the two million tonnes of airfreight a year that pass … Continue reading Airfreight
Roll On Roll Off
Ro-ro ships or ferries are not just prevalent in the short-sea trades linking mainland Britain with Ireland and the near Continent. The concept of ro-ro, which is first dawned during Second World War as landing ships, is even stronger today, advanced by European penchant for cars of Far Eastern origin and the specialist multi-deck car … Continue reading Roll On Roll Off
Ocean Freight
A liner trade is one which operates according to a regular trade, defined route and against a published sailing schedule. Apart from the odd conventional shipping service or the multi-purposed roll on/roll off carriers that carry project cargoes on wheels or on ships’ trailers or Mafis to deep-sea destinations, the ocean business has progressively moved … Continue reading Ocean Freight
Sea and Air History
In the simplest terms, the physical movement of goods internationally necessitates the use of transport equipment in the form of ships, aeroplanes, railways and road vehicles. These transport modes, which provide the links between countries and continents, are supplemented by other ‘hardware’ in the form of containers and other unit load devices, pallets, flat-racks etc, … Continue reading Sea and Air History
Welcome to Car Shipping News
We will endeavour to keep you up to date on the most recent news and opinions in the world of container and roll on/roll off shipping. If you wish to return to our home page, please click here Car Shipping can be a fairly scary experience if you have never done it before, well now help … Continue reading Welcome to Car Shipping News