Wal-Mart Stores will use its global transportation and logistics leverage to cut fruit and vegetable prices by $1 billion, the nation's largest grocer said Thursday. It's part of a broad campaign to make food healthier and less expensive backed by First Lady Michelle Obama, who joined Wal-Mart executives in Washington. "We can improve how we make and ...
Mosolf Group, a leading provider of logistical services in Germany, has agreed to set up a China joint venture with Beijing Automobile Works. Global Times reports that the joint venture will provide finished vehicle logistics, auto production logistics and after-sales services. In the auto business, logistics companies are not merely a simple channel of...
Construction on the first of a string of 10 small container ships could begin as early as April, but officials with American Feeder Lines said Wednesday they were still looking for financial backing before they launch short-sea container service on the Atlantic coast. If successful, AFL could become the first major player on the American marine highways. ...
Hong Kong: Titan Petrochemicals Group has on Thursday approved a 95% disposal of its equity stake held by two of its subsidiaries in Titan Quanzhou Shipyard in China. Grand China Logistics, a member of Hainan Air Group, will acquire the 95% disposed equity stake, while Titan TQSL will hold the remaining 5%. Titan TQSL and Titan Fujian currently hold 7...
Sydney Airport has welcomed the launch of a second daily A380 Sydney-Singapore service from Singapore Airlines this Sunday. The 471 seat A380 will replace the existing 278 seat B777-300ER on the SQ231/222 service. The extra 193 seats provided on each flight means that 140,000 extra seats to and from Sydney will be available each year. The CEO of Syd...
Independent association of air freight wholesale specialists, Air Cargo Group, has two major events planned for South America this year to further develop global partnerships and value-added international services exclusively for freight forwarders. Air Cargo Group (ACG) members will gather in Buenos Aires from March 29 to April 1 for their seventh annu...
JAPAN's All Nippon Airways (ANA) may add cargo flights to Singapore and Vietnam from its Okinawa hub as rising wages stoke intra-Asia trade, Bloomberg reported. "We need to expand our cargo network," ANA president Shinichiro Ito said, but did not indicate when flights to the two new destinations begin. Mr Ito said the Okinawa hub helps it win busin...
ISRAEL's total cargo movements amounted to 302,903 tons, up from 274,319 tons a year earlier, representing an increase of 10.41 per cent. The Israel Airports Authority said in December Ben-Gurion International Airport handled 26,197 tons, down from 28,587 tons in December 2010, a drop of 8.36 per cent year on year. In December Israeli flag carrier ...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi