AIRBUS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese air traffic management authorities to help China's Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) enhance technologies and practices by sharing its experience in Europe, reported New York's International Business Times. Airbus will also co-ordinate contacts between ATMB and air traffic control t...
AUSTRALIAN flag carrier Qantas, having suspended A380 flights to Los Angeles because of engine trouble, has announced it will resume the giant Airbus service from Sydney on January 16. The move follows the grounding of the A380 fleet and continued suspension of A380 flights on the Los Angeles-Australia routes that regularly require the use of maximum th...
STAYING calm in the face of market volatility is the key to success in today's changing logistics environment, says Dachser managing director and chief shareholder Bernhard Simon. "There have been cyclical fluctuations in the economy throughout our company's 80-year history and there will probably be even more pronounced fluctuations in the future," s...
A NEW rail line connecting western and central China city Yichang and Wanzhou is now open to traffic, the first time a railway has gone that far up the Yangtze, Xinhua reports. The trial run showed that, with the new railway, the fastest travelling time between Yichang and Wanzhou is less than three hours, while the time of going from Wuhan to Chongqing...
In anticipation of a dynamic new phase of economic growth in southern China, World Courier has opened its third wholly foreign-owned office in Guangzhou. "Successful companies realise that China is not one market, but a series of regional markets," says Allen Yan, general manager for World Courier (Shanghai). "While a closer Guangzhou-Hong Kong service ...
Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has opened a new state-of-the-art warehouse near Seoul in South Korea to meet growing demand for logistics services in the fairs and exhibitions sector. The 4,000 sqm facility is located between Seoul city centre and the Korean Exhibition Center (KINTEX) with direct access to the national highway network. ...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is in charge of all cargo security measures in the US, intends to collect more data from carriers, shippers and forwarders in an effort to tighten the US security regime on air cargo. The initiative is the latest development in response to the discovery of bombs in shipments tendered to FedEx and UPS in late ...
Cathay Pacific Airways's December revenue was more than 20 percent ahead of target, according to an internal document seen by Dow Jones Newswires. In a weekly business report sent to Cathay Pacific staff, Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler said the airline ended 2010 with solid growth from a year earlier, though he didn't provide further detail...
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.
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