China plans to spend 6.2 trillion yuan (954 billion U.S. dollars) to upgrade its transportation infrastructure during its 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), an official said Thursday. The figure was compared to a previous investment of 4.7 trillion yuan in the sector during the 2006-2010 period, Sun Guoqing, director of the comprehensive planning dep...
SHANGHAI-BASED Juneyao Airlines will resume a service from Hailar, Inner Mongolia to Pudong, Shanghai on June 24, a week earlier than last year's schedule, report Xinhua. The airline launched the service on July 1 last year and operated it till September 13 with 102 flights carrying 13,226 passengers. Juneyao Airlines also plans to increase the fligh...
UK freight forwarder Davies Turner Air Cargo (DTAC), a member of the Davies Turner group, has acquired and installed a large Rapiscan pallet-sized x-ray machine using dual-view technology. The company said it has invested a six-figure sum in purchasing the x-ray machine for ULDs, ISO standard, lower deck and large cargo pallet freight. The machine, which...
SOUTHEAST China's Beihai Airport in Guangxi posted a 103 per cent growth year on year in cargo throughput to 1,191 tonnes in the first four months of this year, reports Xinhua. The growth was attributed to increased flights to Shanghai and Beijing and new services to Chongqing, Chengdu and Kunming, providing Beihai airport opportunities to facilitate th...
KUEHNE + NAGEL's Klaus-Michael Kuehne is stepping down as chairman, however, he is adopting the role honorary chairman. This comes as Karl Gernandt is taking over the helm of the international forwarding and logistics giant. It was announced back in 2008 that Mr Gernandt would become Mr Kuehne's successor at Kuehne Holding AG, the majority shareholder o...
CEVA Logistics has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by FCI at its annual conference for the most innovative partners. The logistics company has been providing supply chain services to FCI for four years, a global manufacturer of connectors for automotive, telecom infrastructure, consumer, industrial and electronic products. It also joins FCI...
BERLIN Tegel and Schoenefeld airports closed yesterday, joining airports in Scotland the day before in the face of the spread of a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland, which disrupted flights as experts said the eruption was fizzling. "It's not over," said Pall Einarsson, from the University of Iceland, reported The Associated Press. "But it's declining ...
Initiatives to enhance safety and security in the worldwide supply chain has seen Davies Turner Air Cargo (DTAC) become the first UK freight forwarder to acquire and install a cutting edge, large Rapiscan pallet-sized X-ray machine which uses innovative dual-view technology. The UK's largest independent freight forwarder, DTAC has invested a six-figure ...
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