HE Beijing Tianzhu Free Trade Zone Port Operational Centre developed and run by Airport City Development (ACL) is preparing to begin daily operations. As a result, the Beijing Capital International Airport Cargo Inspection and Examination Department and Beijing Capital International Airport Customs and Beijing Capital International Airport Entry-Exit In...
A CATHAY PACIFIC 747 with 306 passengers and 20 crew made an emergency landing at Karaganda airport in Kazakhstan after cabin pressure began to fail. Flight CX270 from Amsterdam to Hong Kong experienced "a fault in the cabin pressurisation system" six hours into the flight on Sunday, reported the Hong Kong Standard. Oxygen masks were deployed and th...
THE Airport Authority Hong Kong has announced that first-half net profit increased 50 per cent to HK$1.96 billion (US$235 million) year on year, driven by robust cargo and passenger growth. The government airport operator declared in a statement that cargo volume increased 27 per cent to 2.1 million tonnes from 1.7 million tonnes with passenger traffic ...
SOUTHWESTERN China's Guangxi has started building a railway station at the Sino-Vietnamese border checkpoint Jingxi, marking the soon completion of the mid-section of the second railway linking China and Vietnam, Xinhua reported. The second Sino-Vietnamese railway has three sections, Tiandong to Debao, Debao to Jingxi and Jingxi to Longbang. The Debao-...
A shipment of radioactive rods used for medical equipment that went missing on Thanksgiving Day was found at the weened in Tennessee by shipping company FedEx Corp, reported South Florida Sun-Sentinel. While the materials posed little threat to the public, experts say the misplaced shipment underscores the need to track low-hazard materials that theoret...
With overseas companies shifting the tapping of cargo sources from coastal to inland areas, Xi'an, the birthplace of the ancient terracotta warriors, is speeding up the upgrading of its facilities to cash in on the business. The city, in northwest China, hopes to become the logistics hub for the region. The key project of the city is the development of...
FRANKFURT's Fraport AG and its partners in the Northern Capital Gateway consortium have held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of their new terminal at St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport. The event was attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and St Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko. Fraport chairman Stefan Sc...
MIDAMERICA St Louis Airport's pursuit of a China-based international air cargo hub role will not end with arrival of the Boeing assembly plant on site that will employ 75 people next year. In preparation of regular cargo flights landing at the US$313 million airport, two loaded air freighters from China have arrived at MidAmerica, reports the local Bel...
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