A WORLDWIDE survey of customs paper work is being undertaken by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) with a view to reducing it and transferring as much as possible to electronic data interchange (EDI). "One global express operator has calculated that two all-cargo 747s would be needed to move all paper demanded of his own company," said a statement fro...
WHILE Air New Zealand is off the hook for price fixing air cargo as far as the European Union is concerned, but authorities in the home county and Australia continue to pursue the airline and 12 others. The European Commission had fined 11 airlines EUR800 million (US$1.1 billion) but dropped charges against 11 others, including Air New Zealand, reported...
THE 68-mile high-speed rail link (HS1) from central London to Folkestone has been bought by a Canadian consortium of Borealis Infrastructure and the Ontario Teachers' Pension fund beating rival bidder Eurotunnel to win the 30-year concession for GBP2.1 billion (US$3.4 billion). In a report from London's Financial Times, Transport Secretary Philip Hamm...
BUILDING a cross-border rail bridge between China and Russia is expected to begin in late January 2011 since the Russian side proposed the river ice will be thick enough at one metre to support construction operations, reported Xinhua. Some 3,000 metres long, the Tongjiang rail bridge will link Tongjiang port in northeast China's Heilongjiang province ...
On 8th, November, ICCS was awarded the certificate again from Cargo2000 (C2K) after successfully passed the audit from this quality system which is well-known in the international aviation industry. This was an audit received from "Cargo2000 (C2K)" again since ICCS was awarded the certificate as a member of this association in September 2007. "Cargo2000...
In Paris Air France announced plans to fly non-stop from “The City of Lights”, Paris, France to “The City Beautiful”, Orlando, Florida next year. The service will operate three times per week from Charles de Gaulle Airport using 777-300 aircraft with 472 seats to Orlando International Airport (MCO). The service launch date is schedul...
Kyocera Corp and Daiwa Securities Group will likely invest up to US$244.27 million in total in the struggling Japan Airlines Corp, Kyodo News reported, citing sources close to the matter. The investment would help bolster the financial base of JAL, which went bankrupt in January and has been under court-managed rehabilitation. Kazuo Inamori, chairma...
THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA), and the Global Shippers' Forum (GSF) have signed a letter of intent to form an industry advisory group. The group, to be facilitated by TIACA, will be tasked with ensuring that the...
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