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TNT'S Liege-Chongqing route recently got approval from the China Customs to stop by Shanghai when it flies to China, Xinhua reports. The route was launched in September last year and soon become a fast track for "made in Chongqing" exports to Europe. As of April 15, the route had offered 158 flights carrying a total of 6,023 tonnes of cargo valuing US$3...
CANADIAN National Railway (CN) has unveiled multi-million dollar plans to double track key segments of its high-volume, main line in north eastern Alberta, add capacity to the oil sands and increase train speeds between Edmonton and Winnipeg. "We are making investments in Alberta to increase network capacity and improve train velocity along our transcont...
THE seasonal SAECS Reefer Express (REX) service, which was first launched three years ago to provide extra capacity during the South African peak fruit season, has resumed for the 2011 season. Safmarine's South Africa-Europe trade manager Ian Fairlie said sailings for this year's REX service, which operates between South Africa and Europe, will commenc...
CONTAINER shortage is to continue into 2011 and will affect peak season with three million TEU fewer in 2011 compared to historical industry-standard level, said the World Shipping Council (WSC) in its latest Container Supply Review. Slow steaming is also having an impact, accounting for boxes being held longer by carriers and having fewer available or re...
A HONG KONG-based Fleet Management company marine superintendent is a fugitive from US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) charges after failing to surrender on four ship pollution-related offences in the US. Fleet Management managing director Kishore Rajvanshy told Hong Kong's South China Morning Post that the company had resolved the matter separ...
Swiss logistics outfit Kuehne + Nagel will provide integrated logistics services for lifestyle footwear company, BEARPAW – including international transportation, customs brokerage and US distribution operations. BEARPAW Footwear, based in Citrus Heights, California, has averaged exponential annual growth since its inception in 2001. Kuehne + Na...
Lufthansa Cargo has finalised an order for five Boeing 777 freighters valued at US$1.35 billion, based on current list prices. The German aviation giant indicated its intention to buy the new all-cargo planes in March to help Lufthansa Cargo modernise and expand its fleet. "The 777 freighter is highly regarded for its fuel efficiency and a noise footp...
US-based Terex Corporation has officially announced that through its German subsidiary, Terex Industrial Holding AG, Dusseldorf, it has formally launched a voluntary public tender offer for Demag Cranes AG. Offering €41.75 (US$61.96) per share, which values the company at €883.9m (US$1.25bn), Demag shareholders have until June 30, 2011 to tende...
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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