NEWLY merged United Continental Holdings Inc, formerly UAL Corporation, has announced that Continental Airlines and United Air Lines are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of United Continental Holdings. United's consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) in September rose by 7.6 per cent compared to the same month last year on a consolidated capacity i...
WAL-MART has announced offer of US$4.3 billion to by South Africa's biggest retailer Massmart as part of its international expansion. It already operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua and the UK. Johannesburg's Massmart is Africa's biggest retailer of general merchan...
CALIFORNIA authorities exaggerated diesel pollution levels by 340 per cent, allegedly due to miscalculation, and knowingly passed a tough clean-air rules based on false data, adding massively to costs of using diesel powered vehicles. California Air Resources Board (CARB) chairwoman Mary Nichols admits she knew about the false data before the board vote...
CHINA'S northernmost coastal province Liaoning has seen its expressways lengthened to a total of 3,000 kilometres with the opening of the Shenyang-Jilin expressway Caoshi-Nanzamu section and Dandong-Xilinhot expressway Chaoyang-Heishui section, Xinhua reported. Provincial transport director Zhang Tiemin said expressway distribution in the province is n...
BUFFALO, New York based National Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Air Cargo (NAC), has announced the appointment of Steven Harrison as president reporting directly to NAC president and CEO Preston Murray. A Rhodes Scholar, Col Harrison (ret) received a BSc in aeronautical engineering from the US Air Force Academy, a MA in politics, philos...
ASIA Airfreight Terminal (AAT), Hong Kong's No 2 ground handler, cargo volume increased 31 per cent to 61,725 tonnes in September year on year, said a company announcement. Exports were up 34 per cent to 44,062 tonnes year on year. Imports rose 24 per cent to 17,151 tonnes and transshipments increased 55 per cent to 512 tonnes. Cumulative export to...
GERMANY's global logistics services provider Deutsche Post DHL has been listed again in the leading capital market green indices, the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index and FTSE4 Good Global Index. Each year these indices re-evaluate the sustainability efforts and results of companies according to strict criteri...
KUWAIT-based Agility has appointed Steve Whittingham as managing director for Korea and Japan to be based in the company's Seoul office to further strengthen its management team in north Asia. Mr Whittingham comes to Agility with a strong track record in sales, forwarding and general management across Africa, south east Asia and Australia. During his 2...
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