NOT all is smooth sailing with the 100 per cent passenger cargo screening as American exporters report higher costs, according to the Packer, of Lenexa, Kansas. San Francisco-based freight forwarder Jet Pro Inc said the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) change has hit his industry hard. "TSA regulations require specific screening procedur...
CARGO operations have begun at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, prompting one academic to proclaim that the facility has the potential to be a world centre for air freight. "The Al Maktoum International Airport is a landmark opportunity for Dubai," Professor Bala Balachandran was quoted as saying in the Khaleej Times. Said Chicago area Nor...
CHINA AIRLINES, Taiwan's largest carrier, is commencing all-cargo services between Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport and the mainland cities of Xiamen, Nanjing and Fuzhou this month to meet rising demand. The carrier has so far launched a weekly all-cargo flight between Taiwan and Xiamen in Fujian province. A similar service to Nanjing in Jiangsu province will...
CEVA Logistics has started an express cross-border transportation service for the oil and gas industry between the US Gulf Coast and the oil-rich Canadian Province of Alberta. In response to demand from energy customers, CEVA created the Alberta Express service by buying and operating its own fleet of flatbed trucks to run the intra-continental route in...
GLOBAL delivery service FedEx Express has announced later pick ups for all FedEx low-value shipments bound for the Europe from Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing. Tuesdays through Fridays customers in "select areas of these five cities" have an additional two hours to prepare shipments, said a FedEx statement. This service enhancement i...
THE European Union added two air cargo carriers from Ghana, Meridian Airways and Airlift International, to its "no-fly" black list after they failed to meet safety standards, reported Agence France-Presse. Meridian Airways, serving the UK, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands, was banned from flying in the 27-nation bloc after inspections of its...
PILOTS aboard a UPS 747-400 that crashed shortly after take off from Dubai over the weekend faced radio problems and smoke in the cockpit as they struggled to maintain altitude before the crash, investigators have revealed. The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, reported The Associated Press, presented preliminary findings on the crash of the United ...
POLAR Air Cargo, of Purchase, New York, has agreed to pay a US Department of Justice fine of US$17.4 million for involvement in manipulation of fuel surcharges and other rates more than seven years ago when the company was controlled by different owners. "We are glad to put this behind us. It is important to note that it involves conduct that began in 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