THE global RFID business is predicted to grow 420 per cent in value over the next decade, following a five-fold increase over the past 10 years, according to IDTechEx chairman Dr Peter Harrop. This as well as other topics will be discussed at the upcoming annual IDTechEx event RFID Europe in Cambridge, UK to be held from September 28-29. The confere...
DACHSER, a global logistics provider, is building a new regional office and a logistics Eurohub on a 64,000-square metre site in Bratislava, Slovakia, to enhance services to eastern and central Europe. The EUR11 million (US$13.97 million) facility will be completed in the first quarter of 2011, and will incorporate a 3,400-square metre transshipment hal...
DB SCHENKER RAIL, the Deutsche Bahn intermodal operator, plans to invest EUR410 million (US$528.2 million) chiefly in new freight cars and locomotives throughout Europe this year. "This is a record amount which we plan to invest at exactly those points where there is increasing customer demand for our transport services and where modern equipment is req...
DUTCH Transport Minister Camiel Eurlings is to lead a 32-strong business delegation from September 5-10 to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore to learn from Asia's success, said a Netherlands government communique. Hong Kong will stage a roundtable to discuss developments in the Greater Pearl River Delta, specifically the integrated infrastructure and ad...
Seoul: Russian railfreight company TransContainer has set up a subsidiary in South Korea to deliver container cargo from South Korea to Russian regions, and also to countries of Eastern and Western Europe - a move that provides overland competition for Asia-Europe shipping lines. Speaking at the opening ceremony for the new company, TransContainer Gener...
AUSTRALIA's flag carrier Qantas has announced plans to increase capacity across its domestic route network by 9.6 per cent, including a number of new routes for both Qantas and Jetstar. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the company would increase capacity by more than 66,000 seats per week over the next nine months, with the addition of new aircraft to the do...
China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in China, has launched direct service between Beijing and Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia to cater for the growing demand, said Xinhua. Using an Airbus 330-200, flights are scheduled on Thursdays and Sundays. "The launch of the route would facilitate personal exchanges and...
THE airport's No 1 ground handler, Hong Kong Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), will provide UAE-based Midex Airlines freight handling, documentation, ramp work as well as crew bus service. All cargo Midex Airlines launched its maiden charter service between Hong Kong and Al Ain at the end of last month using a Boeing 747-200F. "We are ready to provide t...
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