MCC TRANSPORT is to add Vladivostok to its intra-Asia IA-8 service at which time the port rotation will be Busan, Vladivostok, Busan, Shanghai, Xiamen,Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya,Davao, Shanghai and back to Busan. It will turnaround in five weeks instead of four and will be run with five ships in the 1...
A SECTION of the Mississippi that was closed to barge traffic has been reopened on a limited one-ship-at-a-time basis upstream near Natchez, says US Coast Guard according to MarketWatch. Downstream, at the Port of New Orleans, officials say spillways have diverted water from the Mississippi and should keep levels at a safe 17 feet (5.8 metres). "New Orle...
EUROPEAN antitrust investigators, together with each country's own competition authorities, have raided shipping lines to probe alleged price and capacity fixing practices that legally existed before October 2008. "Unannounced inspections are a preliminary step into suspected anticompetitive practices," said a European Commission statement, adding that t...
SNCF Geodis, the transports and logistics division of SNCF Group, has announced that its Lorry-Rail division will launch a new 2-day rail service between the Spanish border and southern Sweden, via Krefeld and Hanover, from this autumn, expanding the current road link between Perpignan (Le Boulou) to Luxembourg (Bettembourg). Starting with three round tr...
Singapore Airport Terminal Service (SATS) announced strong operating numbers all round in the last quarter despite taking a hit a hit from the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The ground services operator counts Japan Airlines as its main customer, accounting for 60 per cent of its revenue, reported Business Times Singapore. The January-March quar...
INDIA's Gujarat State Export Corporation (GSEC), which manages operations for the customs department at Ahmedabad airport's cargo facility, plans to introduce biometric security checks for visitors and those working at the complex, to double the number of security guards, and equip the campus with an additional five CCTV cameras. The tightening of secu...
SWITZERLAND's Panalpina group has added a second direct cargo flight between Huntsville, Alabama and Hong Kong. The new weekly flight is designed to enhance its existing Dragon Wings express air service from Hong Kong to Huntsville, and strengthen its Brazilian Wings express service from Hong Kong via Huntsville to Sao Paulo in Brazil. As with its siste...
DHL EXPRESS has announced that it is acquiring thirteen A300-600 passenger aircraft to be converted into freighters by EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden, Germany, as part of plans to modernise its European fleet. The company said in a statement that the new aircraft are expected to be fully integrated into the European fleet by early 2013 and will repla...
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