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SOUTH AFRICAN supply chains are at risk because of power failures, theft and labour disputes, according to the MIT Centre for Transportation and Logistics Global Risk Survey. Commissioned by the Association for Operations Management of Southern Africa and Imperial Logistics, the MIT survey studied different forms of risk management, reported the UK's Tra...
ADVANCE Container Line (ACL) has announced it will take over the intra-Asia services of Pacific Eagle Lines (PEL) effective June 21. PEL operates two services offering a direct link between Singaporeand the Philippines, covering Manila, Cagayan Do Oro, Cebu, General Santos and Davao (MSX/CSX). The two services will continue to be run jointly with Regio...
AMERICA's National Retail Federation, the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council and the American Association of Exporters and Importers have formed a coalition to oppose a California bill to rid the state of independent truckers by making them employees liable to unionisation and greater taxation. "This bill reaches too far in eliminating a ...
GUIZHOU, one of southwest China's major traffic hubs, is to see the mileage of its expressways in operation surpass 2,000 kilometres by the end of this year, Xinhua reports. As of the end of last year, Guizhou had 1,500 kilometres of expressways in operation. This year, the province plans to launch eight projects with a total distance of 494 kilometres ...
XINJIANG'S Kuibei Railway has started offering cargo service on the section from Karamay city to Beitun city, Xinhua reports. Launch of the new service enables transportation of north Xinjiang's cargo via railway to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Hohhot and many more other cities. Covering a distance of 468.5 kilometres, the new railway starts off f...
Cathay Pacific Airways April passenger volume rose 4.1 percent but cargo throughput fell 8.4 percent on weaker demand from major manufacturing areas of China, reported Reuters. Cathay, the world's biggest international air-cargo carrier, moved 139,944 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, taking total volume for the first four months to 562,805 tonnes, do...
FRANKFURT Airport cargo volume increased 12.8 per cent in April to 191,087 tonnes year on year, scoring a record monthly high with first four-month throughput up 5.6 per cent to 744,483 tonnes. Airport owner Fraport said first quarter pre-tax profit increased 11 per cent to US$732 million drawn on revenues of $1.18 billion, up 6.8 per cent. "The impact...
LUFTHANSA CARGO is warning that air freight rates are expected to rise in the fall with increasing global economic recovery that provides rising demand, and high oil prices that grounds older, less fuel efficient aircraft. "At the moment though, we are not seeing rising freight prices," Lufthansa Cargo CEO Karl Garnadt told a press conference. The Inte...
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