Air Charter Service’s Hong Kong office had the busiest period in its history in the final quarter of last year, and signs are that it may be bettered this year. “Last year October and November were extremely busy charter-wise with large freighters mainly to supplement scheduled capacity to Europe and the US,” said Stephen Fernandez, ca...
SERGE TRIPET has been appointed global head of sea-air product in a newly created role at Damco's Air Freight department. He assumed his new duties on June 1, and is based in Copenhagen. Serge Tripet brings experience in the areas of sales and marketing, air transport and logistics to his new role. He is 45 years old, a Swiss national and is fluent in ...
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC., a provider of air cargo assets and outsourced aircraft operating solutions, has closed a loan with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC). Proceeds from the loan will be used to back leverage in the March 2010 acquisition of a Boeing 757-200SF aircraft by AAWW's subsidiary, Titan Aviation Leasing. Fund...
AIR FREIGHT experts are predicting that demand for air cargo transportation in Vietnam will surge in the second half of this year. "Demand will likely grow by 30 per cent in the second half of this year in comparison with the same period last year due to high demand from Asia, the EU and the US. Hong Kong Airlines return flights connecting HCM City with...
The union representing workers at six of the largest UK airports has dropped plans for industrial action after operator BAA made an improved pay offer, reported Dow Jones Newswires. The Unite union said it would recommend a "much improved" offer to the staff, after last week giving the go-ahead for strikes that would have shut down airports including Lo...
Maersk Line is to launch a new Asia-Chennai service, called the Chennai Express (CHX), in September. The port rotation of the new service is expected to be: Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Tanjung Pelepas, Shanghai. Launched to accommodate growing demand, the direct Asia to Chennai in India will provide direc...
Exporters might soon benefit from a series of measures that seek to reduce the transaction cost by as much as 40 per cent, according to the Business Standard. The committee set up under Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has already given its report to the ministries concerned for finalisation of the measures. The commi...
THE Transport Security Expo 2010 held from September 14-15 in London, Olympia will this year host its eighth Aviation Security Conference. The conference features over 30 speakers from government agencies and trade associations such as IATA, ACI, CPNI, NaCTSO, AEA, DGCA and TAPA. In addition the conference will also feature speakers from internation...
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