QANTAS is to increase capacity to its north west Australia regional centres of Karratha, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland in the coming months, including the launch of a new Port Hedland-Melbourne route in September. Additional services will include three Perth-Paraburdoo return morning services, operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday mornings, incre...
Russia will supply 21 Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan in cooperation with NATO in a commercial transaction valued at US$300 million with plans to increase the order to 56 by 2016 with first delivery in July 2010. The medium twin-turbine Russian choppers can double as gunships and are built to take on desert and mountain terrain. The 25 Mi-17 Hips are d...
RAM Menen, Emirates SkyCargo divisional vice president, has championed the air logistics industry and driven e-freight initiatives and believes the industry needs to show greater transparency and a more collaborative attitude in the supply chain of the future. Mr Menen highlighted the success of Emirates SkyCargo despite the downturn and how it achieved...
DB SCHENKER LOGISTICS plans to open a new branch office in Nanchang, the capital city of southeastern Jiangxi province. The new branch operation of Schenker China Ltd will include a 1,400 square metre Technical Service Station facility specially designed to cater to one of the world's largest solar panel solution providers and a global leader in nano-m...
INTERMODAL rail traffic rose 19.2 per cent in June year on year, marking the biggest monthly gain in 20 years, according to the Association of American Railroads. June rail carloads were up 10.6 per cent from 2009, however, carloads were down 1.3 per cent when compared with May, while intermodal traffic slipped 1.1 per cent from May, reports Trucking In...
European regulators expect transatlantic airline competition to intensify after approving additional cooperation between British Airways (BA), American Airlines, and their partners in the Oneworld alliance, Dow Jones reported. Rival airlines have until August 26 to start applying for takeoff and landing slots the Oneworld carriers would surrender to all...
Kerry Logistics will build a new 42,000 sq m logistics centre in Xiamen, Fujian Province, Mainland China, preparing the way for a significant increase in trade between the coastal city and Taiwan, the China Daily reported. The new facility is situation in the Haicang Export Processing Zone and ties in with the government strategy to increase trade acros...
China imported US$1.46 billion worth of luxury goods via ports in the southern province of Guangdong in the first five months of this year, a growth of 110 percent over the same period last year, Xinhua reported. The arrivals were cigarettes, alcohol, cosmetics, jewellery, large-engine motor vehicles, large-engine motorcycles, golf balls and clubs, luxu...
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