UPS has introduced its carbon neutral programme in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. UPS customers in those locations now have the option of paying a small fee to calculate and offset the impact of the carbon emissions associated w...
BDP International (BDP), a privately-owned US-based global logistics and transportation company, has completed its phased acquisition of Euromodal, taking 100 percent ownership of the Spanish logistics firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The company will conduct business as Euromodal BDP International Spain, under the direction of Jos...
BARCELONA's Vueling Airlines has secured Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for cargo handling at London Heathrow and Edinburgh. The low-cost airline operates three flights a day to Bilbao, Madrid and Seville and carries some 1,500 tonnes a year on its Airbus A320 services. (Source:www.schednet.com)
PHILIPPINES business tycoon Lucio Tan Jr is in final talks to acquire Johnny Air Cargo, a US and Philippines delivery and money transfer company to create a "synergy" with his father's interests' Philippine Airlines and the Philippine National Bank (PNB). The company founded by entrepreneur Johnny Valdes in 1984 started as a door-to-door courier servi...
DUBAI's Emirates SkyCargo achieved its monthly million kilogramme target for e-freight cargo since it began its paperless air cargo system two years ago, and now boasts of 38 e-freight compliant airports with 12 more to come by year's end out of a 126 e-freight compliant airports worldwide. The key hubs of e-freight stations of Singapore, Zaragoza, Ma...
TNT is increasing its air freight capacity between China and Europe to meet growing demand. The company is scheduling an additional Boeing 747-400 Extended Range Freighter between China and its European air hub in Liege, Belgium. TNT will raise its service frequency to six flights per week from Shanghai and five flights per week from Hong Kong. "Our...
Dutch postal and express company TNT said it is increasing rates within Europe for its Express services by an average of 3.5 percent as part of a global yield improvement program, Dow Jones reported. TNT said it remains fully committed to the continued investment in its infrastructure in order to maintain the highest levels of service to its customers. ...
The European Commission (EU) is likely to decide before end July whether or not to give antitrust clearance to the Oneworld airline alliance, operated by British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, Dow Jones reported. Asked about the timing of the commission's decision, competition spokeswoman Amelia Torres said the commissio...
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