Latvia might attract new railway cargo from China, according to Ugis Magone, CEO of Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railway, LDz), Baltic News Service reported. The LDz head indicated that the whole Asian region was highly promising, but that China was Latvia's future hope. "Currently, more than 60 percent of freight carried by Latvian railroads comes ...
Indonesia’s national airline, Garuda Indonesia, has taken the first step in rebuilding its long-haul international network with the launch of a new daily service from Jakarta to Amsterdam via Dubai. In line with the commencement of this new route, the airline has awarded a Europe-wide cargo GSA contract to European Cargo Services (ECS) to maximize...
Vueling Airlines of Spain is the latest cargo-handling customer for Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) at London Heathrow. The airline operates three flights a day to Bilbao, Madrid and Seville and carries some 1,500 tonnes a year on its Airbus A320 services. Following the successful launch of its working relationship with WFS at Heathrow, Vueling has ...
Dutch mail and delivery company TNT said on it would press on with the largest job-cutting drive in the company's history, despite attracting the anger of Dutch labour unions, Reuters reported. Increased competition due to European mail liberalisation and a rise in electronic communications have seen TNT struggle with volumes and delivery prices in its...
BRUSSELS AIRLINES CARGO is commencing operations to four more destinations in West Africa in conjunction with its global GSA partner, European Cargo Services (ECS). From July, the airline will commence four flights a week to and from Accra, Ghana via Monrovia, Liberia. In addition, Brussels Airlines will serve Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso with two weekly...
THE Boeing Company and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plan to work together to speed up the development and application of environmentally progressive technologies to produce cleaner and quieter aircraft. As part of the FAA's Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) programme, Boeing and the FAA each will contribute up to US$2...
Logwin's strength in logistics services for the retail textiles sector will see further expansion as the company looks to Bangladesh for future growth, chief operating officer Helmut Kaspers told Cargonews Asia on the sidelines of a recent conference in Shanghai. The company recently expanded its operations in China, moving to a 6,000 sq m container fr...
Engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract for global logistics services related to their US$971.5 million project with Sonatrach, Algeria’s national oil and gas company. Sonatrach’s gas treatment complex is being built in Rhourde Nouss in the Sahara desert, approximately 1,200 kilometres to the sout...
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