HONG KONG forwarders are expressing fears that as capacity tightens at China ports, carriers are ready to levy peak season surcharges on the transpacific well ahead of the usual starting date in August. A number of carriers are reportedly about to pre-empt the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement's guideline start date of August 1 for the introduction of...
SOUTH AFRICA's transport strike entered its third week after the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) rejected the state-run logistics giant Transnet's latest offer, an 11 per cent cross-the-board wage increase. The second union involved in the Transnet strike, the United Transport and Allied Trade Union (UTATU), has agreed to the 1...
Logistics giant DHL has today launched a procurement outsourcing service designed to help public and private sector organisations around the world achieve substantial cost-savings through transformational sourcing of products and services. It will work in concert with DHL’s other service capabilities to create new integrated services to further deli...
AEROLOGIC, the joint venture cargo airline of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, will operate a B777F flight between Leipzig and Hong Kong with a connection in Sharjah, the third largest emirate of the UAE, to improve transit times from one day from Asia to UAE, and two days to Europe. The flight will operate four days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursd...
HONG KONG Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has announced that Polet Cargo Airlines and MNG Airlines have appointed Hactl for cargo ground handling at the Hong Kong International Airport, to support their new charter freighter services. Polet Cargo Airlines, a Russian-based freighter carrier that specialises in the carriage of heavy and unique cargo, la...
REHAU, a worldwide brand for polymer-based innovations and systems in the construction and automotive industries, has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as its service provider for road logistics in Middle and Eastern Europe. Under the agreement, the logistics service provider will manage full-truckload (FTL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) transport of all product line...
CEL (Shanghai) Logistics Co Ltd, wholly owned by Singapore's Central Express Lines, has announced that it is representing Eagletainer (ISO Tank) and Exim Container Svcs (Dry Box Leasing) in China. The general manager of CEL (Shanghai) Logistics Kelvin Tan said the company is responsible for handling full-container-load DG cargoes, ISO Tanks, SOC trades, ...
AGILITY has posted a first quarter 2010 net income of KWD17.6 million (US$60.5 million), down from KWD40.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. First quarter operating profits amounted to KWD18.9 million, a decrease of 55.3 per cent compared to the fourth quarter last year. "This decline is driven by the reduction in volumes in the defence and govern...
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