SOUTH AFRICA state-run logistics giant Transnet and its two striking unions may meet later this week after wage talks collapsed, bringing the country's freight movement to a standstill. "The situation is still unchanged," said Transnet spokesman Mboniso Sigonyela, reported the South African Press Association. "I'm sure there will be meetings, but nothin...
After a successful 2009 sugar crop, whereby Panalpina moved approximately 5,000 TEUs for Cargill’s sugar division, the partnership has been extended by renewing the current service contract with Panalpina Brazil for a further year. The volume forecast for the 2010 crop season is approximately 1,000 TEUs per month from Santos to destinations mainly o...
TNT Post has taken an important next step in implementing its e-commerce strategy by acquiring the e-retail specialist Kowin. With this transaction TNT Post adds expertise to its e-commerce chain in the field of online shopping and strengthens TNT Post’s capabilities as a one-stop service provider in the vastly growing online market. The financial...
- Peel Ports has commissioned a double barge service on the Manchester Ship Canal to handle growing container volumes arriving at the Port of Liverpool. The capacity of Peel Ports’ existing barge service has now doubled from 160 to 320 teu per journey, achieved by tying two barges alongside each other with both then being pushed by a single tug. The...
SHENZHEN - United Parcel Service Inc (UPS), the world's largest package-delivery company, said on Tuesday its Asian business has been unaffected by the European debt crisis and it sees strong growth from the region during the second quarter. Most of the major European countries that trade with Asia, like Germany, France and the United Kingdom, have been ...
The Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference & Expo held last week in Las Vegas, Nevada provided an important opportunity to highlight the commencement of two new Rapid Transit Services featuring Wright Group’s StreetCar RTV. StreetCar RTV (Rapid Transit Vehicle), delivered by one of Europe’s leading innovators in Public Transp...
Taiwan is the latest supplying country and major import market in Asia to join the long list of exhibitors that have already signed up to take part at Asia’s only fresh fruit and vegetable trade fair later this year. It will join China, Korea, Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia as one of the Asian countries exhibiting at this year’s ASIA FRUIT...
Rehau, one of the world’s most renowned brands for polymer-based innovations and systems in construction, automotive and other industries, has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as 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-truck-load (LTL) t...
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