KUEHNE + NAGEL has launched a series of new less-than-container-load (LCL) services in the Asia Pacific region, the company has announced. Those affecting the Pearl River Delta are from Hong Kong to Busan twice weekly on Mondays/Saturdays and Fridays/Tuesdays; between Shenzhen-Yantian and Busan they are twice weekly on Thursdays/Saturdays - Mondays/Tuesda...
The Kuehne + Nagel Group has returned to its growth course, reflected in the first quarter 2010 volume and results development. Compared to the previous year’s period, turnover increased by 7.3 per cent to CHF 4,604 million, while the operational result (EBITDA) remained almost stable at CHF 228 million. Net earnings improved by 2.3 per cent to CHF 13...
SHANGHAI - China Eastern Airlines said on Friday it would sign a memorandum of understanding to join global airline alliance SkyTeam. "What we have signed is a preliminary agreement. And after a year when China Eastern fulfils all the requirements of SkyTeam, we will become its official member," Luo Zhuping, company board secretary, told China Daily. Th...
“Now Scania has all the technical solutions and also the engine platform needed to fulfil the Euro 6 emission standards that go into effect at the end of 2013,” said Jonas Hofstedt, Senior Vice President Powertrain at a press conference earlier today where Scania presented its new V8 truck range to international trade media. This marked the la...
Airports across Europe shut down as the cloud of volcanic dust from Iceland's volcano with an unpronounceable name spread south and eastwards. Early this morning, the airports at Amsterdam, Paris, London, Vienna, Copenhagen and many others were still closed. Thousands of flights have been cancelled, causing chaotic scenes across the continent. The volc...
UK flag-carrier British Airways says it expects to see a 10 per cent increase in its African traffic over the next four years. BA chief executive Willie Walsh said that the estimates were a testament to the hastening recovery in the region, adding that the Asian and Latin American markets were witnessing a similar revival, Nairobi's Capital Business repo...
HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair have announced a 22.9 per cent year-on-year air cargo volume increase in March, totalling 159,270 tonnes. The cargo and mail load factor was 81.7 per cent, a rise of 13.8 percentage points while capacity in tonne kilometres rose 0.7 per cent, said a company statement. For the year to date, a tonnage rise o...
Vladivostok: The Maritime State University (MSU) of Vladivostok hosted a special Gulf Oil Marine-organised conference for international maritime training institutions here this week, that served to showcase the advantages that Russian cadets and universities have to offer the global industry. The assembled audience of academics, shipowners and MSU cadets al...
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