TNT HOAU, TNT's road distribution arm in China, has announced the completion of its nationwide day-definite road distribution network, Xinhua reported. During the past two months, TNT Hoau extended the coverage to Chengdu, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Xian, Yantai and Xiamen. The company now offers guaranteed day-definite ground delivery to 26 of the biggest ci...
Thoresen Thai Agencies is acquiring a 39% stake in Philippines coastal and regional tanker operator Petrolift. TTA is investing $27.9m in a 39% stake in Petrolift and will potentially invest a further $7.8m by the end of 2011 as part of the acquisition of four additional liquefied petroleum gas tankers by the Philippines company. At present Petrolift’...
GEFCO, a logistics provider for the industrial sector, is expanding on two continents as it doubled capacity at its Sete Lagoas site in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and signed a contract to distribute Renault vehicles in Morocco. GEFCO Brazil increased storage capacity from 465 vehicles to 993 in response to customer demand. GEFCO Morocco has a contract to distr...
Cass Freight Index growth jumps 7.6 percent in March, spending surges Freight shipping in the United States shot up to its highest level in nearly a year-and-a-half in March, signaling a surge in international shipping had reached U.S. networks, according to a key barometer of the domestic economy released Monday. The Cass Freight Index for shipments gr...
A Dutch bulk cargo carrier ran into the pier yesterday at the port of Alexandria in Egypt, RIA Novosti reports citing the Port Authority. The incident occurred during a de-berthing operation. As a result the ship was seriously damaged, the port facilities as well. Attorney General's Office began an investigation into the incident, arrested the vessel, ...
EVA Air, the second largest Taiwanese airline, is to re-launch its all-cargo service to Vienna on the back of rising demand from central and eastern European shippers. The flights, which will add 36 to 60 tons of capacity, along with its three weekly passenger flights holding 24-36 tons in bellyholds, will deploy a Boeing 747-400f enroute on the Taipei/Ne...
EASTERN Chinese city of Wuxi is to start a new cargo flight service to Hong Kong in April and is also in talks with parties concerned about the launch of a Japanese and a Korean all-cargo service, Logistics Week reported. Last year, 86 per cent of Wuxi's foreign trade cargo were shipped via the seaport and airport in Shanghai. As World Expo is drawing ne...
TRANSMILE Air has launched a new cargo service between Singapore's Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur via the East Malaysian towns of Kuching and Labuan. The new service, which is expected to help Malaysian shippers tap the global export market via Changi's air cargo network, will see flights arrive at 0920 hrs in Singapore every Tuesday, Thursday and Satu...
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