E-COMMERCE software systems provider INTTRA, now sold to and private equity firm by its one-time carrier owners, has announced its expansion in Asia, fuelled by fresh investment. Private equity firm ABS Capital Partners has invested US$30 million and taken over most of the company its carrier owners, which has funded the expansion that will see the openin...
THE global container trade will grow by 5.5 per cent in 2010, industry research group Clarkson said. The gains are expected to be led by Far East-Europe trade, which after witnessing a 9.5 per cent decline last year, is forecast to rise by 4.6 per cent, or by 15.9 million TEU, American Shipper reported. Transpacific trade will increase by about 2.7 per ...
The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) and the Container Owners Association (COA) are sending their members and exhibition containers on a trip to Shanghai in June, where they will be signalling the revival of the container business by taking a container pavilion at transport logistic China. Asia's most important exhibition for logistics, tel...
APL Logistics, an innovative provider of international supply chain solutions, has commenced operations at a new custom-built container freight station (CFS) facility at Port Qasim, Karachi. The strategic move has consolidated CFS capabilities from across three locations into one dedicated centre; to deliver cost savings and increase transit time efficiency...
KLM Cityhopper (KLC) operated its last scheduled commercial flight with a Fokker 50 in the KLM network on Saturday, 27 March. With this final flight from London Heathrow to Amsterdam, KLM took leave of this distinctive aircraft, the last propeller-driven aircraft in KLM Cityhopper's fleet. As of 27 March, the KLM fleet consists entirely of jet-powered airc...
Japan Airlines (JAL) will begin offering a newly-enhanced menu to its passengers traveling on JAL's Executive Class Seasons - the airline's international business-class, on routes to select Southeast Asian cities from April 1, 2010. The latest menu line up will highlight regional Japanese cuisines that use distinct ingredients and methods of preparation, ...
Boeing completed the ultimate-load wing up-bending test on the 787 Dreamliner static test unit. During the testing, loads were applied to the airframe to replicate 150 percent of the most extreme forces the airplane is ever expected to experience while in service. The wings were flexed upward by approximately 25 feet (7.6 meters) during the test. The init...
On March 29, the Latvian national airline airBaltic started operating flights on the route from Vilnius to Dublin, capital of Ireland. airBaltic will fly from Vilnius to Dublin four times a week – Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (from Dublin to Vilnius on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays). Passengers will board a Boeing 735 aircraft ...
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