Shippers, the ultimate customers of the global air cargo supply chain, are being invited to join The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) free of charge. The initiative recognizes the importance for air cargo service providers to gain a more complete understanding of the needs of shippers. TIACA says it will provide a forum to shippers to get close...
Japan Airlines (JAL) has applied to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to revise down from April 1, 2010, its international cargo fuel surcharge for flights departing from Japan only. Since April 1, 2009, JAL started adjusting its cargo fuel surcharge levels on a monthly basis by using the one-month average fuel pr...
UPS announced a new cost-effective and convenient "green" pickup option for small- to medium-sized businesses, becoming the first in its industry to automate the process of having drivers stop at customer locations to pick up packages. UPS Smart PickupSM is the latest in a series of UPS's Decision Green efforts and is designed for customers who want the ...
Kerry Logistics has strengthened its chemical logistics footprint in Thailand, opening a 10,500 sq m ISO tank depot incorporating a 1,000 TEU storage facility and 8 cleaning bays. The new depot means that Kerry-ITS Terminals is managing a total of 31,500 sq m of depots across Asia including Singapore, China, Vietnam and Thailand. Kerry-ITS total reg...
Bombardier’s site in Crespin in Northern France will produce up to 60 trains a year to deliver by mid-2016 the 129 regional double-deck trains ordered by the Regions Bombardier Transportation received an order for 49 additional Régio2N regional double-deck trains, as an option from the “Régio2N” contract signed with SNCF on ...
The President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Paul Mallee, has reiterated his support for the proposed reduction in the drink driving limit for commercial drivers to 20mg/mls following publication of a new report from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) that recommended a series of measures to be applied to professiona...
SHENZHEN Airlines has commenced a new service from eastern China city Jinan to Singapore stopping over in Shenzhen, Logistics Week reported. The service offers three flights a week on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, taking off at 1745 hrs from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport, reaching Shenzhen Baoan International Airport at 2025 hrs, leaving Shenzhen a...
BEIJING-based Air China Cargo will launch seven charter flights to fly to Shanghai, Novosibirisk (Tolmachevo International Airport) and Frankfurt to allow for a technical stop at the largest city in Siberia. The technical stop will be intermediate at its hub, the Tolmachevo Airport three times weekly on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays using a Boeing 747-40...
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