LOW-cost carrier Air Asia said it would look to air freight as a major revenue source for the coming year, following the signing of special prorate agreements with several airlines, reports Australia's AirCargo Asia Pacific. Combined with strategic tie-ups with cargo agents and large import-export companies, the Kuala Lumpur carrier boasts of a much expa...
A NEW international air cargo charter service from South Korean capital Seoul via Yantai, across the Bohai Sea and then on to Qingdao, has started operation, Logistics Week reported. Being the first air cargo charter service between Yantai and Seoul, the Yangtze River Express service offers one 737 flight per week on Saturday, taking off at 1045 hrs from ...
AIRPORT City Development (ACL) has announced that the 10th Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition will be held at the China World Hotel in Beijing from April 21 to 23. ACL chief executive Desmond Shum noted that with new airport terminal, T3, in full operation, Beijing is the ideal location for the conference, which is expected to attract numerous...
INDIA's private container train operators continue to seek stable rail rates to make the best of their contracts take from the former state monopolist, the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR). Of the 14 private companies to take licences following the 2006 deregulation, all have been stymied by the signing of concessionary agreements in 2007 with Ind...
TNT Express launches online Express Import system to allow its customers to order the collection of import shipments from around 170 countries with quotations and billing in their local currency to better control shipping costs. TNT's system enhances its current Express Import services and is available to all customers regardless the type or size of thei...
A total of 13 existing diesel-powered rubber-tyred gantries (RTGs) and four new cranes in Hakata Port, Japan are to be equipped with ‘drive-in’ electrification technology developed by Conductix-Wampfler, enabling the replacement of a crane in a parallel corridor without the need for a 180° turn. "This will save steel, since one steel...
- Hyster has launched a new range of 25–32 tonnes heavy duty forklift trucks and dedicated container handlers, with improved visibility and reduced energy consumption leading to lower operating costs. The range includes four standard forklift models (H25XM-12, H28XM-12, H30XM-12, H32XM-12) with between 25,000kg and 32,000kg lifting capacity at 1,200...
- Cavotec MSL and Vahle Group have announced worldwide cooperation between the two companies with the intention to supply new innovative systems to the ports and maritime industry. Based in Kamen, Germany, Vahle is the first company to develop a fully automated E-RTG entry system (see March CM) into container alleys without the need for additional manual ...
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.
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