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IN it first press release with its own letterhead, the US West Coast Collaboration (USWCC) group of western American transport interests has summed up its aims and objectives in a communique that says little else. Founded at the World Shipping Summit in Qingdao last year in the face of west coast cargo being siphoned off to the east coast via the Panama C...
JACKSONVILLE-based Conglobal Industries, one of the largest US retailers of intermodal equipment is seeing a trend for container units for housing or as office space within North Florida. Container housing is a cheap alternative to buying a house in the wake of the subprime housing crisis and according to a University of North Florida official the study o...
THE first air route from south western China city of Chengdu to Bangalore, known as "India's Silicon Valley" in the south of India, has been launched by Air China, Logistics Week reported. The service offers two flights a week using Boeing 757. Flight distance is 3,940 kilometres and duration is about five hours. The Bangalore-bound flight takes off at 2...
DHL Express Sri Lanka has opened its airside Gateway Facility at Bandaranaike International Airport with an investment of LKR43 million (US$374,000), the company announced. The facility, covering 4,572 square metres, is scaled to accommodate growth over the next five years and promises faster customs clearance and up to a half-day faster transit. The Te...
CONTINENTAL Airlines CEO, Jeffery Smisek has indicated that carriers would rather cancel flights than face the US Transportation Department's forced compensation to pay passengers for delays. Speaking at a recent investor conference in New York, Mr Smisek stated his fear might develop after April when passengers kept on delayed flights in excess of three...
CHINA'S largest private air carrier, Hainan Airlines, is to shift to a cargo sales method based on regions by integrating regional network resources from its existing mode based on cities, Logistics Week reported. The move is a strategy to increase air cargo sales in view of slackened downturn-hit market since 2009 by allowing smaller neighbouring cities...
UAE-based cargo carrier Midex Airlines was suspended recently after a routine audit conducted by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The company is said to have failed to fill in key postholder positions. Postholders are appointed by the company, but are subject to ratification by the GCAA. According to a report by the UAE National, Midex preside...
AIR China's latest operation figures showed that the carrier achieved a strong growth of 55.1 per cent in its cargo volume and an increase of 6.3 per cent in its passenger volume in January, Logistics Week reported. The carrier's cargo volume amounted to 90,700 tonnes. Domestic cargo volume rose 37.1 per cent to 52,200 tonnes while international cargo v...
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