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THE US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the fire aboard an ABX Air Cargo Boeing 767-200 at San Francisco was probably caused by "the lack of positive separation between wiring and electrically conductive oxygen system components." The NTSB's final report found that the fire in June 2008 started while the crew was preparing for departure j...
FEARS are mounting on whether airlines can cope with 100 per cent air cargo screening demanded by the US government on passenger aircraft bound for the US in August. Experts warn that unless the air freight arriving at airports is pre-screened under the US's Certified Cargo Screening Programme (CCSP), carriers may be unable to handle initial volumes, whi...
THE US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has voted in favour of a rule change that would no longer require non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) to publish the tariff rates for sea freight. "I believe this is one of the most significant commission actions since Congress passed the Shipping Act in 1984," said FMC chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr an Ame...
CARRIER Corp says German container shipping line Hamburg Sud has upgraded its reefer fleet through the purchase of 3,000 container boxes fitted with Carrier's PrimeLINE refrigeration units. "With the increase in fuel prices over much of the last two years, the industry changed a lot," said Martin Schoeler, deputy director of logistics technology at Hambu...
NYK LOGISTICS (Japan) Co Ltd and Yusen Air & Sea Service Co Ltd (YAS) plan to integrate their logistics businesses after signing a letter of intent (LOI) to move towards implementing this goal. NYK and YAS said in a joint statement that they aim to use the integration to boost the value of the NYK group's logistics business by improving its efficienc...
- The statutory negotiations have now ended at Konecranes Service Corp in Finland and the company will make a permanent reduction of 26 personnel at most. Details of the reductions will be decided by the end of February 2010. During the negotiations the parties also agreed on temporary layoffs which can be made up to May 31, 2011. The extent of the tempor...
UPS has opened its new US$30 million distribution centre at the Calgary airport offering links to the US and overseas markets with a special focus on China, India and Mexico. "Despite the recent recession, Calgary is a economic growth engine for Canada with many businesses in the area looking to take advantage of emerging markets overseas," said UPS Canad...
NIPPON Cargo Airlines' non-scheduled flights increased tenfold in FY2009. So far this fiscal year, NCA operated 78 non-scheduled flights, which fly predetermined routes, and 20 charter flights, for which departure and destination customers pick cities. Including reservations through the end of March, these flights will total 114 in fiscal 2009, up from j...
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
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