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Menlo Worldwide Logistics and The Dow Chemical Company has announced the formal opening of a new 134,000 sq ft warehousing and distribution operation in Bay City. The new operation is housed in Monitor Township's Valley Center Technology Park, in a former manufacturing facility, which had been vacant for many years. The property recently underwent a majo...
AIR cargo can emerge stronger from the global economic crisis than other transport modes as manufacturers rethink production and supply chain strategies, says Ulrich Ogiermann, chairman of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). Manufacturers and other businesses will be more reluctant than ever to tie up vast investment in stock, taking them bac...
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has completed an over-night IT Disaster Recovery Drill involving 80 staff from the IT, operations and engineering departments to check procedures and timing as well as business continuity abilities of various departments. The drill was set against the background of a total system failure of the Primary Compute...
STRIKING pilots have prompted Lufthansa to change its flight schedule this week to and from Hong Kong. A new strike flight schedule can be accessed at www.lufthansa.com where lists of flights are presented, showing the current planning. About two thirds of the affected Lufthansa flights are cancelled, but the airline's regional partners such as Lufthansa C...
THE Indonesian government has announced plans to triple spending on seaports and airports after free-trade deals signed under the ASEAN trading bloc came into effect with China and India in 2010. The new deals put an end to import tariffs on 90 per cent of traded goods, reported London's International Freighting Weekly. Sixty-six ports and 25 state-own...
Bridgestone Europe has responded to the strict European emission levels by introducing two new truck tyres onto to the market. According to Irish Trucker, the two new truck steer-axle tyres R249 EVO and R297 EVO, have been introduced to the market in anticipation of increased front axle load for trucks. This increased front axle load is due to the additio...
The 2010 model year Mercedes-Benz Econic is setting new standards in terms of engine line-up, safety and comfort. Since 2002 the Econic with natural gas drive has met what are currently the strictest EEV exhaust controls. Now the diesel engines of the Econic are available with BlueTec EEV as standard. Compared with the Euro 5 standard, particle levels under...
Siim Kallas and Connie Hedegaard, European commissioners responsible for transport and climate action respectively, were presented with briefings on the future of European transport policy this week. Drafted by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and approved by its 74 members, the papers urge a complete turnaround in Europe...
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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