Leading European logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters has been accepted as a cooperation partner of Logistics World Alliance (LWA). LWA, established in 2006, is an international supply chain alliance of major European partners who provide international companies with outsourced logistics and added value solutions via a single, central contact point. ...
Daimler FleetBoard has been developing and marketing profitability-boosting telematics solutions for commercial-vehicle fleets for the past 10 years. The company with a 140-strong workforce has to date equipped more than 60,000 vehicles with telematics services. After 10 years on the market, it is strengthening its position as one of the pioneering European...
Siemens Mobility has been awarded an order from the China West Airport Group, one of China’s major airport operators, for a baggage handling system in the new Terminal 3 of Xi’an Xianyang International Airport (XIY). This order is worth about 20 million euros. Siemens is to supply the baggage handling system, including the departure and arrival ...
Tatyana Arslanova has been promoted to the post of Executive President of AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC). She joined Volga-Dnepr Group in 1995 after achieving a Master’s degree in economics. Starting her career as assistant to the sales manager, she later became lead marketing manager for the company. In 2001, Mrs. Arslanova became leader of Volga-Dn...
The Boeing 747-8 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders. The flight begins a test program for the world's most efficient freighter. With 747 Chief Pilot Mark Feuerstein and Capt. Tom Imrich in the flight deck, the newest member of the 747 family took off...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the launch of an ERAU Masters in Business Administration in Aviation (MBAA) programme today. This landmark MOU outlines CAAS’ collaboration with an internationally established institution, renowned for its ...
A 26.5-metre Z-drive tug was recently delivered from the Jiangsu Wuxi Shipyard, China, to its Peruvian owner, Trabajos Maritimos. The new tug is powered by a pair of Cummins QSK60 engines each delivering 1,640kW at 1,800rpm to HRP Model 7111 WM (P3) azimuthing drives with 6.681:1 reduction. The tug is designed with the forward hawser winch typical of mo...
The Regional Cooperation Agreement for Combating Piracy (ReCAAP) has called on vessels plying sea lanes to search for missing tug ‘Asta’. Speaking to Baird Maritime, ReCAAP expressed fears that the boat might have been repainted or have had its name changed. This is second such incidence of a tug going missing. ReCAAP said that the first inc...
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