DB SCHENKER has renewed and extended for two years its logistics contract with the UK's Goodrich Power Systems, a division of one of the world's leading aircraft electronics systems providers - Goodrich Corporation. Since first winning the Goodrich logistics business in 2006, the two companies have "enjoyed a successful working relationship where DB Sch...
NETWORK Cargo Systems International Inc, has been chosen as the general sales and service agent (GSSA) for AirBridgeCargo Airlines in the US and Canada. Founded in 1992, Network Cargo Systems has offices in New York, Atlanta, Houston, Orlando, Denver, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver as well as throughout the Caribbean and Mexic...
SOUTHWESTERN China city Chongqing's airport customs recorded an aggregate export cargo volume of 29.2 million tonnes in 2009, down 24.8 per cent year on year, with a value of US$140 million that slid 23.3 per cent over 2008, Logistics Week reported. Value of exports under the form of general trade fell 34 per cent to $85.5 million, accounting for 60 per ...
SINGAPORE and Kenya have signed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) that grants airlines the flexibility to operate any number of air services between and beyond both countries with restrictions on passenger services by Singapore carriers between Kenya and selected third countries. The accord was signed in the presence of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
A RAILWAY bill before the US Senate is opposed by Union Pacific (UP) boss Jim Young because it would add millions to operational costs, drive up freight rates beyond affordability, leading to more trucking which the bill seeks to reduce for environmental reasons. "While there seems to be agreement in [Washington] DC that more freight rail is needed for th...
A new cold storage warehouse at the Port of Tacoma could add up to 100 new jobs when it opens this summer. Until then, construction of the $30 million VersaCold Logistics Services facility at the Port of Tacoma employs about 35 construction workers. That number is expected to grow to more than 100 local construction jobs during peak building season. The fac...
Bulgarian Government will give 24 million leva from the Transport Ministry budget to increase the capital of state railways BDZ, the Cabinet decided on January 20. BDZ executive director Pencho Popov said the funds have been earmarked for paying off state-guaranteed loans, but would not elaborate. According to Dnevnik, last year, the carrier rescheduled...
SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport experienced a strong rebound in the last quarter of the year hitting a monthly record of 3.83 million passenger movements in December, an increase of 9.7 per cent December 2008, 9.1 per cent more than the previous record of 3.51 million in 2007. Changi Airport was able to achieve better-than-expected passenger traffic of 37.2 m...
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