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MALAYSIAN Airlines Cargo (MASkargo) plans to upgrade its warehouse material-handling cargo system at a cost of MYR100 million (US$29.8 million) amid expectations that demand will pick up in the air cargo industry. The upgrade is expected to take four years to complete. The work is scheduled to commence in the middle of this year. "This is to mitigate th...
THE Central Government in Beijing has approved a capital injection of CNY1.5 billion (US$219.66 million) into national flag carrier Air China from its controlling shareholder China National Aviation Holding Co, making it the third mainland carrier to receive government funds. This comes after China Eastern Airlines received CNY9 billion and China Southern...
THE chief executive officer of the Airport Authority Hong Kong Stanley Hui expects Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) traffic to growth in 2010 in light of improvements in the global economy and continued strong growth on mainland China. Cross-the-board improvement in the fourth quarter, compared with the sickly first three, he said, shows business is...
POLAND's DCT Gdansk container terminals, now serving some of the industry's largest vessels, has ordered Kalmar e-One2 rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes from Finland's Cargotec. The RTGs will arrive in the first quarter 2010 and will help meet demands since the terminal's handling capacity increased, said a statement from the terminal operator. The 7+...
GERMANY has topped the World Bank's 2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) as the most efficient in the world with a score of 4.11 out of a possible five, marginally ahead of Singapore (4.09), Sweden (4.08), the Netherlands (4.07), and Luxembourg (3.98). Completing the top 10 list of most efficient logistics nations were Switzerland (3.97), Japan (3.97),...
AFTER the latest emergency revenue charge (ERC) from the quasi-conference, the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement, an cry of foul play rose up against carriers from key shipper organisations. Joining earlier protests from the Hong Kong Shippers Council, West India Shippers Association vice president R Venkatesh stood alongside its Singapore-based Asian ...
Deutsche Post DHL and Volvo Trucks have signed a frame agreement to supply 1,800 new trucks. The new vehicles will be delivered to the UK, Finland and Sweden within the next two years and will primarily cover Express, Freight and Supply Chain operations. These trucks are compliant with the EURO 5 standard and will gradually be replacing the older vehicles...
LUFTHANSA Cargo has flown an MD-11 freighter with 80 tons of food and equipment to Dominican Republic's capital of Santo Domingo where it was moved on by truck to the earthquake victims in neighbouring Haiti that shares the island of Hispanioloa The shipment consists largely of food, medicines and equipment. Since Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti is restr...
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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