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TAIWAN flag carrier China Airlines is looking to recover this year and return to profitability after its fourth loss-making year, reports Dow Jones Newswires. "There is a pickup in cargo and an overall recovery in demand," China Airlines chairman Philip Wei said in the report. Company president Sun HH said the carrier, marking its 50th anniversary, is l...
MUTUAL insurer TT Club and ICHCA International are "warmly welcoming" IMDG Code training for all shore-side staff involved in the transport of dangerous goods by sea which became mandatory from January, 1 2010. Shipping line booking staff, container packers, consolidators, shippers, forwarders, stevedores and all individuals involved in classifying, consi...
THE 4,000 miles of train tracks that make up the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway, connecting California to the desert surrounding Barstow, are expected to handle increasing traffic volumes over the next few years. It's expected that this will be driven by trains loaded with Chinese-made toys, electronics and clothing heading eastwards from US...
WITH the Vallarpadam Trans-shipment Container Terminal scheduled to be in use by April 2010, several private players and government agencies plan to establish warehousing facilities in and around the Indian port city of Kochi amid expectations it will become an international maritime hub. Leading the pack is a joint venture initiative by two public sector...
GREIF, industrial packaging manufacturer of products which include steel containers is to expand into China by building a service complex for its subsidiary Delta Companies near the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). The multi-client service centre will provide blending and logistical services; packaging products including pails, drums and totes; a...
NYK president Yasumi Kudo has warned "it will become difficult to maintain our liner trade and air cargo business," if deficits persist. To return to profitability during the second half of the current fiscal year, NYK's operating fleet has been cut from 115 containerships of 410,000 TEU to 90 vessels of about 360,000 TEU in the last year. Two of the c...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has recently announced a major US$5 million shipbuilding scheme in Vladivostok. Mr Putin said that the shipyard and its partners would be able to handle demand through to 2020. The shipyards plan to complete 100 icebreakers, freighters and rescue vessels, as well as 250 ships for domestic waterways, by 2015. Mr Puti...
THE US Federal Aviation Administration is scrutinising the operations of American Airlines after three landing slip-ups last month, reports the Associated Press. An American spokesman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that it is cooperating with the FAA and conducting its own investigation. Jetliners' wingtips touched the ground during landings during ...
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