NTEGRATED logistics provider Agility has clinched the Green Supply Chain Award at the recent Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards 2009, in recognition of the company's achievement in developing and implementing environmentally-friendly supply chain strategies. The award was presented at a ceremony held at the Raffles Club in Singapore. "I am delighted th...
THE importer at the centre of the seizure of 61 parcels of cocaine at Ghana's Port of Tema in May that were concealed among cartons of chewing gum inside a 40-foot container carried by the Maersk Nolanville has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Fast Track High Court. The drugs weighing more than 71 kilogrammes were estimated to be worth US$1.9 mi...
CHINA has raised its unified national rail freight price 7.28 per cent to CNY1.031 (US$0.15) per tonne kilometre, according to a bulletin issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Railways (MoR), reports Logistics Week. According to the bulletin, the unified national rail freight price per tonne kilometre was raised C...
Global Project Logistics Network member Younger Niche Logistics (YNL) has the distinction of being responsible for the movement of the single largest piece of equipment ever moved by road transport in ZhangJiaGang, Jiangsu Province, China. The piece, 14m x 7.4m x 7.9m/ 86,000kgs, was moved by road from the suppliers premises to PuXiang port, ZhangJiaGang. T...
The Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, as represented by the Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), has selected for their turn-key project, airport systems innovator Cavotec to supply and integrate a range of environmentally friendly ground service equipment for remote aircraft aprons at Bahrain International Airport, in a deal worth more than EUR 30 million. ...
On 29 December 2009 the general meeting of Finavia Holding Oy elected a Board of Directors for Finavia Oyj, the state-owned company starting operations on 1 January 2010. The Board’s term will begin on 1 January 2010. The Board chairman of Finavia Oyj will be Honorary Mining Counsellor Mr Seppo Paatelainen. The other Board members will be Ms Pirkk...
INDIA has floated the idea of a container freight train that would operate within the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). According to a concept paper released by India and proposed to SAARC members such a container train service would run from Bangladesh to Pakistan via India and Nepal to encourage intra-regiona...
CARGO-HANDLING machinery manufacturer for ships, ports and terminals Cargotec has acquired the port service and equipment related part of Maghrepic SA's business operations for an undisclosed purchase price, in a bid to strengthen and grow its sales and service activities in Morocco. Maghrepic has been Cargotec's dealer representative in Morocco "with a...
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