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SWISS WorldCargo, the air freight division of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd, will double capacity to six-flight a week from Zurich to San Francisco from June 2 deploying A340-300 aircraft. "These new services complement our strong North American network and demonstrate our commitment to providing customers with access to strategic global markets with ...
THE north eastern city of Shenyang has suffered a number of flight suspensions recent due to slack season with the latest being Lufthansa's termination of the Munich-Seoul-Shenyang run, Logistics Week reports Before Lufthansa's suspension, Asiana and Dragonair also suspended their services to the city. Industry professionals said the serial suspension...
RUSSIA's Volga Dnepr says the heavy-lift air cargo market continues to grow despite the downturn, resulting in a need for the airline to acquire 20 new AN-124 heavy lift aircraft in the next 10 years and another 20 in the following decade. Volga Dnepr Group says the market for project air cargo grew from US$768 million in 2007 to $1.1 billion in 2008 and...
ACCORDING to east coast fish buyers in the North of England the move by Iceland's government to add a weight surcharge of five per cent on container fish was the lesser of two evils after last year's threat of a 10 per cent levy. The weight surcharge is generally accepted to be just given weight loss occurs after catch and following transportation accor...
THE government in Nigeria's northern state of Bauchi plans to set up an inland container depot in partnership with the Nigerian Shippers Council, according to comments made by Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State during a one day seminar organised by the NSC. Governor Yuguda was cited as saying that the aim of the depot would be to improve inland transpor...
EAST China's Zhejiang province will open a container rail service from Wenzhou to Beilun port in Ningbo from early January, reports Xinhua. The service, designated for foreign trade freight, will operate during the nights with a speed of 100 kilometres per hour. Cargo will be shipped from Wenzhou in the afternoon and arrive at Beilun port in the next mor...
Indian Railways will increase the haulage charge on container trains three to eight per cent from January 1, reports The Hindu newspaper's Business Line section. The haulage charge is the amount paid by container train operators to the Indian Railways for using the railway network and its infrastructure. It is a key operating expenditure component for ...
Chinese Vice Minister of Railways Hu Yadong led a high-caliber expert delegation from the ministry’s Department of Safety that visited Knorr-Bremse in Munich at the weekend. The visit to the headquarters of the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail vehicles and commercial vehicles was the conclusion of a trip to Europe spanni...
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