After a one-year break, Intermodal, the world’s leading event for the intermodal and container industry, will be back in 2010 at a familiar venue. Organiser IIR Exhibitions has announced that the next exhibition and conference will take place from 30th November to 2nd December 2010 at the Amsterdam RAI. “With trading conditions likely to impro...
Austrians spent less on petrol and diesel for their cars this year, according to the Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ), Austrian Times reported. The group said drivers spent 17 fewer cents a litre for petrol and 27 fewer cents a litre for diesel this year than in 2008, adding that petrol had cost an average of 1.044 Euros a litre and diesel an average of 0...
Mercedes-Benz has achieved a first in the far North of Europe by supplying the world's first new cab-behind-engine truck designed for civil use - known as the Zetros - to energy supplier Eltel in Finland. Based in Espoo near Helsinki, Eltel Networks Oy took delivery of its Zetros 2733 with a 6x6 axle configuration (six wheels, with all six being driven). T...
The Port of Long Beach Clean Trucks Program is on track to achieve dramatic air quality and road safety improvements as the ongoing changeover of the big-rigs that serve port terminals approaches a major milestone on January 1, 2010. As of the New Year, the Clean Trucks Program will have slashed air pollution from trucks in the Port by nearly 80 percent f...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume its service between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Aruba Airport Reina Beatrix on 1 February 2010. The twice weekly service will be operated in combination with the existing Curaçao service. KLM suspended this service on 29 March 2009. In response to growing demand on this route, KLM has decided to resume flight...
Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications will transfer the assets and business operations of the Civil Aviation Administration Finavia to a state-owned company that will start operation in the beginning of 2010. Ms Anu Vehviläinen, Minister of Transport, signed a transfer document on 22 December 2009. On 10 December 2009 the Governmen...
Mr Juhani Tervala has been appointed Director-General at the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency with effect from 1 January 2010. The Government of Finland announced the appointment on 22 December 2009. Appointment to the post of Director-General is for a period of five years ending on 31 December 2014. Mr Tervala is a Master of Science in Technology,...
Agility claimed the Green Supply Chain Award at the recent Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards 2009, one of Asia’s leading industry events, recognising the company’s achievement in developing and implementing environmentally friendly supply chain strategies. "The award was given at a ceremony at the Raffles Club in Singapore when judges selected ...
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