Saudi Arabia's Islamic Development Bank has agreed to finance the replacement of the old signalling system on a section of Pakistan's railway. According to Railway Technology, the project initially involves installing modern and electronic interlocking system on 23 stations from Bin Qasim to Mirpur Mathelo. Work will be carried out by a consortium of B...
The Evans Network of Companies will expand into new areas with the acquisition of the container drayage, domestic truckload, and brokerage assets of Land Transportation and Phoenix Transit and Logistics. A total of 25 new agent partners will be added to the Network, bringing Evans' service center locations to more than 100 across the United States. The fin...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $3.8 million civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly operating one of its Boeing 737 aircraft on more than 200 flights after the carrier had violated its own maintenance procedures on one of the plane’s engines. On April 28, 2008, a United 737 returned to Denver after shutting down...
Boeing today announced that the AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopter successfully completed its first flight on Sept. 16, seven months after the company started work on the prototype aircraft. During the 36-minute flight at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems facility in Mesa, Ariz., the helicopter demonstrated its flight characteristics and several han...
Boeing, the Airports and Auxiliary Services agency (ASA), an arm of Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport, and Honeywell’s UOP announced a collaboration to identify, research and further the development of a commercially viable market for Mexico-sourced sustainable aviation biofuels. “This is a first-of-its-kind collaboration...
Lufthansa Cargo and Hermes Transport Logistics are intensifying their cooperation. Since early August, the crane-emblemed cargo carrier has been handling the logistics of all incoming shipments arriving at Leipzig Airport for the wholly-owned subsidiary of the otto group. Aside from handling all imports, Lufthansa Cargo is responsible for arranging and load...
FedEx Express has enhanced its overnight services between Asia and Europe with the introduction of a new next-business-day service connecting mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore with France and Germany. The service enhancement will provide a one-business-day transit time to Europe for FedEx International Priority® shipments originating in Hong Kon...
Bulgarian state rail company BDZ is 150 million leva in debt, with 20 million leva accumulated in the nine months since the turn of 2009 alone, the Sofia Echo reports. By the end of the year this is speculated to reach 40 million, the new CEO of BDZ Pencho Popov told Dnevnik on October 13 2009. Regardless of the difficult times, BDZ will not increase ticke...
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