Woolworths Limited, the largest retailer of grocery, general merchandise and consumer electronics in Australia and New Zealand, has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as the exclusive provider for their global order management. Under the three-year contract Kuehne + Nagel will be responsible for the global order management of Woolworths Limited’s entire internat...
The Swedish Road Haulage Association (Sveriges Åkeriföretag) and the Transport trade union have called on the Swedish government to introduce tougher measures to monitor that cabotage rules are being followed in Sweden, Logistics Finland reported. The industry believes there is a real risk that jobs in the industry could be lost as foreign truck ...
The economic crisis has had a catastrophic impact on the road transport sector in most countries, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) told the UNECE meeting on Transport Trends and Economics, on the basis of an IRU survey conducted amongst its Members in 74 countries. Comparing the current situation (January to June 2009) to the same period last ...
CHAMP Cargosystems, a leading provider of IT solutions to over 85 airlines and 200 customers worldwide, including GHAs, GSAs and freight forwarders, has joined Cargo 2000 to help drive improvements in the delivery of quality air cargo services and the move to a secure paper-free environment. James Fernandez, VP Sales & Marketing said: “CHAMP has...
The Boeing Company on Sept. 9 received the 2009 Director's Innovative Industry Training award from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Boeing was honored at the Governor's Economic Development Conference for a sheet metal assembler riveter (SMAR) program that trains individuals in key aircraft-assembly skills. "It is crucial that we find wa...
Japan Airlines (JAL) has applied to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to revise from October 1, 2009, its international cargo fuel surcharge for flights departing from Japan only. Since April 01, 2009, JAL started adjusting its fuel surcharge levels on a monthly basis by using the one-month average fuel price of S...
Boeing yesterday delivered the Qatar Emiri Air Force's second C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at the company's C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach, completing Qatar's initial order for the world's most advanced airlifter. "On behalf of the Qatar Emiri Air Force, I want to thank Boeing's C-17 work force and suppliers for a job well done,...
ISS TraffiCare is to operate a new rail goods terminal in Umea [north Sweden], the so-called NLC Terminal, which will be taken into operation in August 2010 when the new Botnia railway is opened. The contract was awarded by Infrastruktur i Umea AB (INAB). The NLC Terminal will be the most modern goods terminal in Sweden, according to Bertil Hammarstedt, M...
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