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Canada: Nova Scotia-based AF Theriault & Son Shipyard has delivered a new Robert Allan-designed fire boat, ‘City of Portland’, to the Portland (Maine), USA, Fire Department. The new vessel serves multiple purposes for the small American city: it is the principal water-borne fire apparatus for the city; it provides emergency medical evacuat...
Hong Kong's NWS Holding sees its US$1.76 billion China rail container venture as a "cash cow" that will reap rewards from China's enormous spending on railways, says NWS executive director Tsang Yam Pui. NWS, the infrastructure are New World Development Company, plans to invest CNY1 billion (US$146.4 million) a year in Chinese infrastructure, focussing ...
The German Government has come up with a plan for lowering transport noise. Until 2020 noise from air, road and rail transport is to be reduced by 20%, 30% and 50% respectively. The total cost will be EUR 4.60bn (USD 6.54bn), Logistics Finland reported. Source: Transportweekly
Benetton Italy, one of the world’s premier manufacturers of casual clothing, footwear and accessories, has chosen Kuehne + Nagel to provide integrated logistics services for its domestic retail operations in Russia. The comprehensive service offered by Kuehne + Nagel ranges from forwarding of merchandise to Russia by road and air, import customs cle...
Star Alliance, of which SAS Scandinavian Airlines is a member, has launched a global product for the meetings market: Meetings Plus. Companies, meeting planners and incentive agencies needing to organise gatherings with participants from different countries, now have access to the entire Star Alliance network, by contracting their travel needs through just ...
Korean Air Cargo, one of the world's largest cargo airlines, will be increasing its freighter service at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, said the Shipping Gazette. Beginning in early September, the airline will be adding a third weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter flight, increasing frequency to cover a Wednesday, Friday, Saturday service. ...
AIR FRANCE KLM has been confirmed as air transport sustainability “Sector Leader” for 2009 and will keep its place in both the Dow Jones DJSI World and DJSI STOXX Sustainability indexes. The DJSI World index features some 10% of the top performing corporations for sustainability among a total of 2,500 in 22 countries worldwide. The two...
The SNCF and Eurotunnel have teamed up to acquire Veolia Cargo, the rail freight businesses of the Veolia group. Veolia Cargo, Europe’s leading private rail freight operator, has a particularly strong presence in Germany, Benelux and France. Consisting of 20 subsidiaries, it employs nearly 1,200 people and reported revenue of €188 million in 20...
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
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