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IATA figures show global decline, but Mideast traffic up 13.2pc Aug 31, 2009

LATEST figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show a decline in global air traffic month-on-month of 2.9 per cent in July, but also a bottoming out from June's 7.2 per cent with Middle East region performing well with and increase 13.2 per cent. Falling markets afflicted South America most following strong growth in April while i...

Lufthansa CEO may scrap cargo fleet if Frankfurt night flights bannedAug 31, 2009

LUFTHANSA CEO Carsten Spohr said he was considering giving up all of the German flag carrier's 19 air cargo planes if night flights are banned from Frankfurt airport, Reuters reports. "Everything that goes toward a single-digit number [of flights allowed per night] would mean that it no longer pays to have our own cargo fleet," said Mr Spohr. Locals ha...

Amsterdam's Rutges Cargo launches 'Urgent' Europe service Aug 31, 2009

RUTGES Cargo has started offering a new product called, 'Urgent', which is a secure express delivery service for customers needing to move valuable, time and temperature-sensitive shipments in Europe. The Dutch trucker said in a statement that it has invested in a fleet of small vans capable of carrying up to 1,400 kilos of product. Prime customers for ...

EMD starts air con trials in Class 66 LocomotivesAug 31, 2009

Electro Motive Diesel Inc. is providing First GBRf with an air conditioning condenser unit for trial in its Class 66 locomotives. The trial, starting in August 2009, will last for a three month period, and if successful could be rolled out across the entire fleet. The JT42 Class 66 cab air conditioning unit provides powerful cooling at 5kW, which reduce...

Arriva PCC consortium to be dissolved Aug 31, 2009

The first operator of private passenger rail services ever to operate trains in Poland, the consortium of Arriva of the UK and PCC Rail, a Polish mainly freight rail company recently taken over by German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), is likely to be dissolved at the end of 2010. This is when they company's contract with the local government of...

Capacity of Swedish railways must be raisedAug 31, 2009

Capacity of Swedish railways must be raised to ensure it can meet the raised demand expected when the new regulations of sulphur levels in marine fuel are in place, the Swedish Shippers' Council (Näringslivets Transportråd) has argued. In a comment to the report by the Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) on the regulations issued by t...

Strengthening VOSA is good for rail freightAug 31, 2009

RFG welcomed the recommendations of the Transport Select Committee's Inquiry into the work of the Vehicle and  Operator Services Agency (VOSA).    The report recommends a strengthening of VOSA's powers to enable great enforcement of road safety regulations in the UK. Non compliance with safety regulations is not only a problem for al...

China International Marine Containers net profit down 19 percent Aug 28, 2009

Shenzhen's China International Marine Containers (CIMC) core business of container manufacturing saw a steep drop in sales revenue in the first half of the year with net profit down by 19.49 percent year-on-year to US$120.8 million. Overall operating revenue in the first six months compared with 2008 plunged 68.7 percent at US$1.38 billion, while operati...

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