During the crane tests of Jumbo’s latest J-class vessel at the Huisman yard in Schiedam, a ballasted pontoon was lifted out of the water in tandem by the two 900-tonne mast cranes. A load of 1,980 tonnes, ten percent on top of the combined safe working load (SWL) of the cranes, was required to obtain a Lloyds Certificate of Compliance. During the ...
The halal market is fast emerging as one of the most lucrative and influential consumer arenas in the world today. Covering a wide array of food and non-food products, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, healthcare, toiletries and other non-consumables, the global halal products market is today valued at USD2.77 trillion. As one of the latest trends in ex...
Ever since the first rail shuttle was brought into operation in 2000, the proportion of goods transported by rail to and from the Port of Gothenburg has increased significantly. Around 60 per cent of containerised goods that currently pass through the Port of Gothenburg do so via one of the 24 rail shuttles. Maersk Line is one of the customers that has op...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Republic of Korea are supporting road and border improvements in Cambodia to help reduce poverty, increase economic opportunities, and boost ongoing efforts to strengthen trade and tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). ADB’s Board of Directors approved a loan equivalent to $16.3 million for the proje...
Krone offers an innovative load securing solution with the new Profi Liner Multi Steel. Reinforcement mats with a length of 5.0 - 6.0m and a width of 2.0 - 3.0m can be secured. Lattice girders and 2D/3D elements can also be secured easily using this new system. The Osnabrück-based forwarder Siegfried Serrahn, co-initiator of the development of this n...
Heathrow is preparing for a busy bank holiday weekend with 842,100 passengers due to travel through the world’s busiest international airport between Friday and Monday. The number of people expected to travel through Heathrow is up 1% on last year’s August bank holiday, following on from July’s figures which was the airport’s third...
The Japan Airlines Group (JAL) announced today that the new corporate organization structure, which aims to improve passenger experience, consolidate intermediary functions in order to improve productivity of the Group's business practices, and to increase efficiency and competitiveness, will take effect from October 1, 2009. A brand new Cust...
The African country of Ghana is planning to undertake a major railway construction across the nation in 2009–2010. Work will be carried out in two phases, with the first involving maintenance of the rail network connecting all of the country's major cities. The second phase involves building rail networks to connect all of Ghana's sub-major citi...
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