GAC announced the appointment of Wally Holm as Shipping Marketing Manager for North America & the Caribbean. Based in Houston, Holm replaces Darren Martin, who has recently been promoted to General Manager Shipping, for GAC USA, based in Philadelphia. With 19 years of experience in commercial and industrial sales in a range of industries, plus 10 year...
Julian Thomas, the President of Hamburg Süd South America, and Marcos Hanson, the Commercial Director of Maersk Argentina and Head of Centro de Navegación’s Container Line Committee, have been confirmed to speak at this year’s TOC Americas conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They join moderator Kieran Ring, CEO of the Global Insti...
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...
The Wright Group has won a significant export order together with Volvo Bus Corporation to supply the bodywork for 150 new double deck buses to SBS Transit of Singapore. The multi million pound order – which involves “kits” produced locally in Ballymena shipped out for local assembly - will see Wrightbus bodied vehicles on the streets of S...
Boeing today delivered a 777-300ER (Extended Range) to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The airplane has been painted in a special SkyTeam livery in celebration of the alliance's 10th anniversary. Today's delivery marks the start of an in-service evaluation using chrome-free decorative paint and primer. As part of Boeing's lifecycle approach to reducing envir...
Global air cargo volume in June fell 16.5 per cent year on year, but was six per cent higher than it was in its worst month of December, according to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) figures. "Freight ton kilometres flown on international markets remain exceptionally weak. However, the level of airfreight volumes has risen six per cen...
Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) has announced plans to launch Coolport @ Changi in the first quarter of 2010. According to eyefortransport, the S$12 million Coolport @ Changi will be the first dedicated on-airport facility in Singapore for handling terminal and transit perishables cargo within the Free Trade Zone. Located within SATS Airfreig...
Boeing and Canadian airline WestJet today announced an order for 14 additional Next-Generation 737-700s. The airline currently flies an all-Boeing fleet of 81 Next-Generation 737s. "WestJet pioneered low-cost flying in Canada with a growing fleet of the world's most popular jetliner and has emerged as a leader among the world's airlines," said Kevin Sch...
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