A number of carriers falling within the scope of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme have submitted or will submit their first monitoring and reporting plans "under protest" following advice from IATA, ATWOnline has learned. The deadline for airlines to submit their tonne-km. monitoring plan and emissions monitoring plan is Aug. 31, or Sept. 30/Oct. 15 for...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed a suit in the nation's Federal Court against Emirates airlines, as part of the competition regulators' ongoing investigation into alleged price fixing in the air cargo industry, the Shipping Gazette informs. The allegations are part of a worldwide investigation into an air cargo price-fixing c...
Japan Airlines (JAL) has been honored with the World Savers Award by Condé Nast Traveler for being the most socially responsible airline amongst its peers in the category. The Award seeks to recognize companies in the travel industry that have generously contributed back to society through its various business activities, particularly in the five key...
Lufthansa Cargo Airlines has commenced a new freighter service from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), the Shipping Gazette reported. The service deploys a Lufthansa MD-11 freighter than lands at Sea-Tac Airport twice a week from Frankfurt, with a connection continuing to Los Angeles. Specifically, one flies from Frankfurt to Se...
The deal by Schaeffler to take merge with Continental AG moved a step closer in the last few days after a deal was reached with the banks to refinance its €12 billion debt. Several tranches have been implemented as part of Schaefller’s credit lines being split in two with four and a half year and six year maritimes in place. The Royal Bank of...
New York-based management advisor Stern Stewart & Co. has included International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) in its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 100 Relative Wealth Added (RWA) Index list for 2009. ICTSI was ranked 39th in Southeast Asia and third in the Philippines in the list’s RWA-Overall Business Cycle. ...
Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra Technologies, announced Haina International Terminals in the Dominican Republic upgraded its in-house terminal operating system (TOS) with NavisTM SPARCS N4 to improve operations and customer service in the competitive Caribbean market. Haina International Terminals is one of the two major container terminal...
The Port of Klaipeda reduced the port dues for cruise vessels: on the middle of August 2009, the amendments to “Regulations on Klaipėda State Seaport Dues Types, their Maximum Rates and Principles of Application” came into force. According to these amendments, port dues for cruise vessels larger than 50,000 GT (Gross Tonnage) shall be calculat...
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