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First GBRf is helping to promote World Environment Day on June 5, the United Nations’ flagship environmental event that is celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide. Through First Group’s internal and external websites and publications the company is encouraging everyone to ‘Cut a Kilo of CO2’ on World Environment Day.&...
While the global economic downturn has led to a fall in sales of new trailers across Europe, the market for used vehicles remains buoyant. Schmitz Cargobull (UK) Ltd reports an 18 per cent year on year increase in used trailer enquiries, while orders are up 50 per cent . “In the current financial conditions refurbished trailers clearly...
Airfreight demand in June was 16.5% lower than that in June 2008, says IATA. This was a moderate improvement - albeit from extremely weak levels - over May, which was 17.4% below 2008 levels, eyefortransport reports. However, there has been some improvement in world trade and, after adjusting for seasonal fluctuations, freight volumes rose 6...
The Associated Global Systems executive Bob Imbriani has reported that around 27% of shippers have switched from air freight to sea freight, and that the company expects this number to increase to up to 35%. The Kuehne + Nagel executive VP for sea and air logistics Peter Ulber also said that commodities such as computer hardware and pharmaceuticals are shif...
The nation’s largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past June that was higher than the same month last year but down from the mark reported in May 2009, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). According to information filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (B...
SAFMARINE Container Lines, a member of the member of the AP Moller-Maersk Group, has announced that it will withdraw from the transpacific trade at the end of June 2010, owing to weak demand. In a letter to customers, it was cited as saying that the move is due to expectations that the poor market conditions on this trade lane are expected to continue and...
THE British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that ports with Morris cranes or others built like them should put them through tests after one collapsed in Southampton recently, badly injuring its driver. The HSE warned against tubular collared or sleeved backstay quay cranes, especially those whose final welding assembly was done on site in wet...
GOLD STAR Line, a Zim unit, has included a weekly service linking Singapore and Port Kelang to Chennai and to Laem Chabang, thus joining the Thailand Straits Chennai Service (TSC) centring on Singapore. The Sea Consortium, OOCL and Shanghai Puhai Shipping, an affiliate of China Shipping Container Line, operate this. In another regional development, Marian...
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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