Associated Global Systems has appointed Bernard Quandt to director of international sales and service. Quandt will be responsible for overseeing international sales and services for the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based logistics company’s air, ocean, import and export activities, and with the corporate staff further developing strategic allianc...
The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it has launched a new round of its efficiency review process to scrub the department of wasteful spending and direct the savings to core mission operations. Officials have begun to: • Develop a plan designed to improve retention of skilled employees and minimize turnover expe...
The Russian Railways AG (RZD) has ordered 200 modern sleeping cars from Siemens and the local coach builder Tverskoy Vagonostroitelny Zavod AG (TVZ). The Siemens scope of supply has an order value of about 320 million euros. The new coaches can be operated in the Russian and standard-gauge European railway networks. They are thus suitable for cross-border s...
China recorded a slight growth of 1.1 per cent in its railway cargo movement in June over May, about the same level in June 2008, Xinhua reported. According to Ding Junfa, chief consultant for China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, the growth is a reflection of rise in the demand for large quantity bulk cargoes like coal which is a sign the indus...
On 6 July all main plants and production units of KAMAZ started executing the company’s July order. This month the mother gathering conveyors of the automobile plant will work to 28 July inclusive – without interruption four days a week. By order of Director General of KAMAZ Inc. a working schedule of units and productions of the whole productio...
Deutsche Touring GmbH, the largest German operator in the international regular service bus business, has taken delivery of two more Setra S 416 GT-HD touring coaches, and therefore the 220th Setra since the company was founded. These coaches from the ComfortClass 400 will be used on the new business line from Prague to Bratislava. This service is mainly in...
Envirotainer has received formal notification from Transport Canada that its RKN e1 electrical heating and compressor cooling air cargo container is now accepted and qualified for use by Air Canada Cargo. This means that Air Canada Cargo will become the first carrier in North America to be certified by Transport Canada for the carriage of RKN e1 container...
Continental Airlines launched a daily non-stop service from Beijing to New York from its relocation at Terminal 3 from 2 at Beijing Capital International Airport. "Continental is moving from Terminal 2, where we provided our daily non-stop service to New York for more than four years, to Terminal 3 to provide our passengers with a brand new look and even ...
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