Turkish State Railways (TCDD) is planning on introducing additional high-speed train services between Ankara and the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir, TCDD General Director Süleyman Karaman said. According to todayszaman.com, the number of high-speed train trips daily between Ankara and Eskişehir will rise from 13 to 20 a day in September, Kar...
Deutsche Bahn has finalized the acquisition of PCC Logistics Group effective July 21. The agreement defining purchase terms for the largest privately-owned freight railroad in Poland had been signed in Warsaw at the end of January. The EU Commission approved the takeover on June 12. With about 5,800 employees and revenues of EUR 350 million (2008), PCC Lo...
Nurminen Logistics is opening a diversified logistics centre at Hamina harbour. The centre offers clients an entire logistic value chain, including terminal services, rail transport, forwarding and documentation services, and special and heavy transport, as well as project, services. The aim is to launch the new logistics centre at the beginning of 2010. ...
ProLogis announced it will develop a new, 382,000-square-foot (35,500-square-meter) distribution facility in Ebina, Japan, for Kirin Logistics Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese third-party logistics company that specializes in the beverage and food industries. "We are pleased to continue to find opportunities to monetize our land bank," said Mike Yamada, pres...
Since yesterday the airline CLICK4SKY.com has introduced a new, even better ticket price to all of its German destinations. Passengers can thus get to Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart for the guaranteed price of CZK 990. The price is final and is inclusive of all taxes and fees. T...
Aramex, the global logistics solutions provider, announced that it has joined Cargo 2000, an industry group within the International Air Transport Association (IATA) specialising in a quality management system for the global air freight industry. Cargo 2000 re-engineers the air cargo transportation scheme from shipper to consignee. Its processes are backe...
Czech Airlines won the tender for the provision of handling services in Prague for Air France-KLM flights. Czech Airlines will thus continue to provide this carrier with all standard handling services, such as passenger handling and the handling of aircraft on the ramp. The new agreement will be signed by the end of the month and will apply from 1 August 20...
Lufthansa Cargo is offering more places than ever for young trainees in 2010. A total of 32 young people will have the chance of beginning a commercial course in forwarding and logistics services at one of the world's biggest freight carriers. The trainees will be based at five different venues in Germany: 24 in Frankfurt, two in Munich and one each in Ham...
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