U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, key members of the Nevada labor community, business leaders and other elected officials, announced today an agreement between the states of California and Nevada to extend the California High-Speed Rail corridor from the Los Angeles area to the Las Vegas. “The ex...
All countries need to trade, with their neighbours and globally, to sustain long-term economic growth. Some low-income countries lack the institutions, infrastructure and supply side capacity to benefit from open markets and lift their people out of poverty. The Aid for Trade Initiative, launched in 2005, encourages developing countr...
PD Logistics has gained national recognition for its contribution toward achieving health & safety excellence through its Group wide training scheme. PD Logistics, part of the PD Ports Group, won the training award at the annual UKWA (UK Warehouse Association) Awards in London on June 30, 2009. “The judges found it was a highly competitive fiel...
The town of Alblasserdam – east of Rotterdam – will get a Container Transferium (CT).The founding agreement was signed on Monday June 29 between the Dutch Transport Ministry and the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoRA). The ‘Binnenlandse Container Terminals Nederland’ (BCTN) will operate the terminal. Total costs for acquir...
Norfolkline operates logistics services from locations across Europe, providing ambient and refrigerated transportation of packed goods by road, rail, and sea to a wide variety of clients. To keep pace with growth within the chilled and frozen distribution side of its business, the company is currently expanding its refrigerated trailer fleet and, as part...
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is adding eight new Automated People Mover (APM) cars to its existing 20-car APM fleet. An investment of about HK$90 million, the new cars will provide efficient and convenient connection among the permanent SkyPier, Terminal 1 (T1) and Terminal 2 (T2) by the end of 2009. The expanded fleet will also help HKIA meet fut...
Changi Airport Group held a welcome ceremony for Firefly today, to celebrate the airline’s commencement of operations to Singapore. Guests on board flight FY3505, from Subang (Kuala Lumpur), were warmly received at Changi Airport’s Budget Terminal (BT). Firefly, which commenced flight operations at the BT on 1 July 2009, is the fourth airline to...
India’s national carrier, Air India (AI), may restructure to become a low-cost carrier as a condition for a government bailout, India Briefing reported. “AI’s restructuring plan along with the request for equity infusion-cum-loan has to be submitted to them within a month. Unless a series of measures are taken to improve the airline, it ...
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