Qatar Navigation Co expects a proposed merger with Qatar Shipping Co to be concluded in six months, heeding government calls for more consolidation in the face of the global economic slowdown. Governments in the energy-exporting Gulf Arab region have been encouraging mergers as a means of bolstering firms against the crisis. The gov...
On June 5, Caspian Shipping Company (CASPAR, Azerbaijan) takes delivery of 13,000-dwt tanker project 19619 built by Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, newsnn.ru reports. This river-sea-going 13,000-dwt tanker is designed for transportation of crude oil and oil products with flash point less than 60. I...
Prior to the EU Transport Council meeting to be held on 11 June, the four trade associations representing the European collective passenger transport and travel business, ECTAA, ETOA, UITP and the IRU, call upon EU Transport Ministers to exempt urban, suburban and regional national transport services from the scope of the future Regulation on the rights of ...
WABCO Holdings Inc. today announced that the company has executed its previously announced plan to raise its ownership position to 75 percent in its award-winning joint venture, WABCO-TVS (India) Ltd., further strengthening not only WABCO’s presence in India but also its capabilities to connect with and grow in all of the worl...
Lufthansa Cargo AG is continuing to campaign for a practicable night flight regulation at Frankfurt Airport. At the beginning of the hearing before the Higher Administrative Court in Kassel, the Workers' Council of the airfreight company launched an information offensive for the retention of night-time cargo flights. "Frankfurt Airport is one...
The 2nd edition of the Green Med Awards took place in Alexandria (May 2009), during the Gala Dinner opening the three-day international event Green Med Forum, annually organized by Green Med Journal. Special recognition was granted to the BEST EXPORTER, the BEST GROWER and the BEST SERVICE PROVIDER in the Mediterranean in 2008. Nominee...
Airbus marked the 100th anniversary of Le Bourget Air Show by demonstrating break-through technologies, top-end innovations and Airbus "Firsts" from the company's own 40 year history. Visitors can see, feel, and touch aircraft and many items, which have revolutionised aviation and have led to today's Airbus global lead...
On 27 May the plants and units of KAMAZ in Naberezhnye Chelny and Zainsk (Russia) fulfilled the production plan for May. The mother gathering conveyor coped with the task for the fifth month of 2009 already yesterday. 1887 sets – trucks, chassis, assembly sets and repair kits – were assembled on the main p...
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