Saudi Arabian building contractor Mohammed A. Al Swailem Co. orders 386 MAN trucks. The order comprises 300 MAN TGA-WW 40.400 6x4 tippers and water tankers, to be delivered as CKD (completely knocked down) kits and assembled in the new MAN assembly plant in Jeddah. A further 60 TGA-WW 41.400 8x4 are complete vehicles with 12-cubic-metre mixer bodies. In add...
Roads in Bulgaria are predominantly dry but it is cloudy in most parts of the country, the National Road Infrastructure Agency press office said for FOCUS News Agency. Roads are wet in the districts of Velingrad, Smolyan and Rakitovo due to rains. The following passes are still closed: Etropole – Zlatitsa, Tvarditsa – Elena and Pass of the Repu...
The 2nd Annual Cargo World China Summit, supported by IATA and CAAC, was held from 1st – 3rd Apr in Shenzhen P.R.China. More than 100 executives of airlines and forwarders participated along with representatives of various official institutions such as Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen Municipality and Shenzhen Airport. In his speech during the event, Diete...
Ulrich Ogiermann, President & CEO of Cargolux Airlines International, has been elected as the new Chairman of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). He was formerly Vice Chairman of the Association during the two-year Chairmanship of Jack Boisen, retired Vice President Cargo for Continental Airlines, who completed his term of office at TIACA&...
Emirates airline and Group, the largest aviation and travel services provider in the Middle East, has signed a contract to partner with Marriott International, the leading multi-brand hotel management company. Marriott has been appointed hotel operator of the Park Towers, a 1,614-room twin-tower hotel and apartment property, which Emirates is currently con...
Boeing delivered the 75th 777 commercial jetliner to Emirates. The Dubai-based carrier is one of the largest operators of Boeing's popular twin-aisle, long-haul airplane. Emirates is expected to become the world's largest 777 operator later this year. Emirates' newest 777, a Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range), departed Paine Field in Everett, Wash., yest...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner that will fly later this quarter has moved to the flight line. Fuel testing - the first in the next phase of extensive checks the airplane must undergo - will begin in the next few days. "We are making great progress, and moving ever-closer to first flight," said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager ...
Czech Airlines is responding to the economic crisis. Last December, it introduced its 2009 Action Plan, which includes measures aimed at generating additional revenue and cutting costs, thereby reducing the impact of the crisis and reduced passenger interest in air travel. The measures that the management has prepared and implemented will ensure...
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