A conference entitled Price management in intermodal transport, which was held at the St Gallen University (Switzerland), revealed that the current market situation is having an increasingly strong influence on pricing. One result of the ongoing economic downturn is that truck capacity on the road is rising and prices for international road haulage services...
The management and the Employee Council of Daimler AG have agreed on a package of measures to be taken to reduce labor costs while safeguarding employment at Daimler AG. The key points of the agreement are the collective reduction in working time for employees who are not included in short-time working arrangements, a reduction in the allowance paid towards...
In a joint declaration, the chief executives of private and state-owned European rail freight companies are demanding public support to cope with the effects of the crisis on their business. The declaration urges the European Union and national governments to introduce concrete measures supporting the railways' own efforts. It argues that only combined act...
Geodis Wilson, the global freight management company, is exhibiting at Transport Logistic in Munich (12th – 15th May) for the first time as part of the SNCF Geodis Group. It will use the event to highlight its new Integrated Solutions concept, providing transport solutions for global supply chains. Since November of 2008 the Geodis Group ...
Tarek Sultan, Chairman and Managing Director of Agility, has accepted an invitation to join world business leaders on the Singapore Economic Development Board's (EDB) International Advisory Council (IAC) to contribute to the strategic economic development of the Lion City. I am very honoured to be invited to join the Economic Development Board's Inter...
The first easyJet plane landed at Schoenefeld Airport on 28 April 2004. Five years later, the airline has nine aircraft stationed in Schoenefeld and flies to a total of 27 destinations. As of this summer, the airline is operating new flights from Berlin to Dubrovnik and Cagliari. This makes easyJet Schoenefeld Airport's biggest customer – yet another...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy supported in its meeting of 28 April 2009 the Ministry of Transport and Communications'proposal of incorporating the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, Finavia, as of 1 January 2010. The business activities currently managed by the Civil Aviation Administration will be transferred to a new company limited by sha...
Boeing announced that seven airlines will be the first to incorporate the new, spacious 737 Boeing Sky Interior starting in late 2010. The interior features soft, blue-sky-like lighting overhead. The airlines are: FlyDubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Continental Airlines - Houston Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA - Fornebu, Norway Malaysia Airlines - Kua...
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