Volga-Dnepr operated its first IL-76TD-90VD flight from Australia with an emergency shipment of 10 metre pipes bound for Noumea in New Caledonia. The charter required a 72 hours response time over the course of a weekend and called for the use of an airline with a self-loading, ramp freighter that was also able to meet the strict Australian civil aviation ...
The Union government is against any cargo reservation policy to facilitate carriage of most of Indian cargo in national bottoms, Mr A.P.V.N. Sarma, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping (MoS), said to Exim News Service. There is no point in coming up with a cargo reservation policy, as it doesn’t happen globally, he pointed out. Shipping companies in the ...
Prof. Piotr Klodkowski, Ambassador of Poland, while addressing the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCCI), the All India Association of Industries (AIAI) and the World Trade Centre (WTC), Mumbai, has sought stronger trade ties with India, Exim News Service said. Prof. Klodkowski said that Poland was strategically located in the centre of Euro...
TNT has officially opened its expanded and re-modelled regional hub at the Changi Cargo Complex in Singapore, eyefortransport informed. The S$20 million hub will serve as the company's nerve centre for Asia, and will significantly increase the capacity for time-sensitive freight passing through Singapore. Asia is a promising market and we are committed ...
More than 250 customers from 15 countries recently had the opportunity to experience at first hand the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid articulated bus in operation for the first time. Experts from European transport operations praised a number of features of the 18-metre long hybrid city bus, including its completely emission-free operation on some st...
Jungheinrich (UK) Ltd has announced the appointment of Alan Kirk as Product Sales Manager – Racking. Alan, who is based at Jungheinrich’s Milton Keynes head office, will be responsible for developing sales of Jungheinrich’s range of racking, shelving and other storage products throughout the East of England. With over 30 years experience ...
Wizz Air, the largest low cost low fare airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced that it would launch two new routes from the Czech capital. Flights from Prague to Liverpool John Lennon airport will be launched on 11 July and operated 3 times a week, while as flights to Oslo Torp will start on 12 July and operated 4 times a week. The new services wi...
Today, EADS’s former military transport aircraft division, MTAD becomes fully integrated into Airbus. As a new Airbus business unit, “Airbus Military” will be accountable for all military activities within Airbus. The integration and “Day 1” of the new unit - celebrated in Seville/Spain today - follows an EADS Board decision of...
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