The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is actively recruiting to fill more than 400 new job positions for professionals, managers, executives and technical officers for the upcoming corporatisation of Singapore Changi Airport and the restructuring of the existing CAAS. The vacancies are in both the restructured CAAS ('NewCAA') and the new ...
The IRU’s General Assembly unanimously adopted a Resolution on Commercial vehicle parking areas targeted by pirates and international organised crime to remedy the dramatic situation highlighted by the field-study jointly conducted by the IRU and the International Transport Forum (ITF) on Attacks on Drivers of International Heavy Goods Vehicles. Ind...
Boosting performance rather than cutting price is the major challenge facing the automotive logistics sector in China, according to key executives in the sector. Car-makers are increasingly anxious that rising labour costs and increasing competition in the domestic market mean that logistics efficiency must be dramatically improved. ‘From China Pric...
The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) General Assembly, representing truck, bus, coach and taxi operators in 74 countries on the 5 continents, unanimously adopted today a Resolution to reduce the impact of the economic crisis on road transport. Government and industry sources point to a decrease in road freight transport activity of up to 5...
Achieving 100% on-time performance for ramp cargo handling throughout 2008 has earned the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) team at Newark International Airport in New York a special award from customer, Air Transport International (ATI). WFS has worked with ATI in Newark since 2005 and handles twice daily DC-8 freighter flights for the airline every Tuesday...
Dragonair announced the launch of the Dragonair Aviation Certificate Programme for 2009 in which 16 cadets, aged 18 to 23, will participate - the highest number of cadets ever to be accepted. The programme runs from yesterday through to November 30. Officiating at the programme kick-off ceremony were Dragonair Chief Executive Officer Kenny Tang, Acting Dep...
The start of the financial year heralds a bright new dawn at Emirates airline with a number of key appointments being made to bolster the senior management team. The Dubai-based airline is committed to the recruitment of UAE Nationals into its 40,000-strong workforce and the promotion of Mohammed Mattar, Nabil Sultan and Adnan Kazim to Divisional Senior Vi...
Sixty representatives from 40 travel agencies based in Dubai and the Northern Emirates recently attended a presentation at the Emirates Group’s Dubai Headquarters hosted by EmQuest, the travel distribution division of the Emirates Group. The top-performing agencies participated in a contract signing ceremony where each one received an individu...
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