JAPAN's two biggest airlines ANA and JAL have announced reductions in flights to China, blaming weakening demand amid the global economic slowdown, reports Logistics Week. All Nippon Airways (ANA) has halted regular flights between Kansai International Airport, the gateway to the western Japanese city of Osaka, and Dalian. ANA are also suspending the K...
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has termed the Interim Railway Budget as ‘forward looking’ and said it will create a win-win situation for all - the Railways, the wagon manufacturers, heavy industries and the public. According to Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director-General, CII, freight corridors, containers and improved passenger amenities th...
QANTAS Airways Limited has unveiled plans to increase its Airbus A380 services from Australia to the UK and the US, starting early June 2009 after taking delivery of a fourth Qantas A380 in May. Thereafter, the carrier will take delivery of a further three A380s in 2009. Effective from June 7, Qantas will operate five A380 services each week from ...
Hankook Tire has had three of its commercial fleet tires certified for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Program, meeting the program’s requirement to reduce rolling resistance by 3 percent. The recently launched AL07+ steer tire, Z35a drive tire and TL01 trailer tire all provide lower rolling resistance to meet SmartWay standards desig...
Nissan Motor Co. expects its sales in China to increase 4.6 percent to 570,000 vehicles this year, despite slowing industry growth due to the global financial crunch, Automotive News China informed. The Japanese automaker booked a 19 percent increase to 545,000 units there last year, outpacing a 7 percent advance in total industry volume. Analysts...
In the presence of German Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq, Daimler AG today opened a corporate representative office for Iraq in Baghdad. The opening is a first concrete step toward the company's return to the Iraqi market, as well as a demonstration of Daimler’s wish to support the Iraqi government ...
The European Van Company, a manufacturer of a complete series of well-engineered & flexible truck bodies: aluminium bodies, composite dry freight bodies, bodies for refrigerated and deepfreeze transport, presented the newest light-weight truck body solutions which will prove to be the perfect match for the new commercial vehicles and their numerous applic...
Boeing today announced that all of its major manufacturing facilities received the internationally recognized ISO 14001 environmental certification by the end of 2008, marking achievement of one of the company's most significant environmental goals. Certification is a global benchmark of an organization's commitment to understand and continually improve i...
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