The Qantas Group has declared that it will overcome the difficult economic road ahead, by changing its operations in the New Zealand, China and India markets, e-Travel Blackboard reported. Qantas Group CEO, Mr Alan Joyce, said Qantas has continued to review its international operations since the global economic situation began to deteriorate last yea...
TNT announces the acquisition of 100 per cent of LIT Cargo, a leading express delivery company in Chile. The acquisition gives TNT a strong nationwide road network in Chile and strengthens its position in the country’s domestic express delivery market. Furthermore, it adds a key building block to the development of its South American Road Network (SARN), ...
– The GAC Group (GAC) announced organisational changes to optimise its resources in Russia and better serve the country’s fast growing offshore sector. This strategic move comes in response to customer needs within the shipping, logistics and marine services industries that GAC serves. GAC Shipping & Logistics Ltd, with its head office in Moscow, has ...
Vladimir Yakunin, President of Russian Railways, participated in a ceremony to mark the start of work to electrify the Tabriz - Azarshahr railway line in the Iranian town Tabriz on February 9. The event was also attended by the heads of Iranian Railways, Iran’s Ministry of Transport and other officials. As part of the ceremony, a conference wa...
Binali Yildirim, Turkey's Transportation Minister, announced that the high-speed train link between capital Ankara and central Anatolian city of Eskisehir would be launched in March, Hurriyet informs. - We will inaugurate the line on March 13,- he said during a meeting at his office, Hurriyet reports. Turkey started building high-speed rail lines...
Green Cargo has issued redundancy notices to 31 employees in Swedish province of Dalarna, 27 of them are working in Borlänge. This is a part of the company's plan to reduce the workforce by 400 staff in Sweden, that was announced in December 2008. This is due to a significant drop in goods volume since October 2008, Logistics Finland informed. Source: ...
Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland Anu Vehviläinen says she wants a thorough examination of opening domestic rail traffic to competition. Vehviläinen pointed out that rail services have been opened to competition in a number of European countries, including Sweden and Britain. She said that the discussion on the issue in Finland has b...
By the year 2020, Sofia's metro should be the "backbone" of the city's transport system, with plans for it to have a total length of 63km and 65 stops, The Sofia Echo informed. The information came in the form of a general plan for the years 2009/2013 for developing the metro network, prepared by Stoyan Bratoev, executive director of Metropolitan EAD,...
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