UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) has awarded a GSA contract to European Cargo Services (ECS) to provide the airline with sales representation across Europe and worldwide. The exclusive contract with ECS, which operates 42 subsidiaries in 30 countries, gives UIA a unique opportunity to substantially expand its cargo transportation network and gain ...
SWISS WorldCargo, the cargo division of Swiss International Air Lines, has announced the official launch of "Swiss Worx", a customised version of the end-to-end IT cargo management system SkyChain developed by Mercator, the Dubai-based business technology provider. Using Java technology, Swiss Worx is designed to improve business efficiencies across t...
XIAMEN Airlines has launched four new domestic routes from Tianjin for the winter/spring season, which connects Tianjin to central cities of Changsha, Wuhan, and the southwestern cities of Chongqing, Kunming, Chengdu and the eastern city Hangzhou, Logistics Week reported. The Tianjin-Changsha-Chongqing route offers three flights a week Mondays, Wednes...
CARGOLUX Airlines has commenced a new Boeing 747 freighter service from Luxemburg to Cairo that continues onwards to Hong Kong. The service departs from Luxemburg every Tuesday at 0830 hrs, arriving in Cairo at 1335 hrs. The flight then heads for Hong Kong. Forwarders have identified a need for air freight capacity between Europe and Egypt, the ca...
NOVEMBER was the slowest month for US air freight since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 according to the Air Transport Association (ATA), with domestic traffic the lightest it's been since February 2003 and domestic cargo, the worst in 20 years, reported Washington DC's Traffic World. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the drop for transpacific air tra...
CUT BACKS in European and US consumer spending has resulted in an 11.3 per cent year-on-year decline in cargo volumes for mainland airlines in November. Air cargo from the mainland to Hong Kong, a major export hub for Chinese air freight, fell 22.4 per cent, after it fell 3.1 per cent in October, reported The South China Morning Post. Hong Kong, a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommended Wednesday that its Office of Inspector General audit and, if necessary, investigate the activities of the National Soybean Checkoff program. The St. Louis-based American Soybean Association petitioned for the USDA to investigate the checkoff program on Dec. 10. ASA’s petition calls for an investig...
Less-than-truckload freight carrier Con-Way Freight promoted Bruce H. Moss to vice president of human resources. A 30-year veteran of the freight transportation industry, Moss was vice president of operations for Con-Way Freight’s central area. He succeeds Scott J. Engers, who is retiring as chief counsel and top employee relations exec...
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