The Canadian National Railway got some new track this Christmas. The day before Christmas the U.S. Surface Transportation Board unanimously approved the plan by CN and its Grand Trunk Corp. affiliate to purchase the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E), subject to a number of Board-imposed conditions. CN first announced plans to b...
Transportation and supply chain firm Ryder System announced Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets?of Canadian firms Transpacific Container Terminal Ltd. and CRSA Logistics Ltd., including CRSA Logistics operations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China. The two Canadian firms, under a deal announced in early ...
SHENZHEN Airlines, China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines and Shangdong Airlines are launching regular services to Taiwan. Shenzhen Airlines has launched the first Shenzhen to Taipei cross-strait service and two services to Xian and Fuzhou from Changsha, reports Logistics Week. The Taipei flight ZH9095 with an airfare not less than CNY1,200 (US$175) dep...
FINLAND's Finnair has ended its Guangzhou-Helsinki service and closed its Guangzhou office, reports Logistics Week. Having cancelled the service, Guangzhou passengers must now go to Germany to get to Helsinki. The service, Guangzhou's first to north Europe, was launched in 2005. The suspension results from shrinking business caused by the...
SIXTY per cent higher demand for exhibitor space for this September's Asian Aerospace International Expo in Hong Kong supports industry forecasts that growth will continue in the Chinese aviation market despite the global economic downturn, say conference organisers. "Despite a clearly challenging world economy, exhibitor commitments to the 2009 Asian...
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is suing the Singapore Airlines cargo unit, SIA Cargo, for alleged involvement in an international price-fixing scheme, reports Reuters. SIA Cargo will defend against allegations from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that it, and several other airlines, have engaged in cartel conduct...
LUFTHANSA Cargo AG is to reduce its partnership with World Airways from two freighters of the MD-11F type and a Boeing 747-400F to a Boeing 747-400ERF aircraft from the Shenzhen JV Jade Cargo International. "Lufthansa Cargo is adapting capacity in face of increasingly difficult economic conditions and a distinct falloff in demand," said Carsten Spohr,...
THAI Airways has resumed Chengdu to Bangkok service which was suspended for a few days days, reports Logistics Week. Thai Airways flight TG618 landing at Shuangliu International Airport runway, marks the end of the suspension of Thai Airways Chengdu-Bangkok flights, which resume. The flight TG618 flies three times a week, departing from S&P Intern...
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