AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has signed a major cargo handling contract with Aviapartner Cargo in Amsterdam Schiphol for the provision of full cargo and ramp handling services, effective 1st January 2009. Aviapartner Cargo will provide AirBridgeCargo with a comprehensive range of services at the airport, including loading and unloading of aircraft, p...
Boeing today announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the all-new 787 Dreamliner's scheduled maintenance program. The scheduled maintenance program defines the maintenance tasks and intervals operators will use to maintain the 787 and is documented in the 787 Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR). The report was accepted...
Boeing has been selected by Southwest Airlines as the lead integrator for the airline's 737-300/-700 flight deck upgrade to incorporate advanced performance-based navigation capabilities. Boeing's role will include design, installation and integration of new hardware and software from multiple suppliers, as well as flight testing and certification. Un...
The head of Deutsche Bahn has said the company plans to invest billions of euros in a new generation of trains. Hartmut Mehdorn told German weekly Focus that Deutsche Bahn will replace its current stock of Intercity (IC) trains with 300 new locomotives between 2014 and 2024. Negotiations on the multi-billion-euro deal will begin in the first half of 2009....
China will spend ¥5t ($730.6bn) until 2020 to add 41,000km (25,480 miles) to its already big rail network, state media said, as the government tries to boost domestic demand and ease strains on a jammed system. The latest edition of Outlook Weekly, published by Xinhua news agency, cited Deputy Railway Minister Lu Dongfu as saying that the new railways...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA, UK) is moving forward with developing new rules that prescribe how railroads should implement Positive Train Control (PTC) systems to prevent train-to-train collisions, announced FRA Acting Administrator Clifford C. Eby. “We are acting quickly and without delay because railroads will need guidance on how to...
Old Dominion Freight Line said that due to difficult economic conditions" it was lowering profit projects for 2008. The company now anticipates earnings per diluted share for 2008 to be in the range of $1.73 to $1.76 compared to prior estimate of $1.90 to $1.95 per share. The primary cause of our revision in guidance is weakness in tonnage, as wel...
GENCO Infrastructure Solutions, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based GENCO Supply Chain Solutions, was awarded two U.S. government contracts valued at up to $9.7 million. The Defense Logistics Agency selected ADG Enterprises, a small firm located in Norcross, Ga., to operate four controlled property centers for the Defense Reutilization and Marketing ...
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