Construction began today on UPS's new intra-Asia air hub at Shenzhen International Airport. Once completed, the Shenzhen facility will replace UPS's current intra-Asia hub located at the former Clark Air Base in the Philippines and will serve as UPS's primary transit hub in Asia. The repositioning of the air hub will knock at least one day off sh...
At a gala presentation ceremony at the 25th German Logistics Congress in Berlin, the two system partners were jointly presented yesterday with the 2008 German Logistics Award. It was conferred on the two companies against numerous distinguished competitors for their concept of 'integrated passenger and baggage logistics at the Frankfurt aviation hub'. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requires heat treatment of shipments of all firewood made of hardwood species entering the United States from Canada. The USDA is concerned about the increased spread of wood-eating pests, such as Asian longhorned beetle and emerald ash borer, within the United States. ...
The University of Florida's Center for Food Distribution and Retailing has obtained a one-year $4 million federal contract to work with the Army on ways to maintain the nutrition and freshness of military rations while in transit. University scientists will work with the Army's Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center in Natick, Mass., which...
Canadian National Railway Tuesday said it had third quarter profit of C$552 million ($460 million), 14 percent higher than the C$485 million earned in the comparable 2007 period. Revenue was up 12 percent to C$2.26 billion ($1.88 billion) due to freight rate increases, of which about two-thirds was related to a higher fuel surcharge resulting from yea...
Rancho Dominguez, Calif.-based Jones Act freight forwarder DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express said Monday it has opened a full service freight handling facility in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. The 15,000-square-foot mixed office and warehouse facility, built to DHX specifications, almost doubles the firm's previous freight handling capacity o...
China Eastern Airlines will launch a service from Shanghai to Copenhagen via Frankfurt on October, 29, reports Logistics Week. The service is an extension service from Shanghai to Frankfurt. Flight MU297 will fly Wednesdays and Fridays, departing from Shanghai Pudong at 2355 hrs and arriving Copenhagen Airport at 0835 hrs. The returning flight MU298 ...
Cargo 2000 is increasing its presence in China following the decision of Tianjin AirCargo Terminal (TAT) to join its air cargo quality improvement program. TAT says joining Cargo 2000 will further support its close customer relationships through enhanced monitoring and reporting of each customer's specific shipments and the ability to increase the rel...
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