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Freight transport and logistics company Con-way Inc. has moved David L. Miller, a top executive at one of its subsidiaries, to the corporate level to be vice president of global policy and economic sustainability. Miller has served as chief operating officer for Con-way Freight, the company's less-than-truckload operation, since 2007. He previously ra...
CN wants STB to rule on EJ&E purchase Canadian National Railway Co. has asked the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to take a new approach to CN's proposed acquisition of the major portion of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. In an petition filed last week, CN asked the STB to issue a final decision on the transportation merits of the tra...
Ocean container trade is up while air cargo traffic growth is slowing down at Hong Kong. Throughput at Hong Kong's ports was up 4.7 percent in July over the same month in 2007, to a volume of nearly 2.2 million TEUs, port officials said over the weekend. That's continued a steady pace of roughly 4.5 percent growth for the year, with volume from Januar...
UPS will operate a 45,000-square-foot logistics hub in Hong Kong for Alcatel-Lucent, the technology company said Monday. As the lead logistics provider in the Asia Pacific region, UPS will handle inbound receiving, storage services, inventory management, pick-and-pack operations, returns management and outbound transportation management, functions tha...
The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity shipping costs, rose 1.8 per cent in London for its third consecutive advance as BHP Billiton Ltd led an increase in vessel demand in the Pacific. The benchmark for coal, iron ore and grains freight prices on international trade routes jumped to 7,557 points in London, compared with 7,420 points on Thursday...
The U.S. needs more arctic icebreakers as commercial traffic increases in the area, posing the potential for conflicts and hazards, the New York Times said, citing Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen. More than 5,400 vessels of at least 100 tons (91 metric tons) operated in the Arctic in the summer of 2004, according to Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Chairm...
Dubai-headquartered GAC Group has established a ship agency in Algeria to take advantage of the booming oil and gas sector in Africa. GAC Algeria, with its head office located in Algiers, provides ship agency services to all kinds of vessels calling at all the major Algerian ports including Annaba, Skikda, Jijel, Bejaia, Algiers, Mostaganem, Arzew-Bet...
Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines will commence international service on Sept. 3, company officials told the Indian press over the weekend. With one of the largest orders of any airline on the globe and an intent to heavily invest in cargo operations, the international move is significant for Kingfisher, as well as early. Under civil aviation laws in...
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.
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