Strengthening chemical security to combat terrorism should be a top national priority, a security expert told a congressional committee Thursday. In testimony to the House Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, Philip J. Crowley, senior fellow and director of homeland security program at the Center for American Progress, said, If the...
Choice Logistics, a provider of service parts logistics systems, said it has been awarded a contract from Elekta, a Swedish provider of medical technology for fighting cancer and brain disorders. Elekta operates on a global basis with about 40 percent of its business in the United States and with significant volumes in the United Kingdom, Germany, F...
Andrew D. Jones will join CorTrans Logistics as executive vice president of business development. He will be responsible for all sales efforts, both domestic and international, with special attention to expanding business in regions where Norcross, Ga.-based CorTrans is not doing business. Jones began his professional career as a systems e...
UPS Canada said expansion of a strategic logistics campus in Burlington, Ontario, from 800,000 square feet to 975,000 square feet will support faster shipping turnaround for the local, national and international businesses it serves in the area. UPS said the site is a key central supply chain facility in Canada for major national retailers. Increasing ...
ALARM bells are ringing worldwide with indications crude oil prices are set to reach the $US200 mark per barrel and Papua New Guineans have been warned to reassess their fuel consumption habits. They have also been told there is nothing the Government or the consumer watchdog, the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), can do to cush...
JAPANESE shipping giants K Line and MOL have both had the Issuer Rating of their respective companies upgraded by Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I). K Line has had its Issuer Rating increased from A- to A, while the rating on its Domestic Commercial Paper Programme remains unchanged at a-1 (Affirmed). R&I said the major reason for th...
The Board of Directors of Alitalia met on June 10, and took note, among other items, of the formal mandate to Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. which was deliberated – also in compliance with legislative decree n. 97 of June 3, 2008 – during the previous meeting on June 3, taking into account the contractual understanding between the parties. Within this framework, ...
Brussels Cargo, the cargo division of Brussels Airlines, has launched a new daylight courier service to major cities across Europe. The new service will be marketed by the airline’s exclusive cargo GSA, Globe Air Cargo, part of European Cargo Services (ECS) to and from Brussels. It initially serves launch destinations of Athens, Barcelona, Lisbon, Ni...
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