Three companies, SDV International Logistics, Dnata Cargo and the Kanoo Group, have joined forces to establish what they say will become one of the United Arab Emirates largest logistics services providers. The joint venture, SDV-UAE LLC, will be 49 percent owned by France's SDV and 51 percent equally owned by Bahrain's Kanoo and Dubai-based Dnata. ...
New York-listed Weyerhaeuser Co. said today it is exploring strategic alternatives for its Westwood Shipping Line and four regional short line railroads as part of an ongoing portfolio restructuring. The Federal Way, Wash.-based forest products giant said Westwood will continue full operations during the transition, which it is yet to set a timetable ...
French electrical equipment group Legrand has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract to handle the supply of its products to Algeria, North Africa. Under terms of the agreement, Kuehne + Nagel will manage the end-to-end physical flows of goods out of Legrand's in-house international distribution center at Verneuil-en-Halatte to customers in Algeria. The pr...
Atlanta-based ocean freight forwarder Global Link Logistics has named Hessel Verhage as president with immediate effect. Verhage joined Global Link in 2006 as vice president of sales and was most recently vice president of trade. He succeeds John Williford who has opted to explore other opportunities, according to a Global Link spokesman. Sourc...
Y P RAJESHPosted online: Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 0039 hrs Print EmailNACIL says report on Thulasidas freebies inaccurate; ducks AI rules and HC order Mumbai, May 28: A day after The Indian Express reported that the previous chairman of the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL) was getting free tickets even after his retirement despite not...
Founded at the end of World II with a fleet of Dragon Rapide and Vickers Viscount aircraft, Iraqi Airways is the oldest state-owned airline in the Middle East. But the recent succession of wars, no-fly zones and sanctions have taken a heavy toll and the once familiar green-and-white livery is rarely to be seen these days. In fact, as a ...
Eight Qantas flights have been cancelled as Melbourne aircraft engineers stop work over a pay dispute. One hundred aircraft engineers walked off the job at 8am (AEST) on Friday and are expected to remain out until midday. Ten flights were cancelled in Sydney and Brisbane on Thursday as similar industrial action was held in those cities. Qantas...
The Director of Babel Agriculture, Engineer Fadhil Hussein, has announced the province's intention to establish an agricultural airport at Al-Kifl area, for the purpose of combating pests and diseases that adversely affect the agricultural production. The project will cost more than two billion dinars within a plan to implement service projects ...
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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