The American Trucking Associations has again urged Congress to sanction and fund a national database of drug and alcohol testing results for the nation's 3.4 million truck drivers. The ATA said Wednesday's Government Accountability Office report confirms its recommendations, which also include: A ban on the manufacture, sale and distribution of pr...
CSX Transportation said it will introduce the company's GenSet locomotives that use technology that reduces nitrous oxide and particulate matter emissions by 80 percent and can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent next week at a press event at its Rougemere Yard in Dearborn, Mich. CSX Transportation's new low-emission locomotive will be unv...
Deutsche Post World Net's supervisory board is scheduled to announce May 28 its plan for downsizing its struggling DHL Express division in the United States, essentially abandoning its goal of catching up to established players FedEx and UPS in the domestic air and ground parcel market. Stock analyst Ed Wolfe predicted on May 16 in a research note tha...
Ahead of its entry into the U.S. market, Shanghai-based all-cargo airline Great Wall Airlines has appointed Wallace Air Cargo Group Inc. as its general sales agent in North America. The airline will June 1 start a three-times-weekly service using a Boeing 747-400 freighter connecting Shanghai and Seoul with Seattle and Chicago. All of us are very ...
ABX Air Inc. said Monday its hub and line haul services agreement with DHL is to renew in August for an additional one-year period. The agreement, as amended, covers sorting, maintenance and other logistics services that ABX performs for DHL's U.S. express package network. ABX said services provided under the agreement last year contributed revenu...
To continually upgrade its business continuity plans, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) recently staged a comprehensive typhoon drill with the aim of testing and enhancing Hactl’s crisis management procedures, communication and coordination processes. Set against a simulated background of a strong typhoon, this business continuity drill ...
The Swedish state railway, SJ AB, will increase its fleet of BOMBARDIER REGINA high-speed trains, it was announced today. The contract for 20 new four-car trains is valued at approximately 221 million euros ($349 million US). Delivery will start in April 2010 and be completed in August 2010. The contract includes an option for a further 20 trains. The...
Construction work on the new metro line is set to begin at the end of 2009. The westward expansion of the metro line was approved late Wednesday evening. The Helsinki City Council's approval of the Ruoholahti to Matinkylä line sealed the deal. Espoo's City Council already approved the construction on Monday. Building costs of the new line are esti...
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