Philadelphia-based BDP International has launched a new project logistics division in Singapore specifically aimed at luring hard-to-move project cargo. Many of these big and complex projects are in the energy and natural resources markets such as the construction, mining, power, oil, natural gas and chemical industries, the company said in a statemen...
Schneider Logistics said Thursday it has completed the integration of the four logistics companies it has acquired in the last three years. Last year, Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider acquired Bao Yun Logistics to provide warehousing, trucking and other logistics services in China. The company bought American Overseas Logistics, a full service frei...
The U.S. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that imports of Honduran-origin cotton socks cause serious damage to U.S. makers. Honduras is part of the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR). Cotton sock imports from Central America have been a source of contention for remaining sock m...
YRC Logistics has named Michael Kleinmayer assistant general manager for its ground transportation company in China. The move comes as YRC Logistics, a unit of YRC Worldwide, is set to wrap up its acquisition of Shanghai Jiayu Logistics Co. Ltd., a Chinese ground transportation company, pending approval by the Chinese government. Kleimeyer's duties wi...
Russia’s Ministry of Transport has invited Volga-Dnepr Group to participate in a project to explore the potential development of an air cargo hub in Havana, Cuba. The first Transport Working Group involved in the project met in the city at the end of March. As a recognized, Russian-based leader in the air cargo industry, the opportunity for Volga-Dnep...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the U.K. Government to abandon its proposal Aviation Duty. The call came in the Association’s response to the U.K. Government’s request for consultation. “The proposed Aviation Duty is nothing more than a blunt revenue instrument. It has no credibility as a driver of improved environmental p...
Airbus forecasts that the Chinese Mainland will need some 2,800 new aircraft by 2026, with a total market value of US$329 billion, eyefortransport.com reported. This represents 11.6% of the world total demand for more than 24,000 new aircraft in the next twenty years. According to Airbus’ 2007-2008 Global Market Forecast (China) issued this week,...
VR-Track Ltd has signed a contract to renew the railway superstructure on the Tartu-Valga track section in Estonia. The work will be carried out in 2008-2009. The contract has a value of about EUR 5 million and the client is the state-owned Estonian Railways (AS Eesti Raudtee). The agreement includes renewing the superstructure on 66 kilometres of tra...
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