The year’s most influential individuals in the auto ID Community crowned at the prestigious ceremony in Milan. The winners of this year’s ID People Awards – the Oscars of the Auto ID industry – were revealed on November 26th during the sixth ID WORLD International Congress in Milan. At the annual ceremony, awards were presented in recognition of the contrib...
It took less than an hour for the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to evaluate the recent “clean trucks” program enacted by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and where the issue now stands is anyone’s guess. The Clean Trucks program is a major component of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, which aims to reduce air pollution from d...
DHL has announced it will build a North Asia hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport for US$175 million. The facility will provide more regional connections for customers in the China and North Asia regions and intercontinental links to Europe and the U.S. The signing ceremony (pictured) was held in Shanghai on Monday. The facility will cover 55,...
The role and concept of intermodal transportation—as it relates to the entire freight transportation network in the United States—is one which is an “orphan with no country,” according to Theodore Prince, principal consultant for T. Prince and Associates LLC, and Thomas L. Finkbiner, chairman At a press conference at the Transcomp conference hosted b...
On November, 22 Kuehne + Nagel opened a new class A facility in Shushary (Saint-Petersburg), reports the press-service of the company. The warehouse space totals 12.5 thousand sq m, office space – 1.1 thousand sq m. The complex offers a comprehensive portfolio of storage, distribution and value adding services. Currently Kuehne + Nagel has nea...
Shares in Sinotrans Shipping, China’s third-largest bulk vessel owner, had a Hong Kong IPO and unfortunately saw the shares slump possibly because investors cautiously reduced shares in the bulk-shipping sector because of concerns about falling iron ore and coal freight rates. The stocks tumbled to HK$7.12 (US$0.93), 13% lower than the HK$8.18 (US$1.0...
Australia Post is keen to expand its domestic and international logistics operations and sees China as a potential partner for further growth. Australia Post has a partnership with China Post called Sai Cheng Logistics which it hopes will be the conduit to its long- term aim of becoming a more significant player in Asia-Pacific logistics. Australi...
China’s fixed-asset investments in logistics-related sectors hit US$126 billion in the first three quarters of the year, up 18.8%. All of the figures are up and all of them are somewhat mind-boggling. Indeed, some are so large it is difficult to get a handle on them. During that period: Investments in transportation reached $95 billion, a year-on-year ...
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