KOREA Express Co, South Korea's biggest logistics company, will name a group led by Merrill Lynch & Co to sell a controlling stake as it exits six years of court receivership. The Merrill Lynch group, including the law firm Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, beat four other competitors, two people familiar with the court's decision told ...
Philippa Edmunds, of Freight on Rail (Letters, 8 October), is right to warn us against the introduction of LHVs (longer heavier lorries). Even the present generation of HGVs has a poor reputation where accidents, particularly fatal accidents, are concerned. Supporters argue they will be restricted to motorways and dual carriageways, but there is no guarantee...
Chandigarh, Oct 11 (UNI) Haryana Chief Secretary Promilla Issar today said the development of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Project and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor had been approved in principle by the Centre. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor would pass through seven states--Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Gujarat, ...
On 1st September, with the ‘Spruce Meadows’ Masters special - an internationally-recognised horse show – being held in Calgary, southern Canada, Liege Airport welcomed 47 competition horses with the European Champion among them. Transport for the horses from Liege to Canada, which was handled by FedEx, required an airport equipped with a covered...
The visa facilitation and readmission agreements were signed today in a ceremony that took place in Brussels with the participation, from the EU side, of Vice President Franco Frattini (from the Commission) and the State Secretary for European Affairs Manuel Lobo Antunes (from the Portuguese Presidency) and, from Moldova, of the Deputy Prime Minister and Min...
Last week Disney Cruise Line announced that they will now be offering a check-in service for airlines that will allow passengers to get their boarding passes and drop off their luggage before they even leave the ship. The new system began testing the system on the Disney Wonder during the summer, and then they brought the service to the Disney Magic last mon...
The Department for Transport has published National Statistics on port traffic, and UK and world fleet statistics in Maritime Statistics 2006. Port freight traffic in 2006 UK ports handled 584 million tonnes (Mt) of freight traffic in 2006, one million tonnes lower than in 2005. Inwards traffic rose by 11 Mt to 365 Mt (3 per cent higher) whilst outw...
The Murmansk Fishery Port can have the status of the special economic zone. The probability of this is 50%. Yesterday this was announced by Andrey Krainy, the head of the Federal Fishery Agency, reports Rosbalt. According to A.Krainy, the law on special economic zones will be approved by Duma soon. And after that the RF Government will make the list of th...
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