NEW York's John F Kennedy Airport is to be the focus of an in-depth study into the air cargo industry following a proposal from the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to increase the region's competitiveness with Request for Proposals (RFP) due March 22. This as news is released that 2010 cargo volumes at the airport are well below 200...
THE new China-Philippines Express (CPX) is being offered by China Shipping Container Line (CSCL) and will be a stand-alone service to the Philippines deploying two 2,500-TEU ships. The rotation will be Lianyungang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo to Manila (N&S) and then back to Lianyungang, reports Alphaliner, adding that the new CPX replaces the China-Phi...
SWISS logistics and forwarding giant Kuehne + Nagel posted a 28.7 per cent year-on-year profit hike in 2010 to CHF601 million (US$645 million) drawn on revenues of CHF20.2 billion, which increased 16.4 per cent on the year before. "In 2010, Kuehne + Nagel met its targets and recorded better results than in the pre-crisis period due to the implementation o...
CHONGQING recently launched the second trial run for the rail intermodal service connecting itself to Europe via Xinjiang. The train carried over 400 sets of automobile parts, laptops and monitors, valued at more than US$30 million and weighing 550 tonnes, Xinhua reports. The rail intermodal service is launched for exports of laptops, electrical and m...
Cargo Care Solutions is delighted to announce it has extended its established partnership and signed an exclusive contract for the newbuilding sales and the service of Macor Marine equipment. Cargo Care Solutions will now become the exclusive agents of Macor Marine equipment for the Danish and Norwegian markets and act as agents on a project basis for Swede...
CMA CGM has halted all reefer and hazardous cargo bookings to Libya after the closure of the country's ports, reported London's International Freighting Weekly. "CMA CGM ships' calls at Libyan ports, Benghazi, Misurata, Khoms and Tripoli are temporarily suspended," said the company in a statement. While the French carrier has not stopped accepting ge...
Gati Ltd, provider of express distribution and supply chain solutions, plans to restructure its shipping business, reported The Hindu. According to Harry Lagad, executive director, supply chain and cold chain solutions, Gati has appointed a leading consultancy firm to restructure the shipping business, which has been plaguing it the last two years. It i...
Deutsche Bahn has closed the sale of Arriva Germany-Group to a consortium led by Ferrovie dello Stato in partnership with the long-term investor Cube Infrastructure. The parties agreed to keep confidential the details of the sale and purchase agreement. On August 11 last year, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn...
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