Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (YML) recently upgraded the joint China Pakistan Express (CPX) service by adding Port Pipavav to their port of call. After Nhava Sheva, Port Pipavav is the only other port of call for the CPX service in India. "We are very pleased to have the CPX service routed through our por...
As part of an ongoing effort to assist businesses involved in exporting U.S.-made goods, the Port of Long Beach on Thursday hosted a forum with the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., the Long Beach International Trade Office and about 100 exporters and others. The forum was organized to help facilitate an increase in U.S. exports by introducing small compani...
US south eastern railway, CSX Corporation, is telling Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) to build on-dock so containers can move swiftly to and from trains to undercut the attraction rival Savannah port has for Asian cargo. CSX vice president Fredrik Eliasson said an intermodal container transfer facility would leverage the existing and planned Asian t...
Cargotec has delivered liquefied natural gas-powered (LNG) terminal tractors that fully meet California's 2010 California Air Resources Board (CARB) standards for off-road vehicle emissions, while improving on the performance of equivalent diesel-powered units. Twelve Kalmar Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors powered by LNG have been delivered to California Car...
The Indian government has promised to overcome the main hurdle in the way of the new Machilipatnam port complex by acquiring over 4,000 acres of land needed for its construction. Machilipatnam Port, which is looking to make itself eye-catching to east Asian routes, is planning on a ro-ro facility with discounts to attract the automotive industry. It seems...
Yamato Holdings plans to start building one of the nation's largest distribution centres near Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January, according to the Daily Yomuri. The distribution centre, which Yamato hopes to put into service in October 2012, will be in a highly convenient location, as it will be close not only to the airport but a harbour and expressways...
SINGAPORE-JIANGSU Co-operation Council (SJCC) has been renewed for another three years, with 15 collaborative projects being signed at their fourth meeting in Nantong. The meeting was co-chaired by Singapore Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan and Jiangsu Communist Party Secretary Liang Baohua together with deputy co-chairmen, Singapore junior trade minister Le...
ILLINOIS-based Caterpillar Logistics Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, has announced the opening of a new logistics centre in Suzhou, China, reports Xinhua. The new centre will provide inbound logistics support for Caterpillar's growing manufacturing footprint in China and for other Caterpi...
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