Growing trade volumes have attracted multi-billion dollar investments in Kenya's transport and logistics industry in the past three years, opening a turf war between local and international firms seeking a share of the growing business, reported All Africa. Investors have spent more than US$91 million since 2008 to buy out local courier firms, set up car...
DHL Express is adding flights to meet increased demand for next-day service between the US and the Middle East and Asia Pacific, reported Associated Press Newswires. The company said a Boeing 747-400F operated by Polar Air Cargo started flying this week from DHL's Cincinnati hub to Bahrain, making for quicker deliveries to Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuw...
Qatar Airways is buying a 35 percent stake in Luxembourg-based freight carrier Cargolux, the two airlines said without disclosing the terms of the deal. The acquisition marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between the two companies and allows the state of Luxembourg to divest the stake it bought as part of a restructuring of Cargolux Airlines In...
FedEx Express has expanded its FedEx International First, a time-definite, customs-cleared, door-to-door service that will deliver shipments by 10am on the same day of delivery commitment to eastern and southern China and Singapore. With the service, customer in major cities in eastern and southern China will be able to receive shipments from the US, Can...
TIANJIN Airlines will launch a daily service from Tianjin to Hong Kong on July 15 this year, reports Xinhua. The flight will depart form Tianjin at 1420 hrs, arriving in Hong Kong at 1730 hrs, and return from Hong Kong at 1830 hrs, landing at Tianjin at 2120 hrs. With the new service, passengers from hinterland cities in north China can transfer to Hon...
CALLS from the Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) have joined the worldwide outcry from the aviation sector to reject the EU-Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) that would tax aircraft carbon emissions. "The impending EU-ETS is an illegal, flawed, unjust attempt to force the aviation industry to concede to unilateral and biased mea...
CHINA's aviation executives met recently in Shanghai at the annual Aviation Outlook China forum to share views on the state of the world's fastest growing aviation market. The market is steadily on the rise with passenger numbers targeted to grow at 10.8 per cent each year and predicted to become the fastest-growing aviation market by 2014, according to...
SAFMARINE has added another e-product to its range of web-based accessories with the launch of its application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that enables customers to download and access shipment information. "Customers can look up sailing schedules, track containers or consignments or find contact details," said Benoit Lebrun, global e-business man...
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