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MOSCOW's Domodedovo Airport, the largest airport in Russia, has won transport ministry approval to build a new replacement runway ahead of the decommissioning its existing Runway-2 in 2015. A working group of the Moscow Transport Hub project discussed the importance of the new runway which will be 1,800 metres east of the existing runway and more than do...
THE International Air Cargo Association's (TIACA) has slammed proposals for 100 per cent screening of all international inbound passenger bellyhold cargo by December 31 which it feels will result in major supply chain disruptions. The panel session at its Bangkok summit included updates from TSA Doug Britton and AAPA director general Andrew Herdman who l...
ASIA PACIFIC air carriers cargo volumes fell in April after growth stopped in March, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). "Air cargo demand was soft in April, falling two per cent in FTK [freight tonne miles] terms," said AAPA director general Andrew Herdman. The AAPA said this reflected the lingering effects of the Japanese e...
WAL-MART again held its No 1 spot as top US container importer in the latest annual ranking of The Journal of Commerce Top 100, increasing its shipping volume into the United States 1.8 per cent in 2010. The world's largest retailer imported 696,000 TEU last year, up from 684,000 TEU in 2009. The company also was No 39 on the Top Exporters 2010 list with...
THE way is now open to move expensive fish shipments from air freight to sea freight by blast freezing cargo from minus 20 to minus 60 degrees Celsius (-4 to -76 Fahrenheit), the company said. "Blast freezing high-value fish to an ultra-low temperature of -60 C (-76 F) substantially reduces transportation costs as the fish can be transported by containers...
BANGKOK's Regional Container Lines (RCL) posted an accelerating first quarter profit loss of US$11.4 million versus the $1.1 million loss suffered last year despite a 1.9 per cent increase in revenue to US$113.5 million. Quarterly losses outran revenue gains because of bunker fuel prices and rising Asian currencies. In 2010, RCL recorded a full-year prof...
THE upgrade of the Wuxi section near Shanghai of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal has been completed and passed inspection, widening the channel to 90 metre and deepening it to 3.2 metres, allowing access to 1,000-tonne vessels, Xinhua reports. The CNY1.1 billion (US$169.5 million) upgrade of the 39.2-kilometre Wuxi section started in December 2007 and was fun...
THE latest operational results posted by Air China showed that the carrier registered a cargo and mail volume of 105,600 tonnes in April, up 13.4 per cent year on year and 0.4 per cent over March. Passenger volume increased 9.5 per cent year on year and 5.5 per cent over March to 4.16 million, Xinhua reports. In the cargo sector, the carrier's capacit...
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