THE recent launch of a special delivery service FedEx Freight AM for the less-than-truckload services is to create a time-definitive service and keep pricing streamlined, said a company statement. Not only will this option provide earlier delivery it creates a flat rate which can help customers to plan budgets accurately, the company was cited as sayi...
QANTAS Airways has operated an Airbus A380 service to San Francisco as part of the annual G'Day USA promotion from January 14. The Qantas A380 operated the scheduled QF73 service between Sydney and San Francisco instead of the usual Boeing 747-400 service. The flight was met on arrival by the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, a statement from the ...
House Democrats on Thursday released their version of an economic rescue plan with a total price tag of $825 billion -- $550 billion for government spending on infrastructure and training to create and save 3 million to 4 million jobs, aid to state governments, and $275 billion for tax cuts. The spending piece includes $30 billion for highway cons...
The U.S. Transportation Department and Washington state entered an agreement Thursday to gain a more accurate picture of conditions for freight traffic moving in and out of Canada. The Cascade Gateway Project will provide border-crossing wait time and travel condition information to drivers and freight carriers, the DOT said. The department ...
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday issued an order to the state’s transportation department to relax the weight, height, length and width restrictions for trucks for the next 14 days in hopes of staying ahead of a cold snap. “The temporary easing of some highway restrictions allows farmers to more quickly transport their crops to processi...
The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it signed an agreement with the California Department of Transportation to build a new border crossing at Otay Mesa near San Diego to accommodate increased U.S.-Mexico traffic. The project will consist of a new Otay Mesa East port of entry, located two miles east of the existing Otay Mesa entry ...
Traxon Europe, a German provider of e-communications and automation services for the air cargo industry, has appointed Adolf Kress as area sales manager for emerging markets. Kress was head of marketing communication for Central Europe at Volvo Trucks (Germany), where he was responsible for activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. S...
Air freight through Hong Kong's Asia Airfreight Terminal fell 33 percent in December and 8 percent for all of 2008, according to a report in the Hong Kong Shipping Gazette. The terminal is the smaller of two that handle cargo at Asia's busiest air freight gateway, which has been hit hard by falling demand for goods from South China throughout ...
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