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Air Freight Recovery Slow

Nov 12, 2015

Air freight volumes were up slightly in September according to the IATA, with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) 1.0% higher compared to a year ago. This was a small improvement on August, when volumes were broadly stable year to year, however, ...

Tags: Air Freight, world trade

A Half-Billion Dollar Hit to Road Transport

Nov 12, 2015

Australia’s transport ministers have decided to overtax the truck and bus industries by $515 million over the next two years, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association Christopher Melham said today. The ministers made the ...

Tags: Road Transport, heavy vehicle

DuPont Opens The World's Largest Ethanol Plant

Nov 5, 2015

In the USA, DuPont has opened its 113 million litre cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, IA, which is said to be the world’s largest cellulosic biofuels refinery opened to date. In Asia, DuPont recently announced its first licensing ...

Tags: DuPont, Ethanol Plant

Luoyang Release Special Stamps to Mark the Year Of Sheep

Nov 3, 2015

Special Stamps to Mark the Year Of Sheep Citizens rushed for special stamps for the year of 2015 in a post office branch in Luoyang on January 5th. This set of special stamps was issued by China Post on the same day. It has a face value ...

Tags: Special Stamps, Year Of Sheep

Liu Wei: Exploring Much More Than Colors

Nov 3, 2015

The title "Colors" of Liu Wei's solo exhibit may seem simplistic considering the variety, breadth and depth of his works presently on display at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts. But Liu Wei's work is well-known for being more than ...

Tags: Liu Wei, Colors, paintings

Camerata Music Festival Opens

Oct 28, 2015

Renowned classical musicians joined in for the Camerata Music Festival on Sunday at the International School of Beijing. Founded in the expat community in Beijing's Shunyi district, the festival aimed to provide classical live music and ...

Tags: Camerata Music Festival, classical live music, musicians

Undisclosed Australian Port Charges Costing Importers a Premium

Oct 13, 2015

There appears to be a growing trend for global manufacturers and their shipping partners to over-charge importers on Australian port charges for sea freight shipments, according to an Australian Customs broker. Just this month, successful ...

Tags: freight shipments, Fancy Dress, logistics

Barcodes Now Required for Google Shopping Data Feeds

Oct 13, 2015

The official Google Commerce blog recently published a post outlining that effective 15 September 2015, Google requires all shopping data feeds to contain a GTIN (Global Trade Item Number).This means that all sellers need to include GTIN ...

Tags: Google, barcode, Shopping Data Feeds

Air Freight Continues to Lag

Oct 13, 2015

The IATA reports that air freight volumes were broadly unchanged in August compared to a year ago, with freight tonne kilometres 0.2% higher. The August data shows a pause in earlier declines in air freight volumes, consistent with ...

Tags: Air Freight, air freight volumes

The Way Forward for Two Much-Loved Steam Locomotives

Sep 17, 2015

Two iconic 38-class locomotives will return to steam over the next two years following an announcement outlining the way forward for locomotives 3801 and 3830. “Returning these historic locomotives to service is a major engineering, ...

Tags: Steam, boiler, THNSW, MAAS

New Push-Back Pallet Racking Allows High-Density Storage

Sep 17, 2015

Dematic has launched a new high-density storage for warehouse operations, the Colby Push-Back Pallet Racking. Colby Push-Back Pallet Racking provides high-density storage where pallets are stored up to six pallets deep. Using a forklift, ...

Tags: warehouse, storage, Pallet Racking

Do Australia's Supply Chains Face a Looming Crisis?

Aug 27, 2015

48% of supply chain managers in Australia say they are inadequately trained, according to respondents of a global survey of professionals. Supply chain managers increasingly focus on protecting vulnerable people further down the chain ...

Tags: Australia's Supply Chains, Looming Crisis

DHL Express Opens AUD 20m Melbourne Facility

Aug 20, 2015

DHL Express has opened its new Melbourne gateway facility to better support regional businesses operating in and out of Australia. The new facility took a total investment of AUD 20 million, the largest infrastructure amount invested by DHL ...

Tags: service, gateway facility, DHL Express

How The NSW Government Could Save $7 Billion on The Building of New Railways

Aug 20, 2015

Building new rail freight capacity for Port Botany will cost $7 billion. This cost can be avoided by building a rail freight bypass of Sydney, between Newcastle port and Glenfield. Railing containers will enable a rail freight bypass line ...

Tags: service, public service, new railway

Murray Basin Rail Project to Be Built in Full

Aug 20, 2015

The Victorian Government has committed to what it calls the biggest upgrade to regional rail freight in decades, the full Murray Basin Rail Project, which will standardise and upgrade the entire Murray Basin rail network. Premier Daniel ...

Tags: service, rail network

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