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Air Freight Rates From Asia Are Expected to Rise Through to The End of The Year

Nov 4, 2014

Air freight rates from Asia are expected to rise through to the end of the year following four months of stable pricing, according to a report published by shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index, a ...

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Crown Equipment Corporation Recently Earned a MVP2 Award From NPPR in The USA

Nov 4, 2014

Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, recently earned a Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) in the USA. This ...

Tags: Crown Equipment, material handling

ACCC Has Released Its 16th Annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report

Oct 31, 2014

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its 16th annual container stevedoring monitoring report. “Increased competition is delivering improvements in Australian stevedoring, which build on significant gains ...

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Three Multi-Purpose Helicopters to Be Used to Support The Un Mission for UNMEER

Oct 22, 2014

Earlier this month Volga-Dnepr Airlines transported Mi-8 helicopters for the latest United Nations (UN) emergency health mission in response to the Ebola virus outbreak. The flight was operated using one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124 ...

Tags: Helicopter, logistics

Relevant Industries Assessing Their Capacity to Build The Inland Rail Freight Project

Oct 13, 2014

File photo courtesy of ARTC. Relevant industries are now assessing their capacity to build the Inland Rail freight project, connecting Brisbane to Melbourne via regional south east Queensland, inland New South Wales and rural Victoria. ...

Tags: Rail Track, customs

Peter Anderson Has Urged Political Parties to "Take The Blinkers off"

Oct 10, 2014

Interim Victorian Transport Association (VTA) CEO Peter Anderson has urged political parties to ‘take the blinkers off” and look at the bigger picture rather than focusing on just one piece of the puzzle. Mr Anderson said the ...

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Micro Businesses Are Missing out on The Growth Opportunities

Sep 16, 2014

Micro businesses are missing out on the growth opportunities that other small to medium-sized (SME) businesses are leveraging, thanks to the development of a business plan. An increasing number of SME owners realise the value of a ...

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The East-West Link Received The Backing of The Victorian Truckers' Body The VTA

Sep 16, 2014

Melbourne’s controversial new road proposal, the East-West Link, which the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects declared an ‘environmental disaster’, has received the backing of the Victorian truckers’ body ...

Tags: VTA, East-West Link tunnel

The Cost of Ground Transportation for Canadian Shippers Dropped for The Third Month

Sep 11, 2014

The total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers dropped for the third month in a row, according to data from the Canadian General Freight Index. Ground transportation costs dropped 0.4 percent in April, dropped again by 1.2 ...

Tags: Transportation, Logistics

DB Schenker's Train Service From Hamburg to Zhengzhou About 20 Days Faster Than Ocean

Sep 10, 2014

DB Schenker's new train service from Hamburg to Zhengzhou is about 20 days faster than ocean freight. Claimed to be for the first time ever, DB Schenker, together with the City and Port Authority of Zhengzhou (Province Henan), has started ...

Tags: Freight Train, Ocean Freight

Port of Melbourne's New Container Terminal Will Be Fitted out with Eur 40 Million

Sep 4, 2014

Port of Melbourne's new container terminal, operated by Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd (VICTL), will be fitted out with EUR 40 million (approx. AUD 100 million) worth of Cargotec (Kalmar) container handling equipment and ...

Tags: Service, Logistics

Air Freight Volumes Were up by a Strong 5.8% in July

Sep 3, 2014

IATA reports that air freight volumes were up by a strong 5.8% in July compared to a year ago. This is an acceleration on June, when freight tonne kilometres rose 2.4%, and reflects improving demand conditions in some regions. There was ...

Tags: Air Freight, Service

Government's Budgetary Measures Will Have on The Automotive Component Sector

Aug 27, 2014

The Productivity Commission’s final report into Australia’s automotive manufacturing industry neglects the profound effect the implementation of the government’s budgetary measures will have on the automotive component ...

Tags: Automotive Industry, Budget Victim, Service

TLISC Is Partnering with The ISS Institute to Offer Two International

Aug 22, 2014

The Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) is partnering with the International Specialised Skills Institute (ISS Institute) to offer two international fellowships for the amount of $12,500 each. These fellowships aim to ...

Tags: TLISC, ISS, fellowships, Service

The 14th AFGC CHEP Retail Index Shows Year-on-Year Growth in Retail Sales Remains Strong

Aug 22, 2014

The 14th AFGC CHEP Retail Index shows year-on-year growth in retail sales remains strong, despite easing moderately in the June quarter. The index shows year-on-year retail sales growth was 5.2 per cent in the June quarter down from 5.8 ...

Tags: Retail, Growth, Service

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