According to the figures released by China's Ministry of Transport, in August this year the total volume of cargo shipments in China (by rail, road and water transport) amounted to 3.83 billion mt, up 10.5 percent, while in the first eight ...
Tags: Cargo, Chinese Ports
UK production output fell sharply in August, puzzling analysts who had expected only a slight dip. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) production output fell 1.5% in August, compared with the same month last year. ...
Tags: Production Output
The race now on for recognition in water technology industry at next month's event in Amsterdam The day after the winner of last time's Aquatech innovation award was announced questions were asked in the Dutch parliament as to why the ...
Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and Moscow-based Rostelecom OJSC, the largest ...
Australia's export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), has opened a new office to provide support for Queensland businesses. The office opening is in response to increased demand for EFIC's services in the region ...
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published an information paper on container weighing technologies – a timely resource for the ports industry following the IMO's recent decision on a mandatory worldwide system ...
The Toyota i-Road personal mobility concept car has been confirmed for production with an early-2014 introduction planned. First seen as an all-electric three-wheel two-seater concept at this year’s Geneva motor show, Toyota says ...
Motorists of New South Wales and Victoria are being urged not to panic and rush to buy fuel, despite hundreds of transport tankers being grounded and investigated following an explosive crash in Sydney that resulted in two fatalities. ...
Tags: Fuel Supply, Tanker Crash
Biodiesel has faced a backlash in recent years, as critics charge the industry with razing land and pushing up food costs. But as its competitors struggle, one Hong Kong-based company is moving ahead with a US$165 million plant that turns ...
Tags: Biodiesel Plant, Energy
PVA TePla of Wettenberg, Germany has launched the baSiC-T physical vapor transport (PVT) crystal growth system (which uses sublimation of a source powder at high temperatures) for the mass production of silicon carbide (SiC) material. ...
Tags: PVT System, Modular
Shippers love them; carriers hate them. Freight RFPs or freight bids have become increasingly popular over the last decade as a mechanism to negotiate freight rates and service. Even companies with as little as $50K in annual freight spend ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Progress demands persistence. And a strong willed approach to hard work and meeting stiff targets. In today's mechanised world, the progress of your company is directly interlinked to the equipment and machinery at your disposal. From a ...
The estimation of force is a standout amongst the most significant estimations, as it is utilized within very nearly all commercial ventures. There are different instruments used to record, force, pressure and strain in equipment. Strain ...
Tags: Inclinometer instrument
The Fuel Supply business unit of German autoparts maker Continental’s Powertrain Division opened a new EUR40m plant for fuel pumps and fuel supply units in Brasov, Romania. This move of the company is to supply its products to ...
Tags: Continental, Fuel Pumps
German automobile manufacturer Opel has initiated the testing of its specially-equipped Ampera at the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT) in Stuttgart, Germany as a part of the intelligent Zero Emission Urban System (iZEUS) project. ...
Tags: Electric Driving Technology, Opel