The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh has suffered a loss of US$ 20 million in the month of December 2013, due to shipment delay, cancellation of orders, extra-burden of air freight, price discounts, and losses due to vandalism, ...
Tags: RMG Sector, Apparel
Miele Generation 6000 in CleanSteel Miele's new Generation 6000 range of appliances has been so well-received by Australian retailers and consumers,the German manufacturer has had to employ air freight to meet pre-Christmas deliveries,the ...
Tags: Miele, Air Freighting, Miele Generation 6000
Mainfreight managing director Don Braid has travelled to Thailand with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and other NZ business mangers on a trade mission to Thailand. Mr Braid used this opportunity to announce Mainfreight’s ...
Tags: Mainfreight, open, office, Thailand, Big Ambitions
Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
Tags: Global Market Transport, Service, Transport
ACT Research president Kenneth Vieth may have summed up the US economic forecast best at ATA's All Eyes on the Economy session when he said "We came through the Great Recession and we are now in the Great Okay." Vieth was referring to ...
Tags: Transportation, trucking
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported a continued modest improvement in air cargo markets in August. August air freight demand was up 3.6% on the previous year, which is considerably better than year-to-date ...
Tags: Service, air freight, Transport
The Qantas Group has reported a profit before tax of $192 million but issued a reasonably cautious outlook, despite which the company's share price rose by 14%. The group has strengthened its financial position, with positive net free ...
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.2 percent in June from May, declining after a one month increase, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) ...
Tags: Freight Shipments
The latest update of global freight data collected by the International Transport Forum at the OECD through April 2013 indicates that the overall picture for global freight continues to be uncertain. The overall picture for global freight ...
Tags: Asia Transport, Service
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in May from April, rising after a one month decline, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) ...
Tags: Shipments, Freight Shipments
DHL Global Forwarding, a provider of freight transportation services, has launched a new temperature controlled air freight service, known as DHL Thermonet, for the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector. Claimed to be a regulatory compliant ...
Tags: Medical Devices, Air Freight
Ocean cargo shipping is one process wherein a big container ship would have items transported to another country. With trade around the world now more extensive unlike in the past, the process is easier not just for people, but also for ...
Tags: cargo shipping, Service
Pallets move the world. That’s the tagline for the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association. When it comes to shipping, there’s little question that it’s a global world. Pallets produced in North America are likely ...
The Australian Federation of International Forwarders (AFIF) and Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) have prepared a detailed submission in response to the NSW Draft Freight and Port Strategy focusing on key operational issues. Port expansion ...
New GE Lights Result in Yearly Savings of US$300,000 GE Lighting has replaced1,470 sets of halide lamps at Malaysia’sMASkargo Advance Cargo Centre with its Hi-Beam T5 High Bay system using GE’s technologically advanced system, ...