US-based packaging solutions provider Sambrailo Packaging has designed a new plastic clamshell for berry packaging. According to the company, the MIXIM berry packaging system offers smooth, clear sidewalls for improved visibility and ...
China's total aviation traffic rose 9.5% year on year in February to 4.86 billion mt-km, according to data from the Civil Aviation Administration of China released Friday. Mt-km is a measure of air traffic -- the amount of freight, ...
Competitively-priced cargoes of Indonesian thermal coal added to the downward pressure on Chinese spot prices Wednesday, with a Panamax spot cargo of Kalimantan 5,500 kcal/kg NAR coal heard placed into south China at $83/mt CFR basis, ...
Tags: Coal, thermal coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
European mixed xylene prices were under downward pressure from the sharp correction in Asian and US mixed xylenes prices. Market sources said European isomer-mixed xylenes were trading at $1,290/mt FOB ARA, down $10 from Platts' March 15 ...
The Peruvian polyvinyl chloride market flipped into backwardation for April as buyers took long positions in anticipation of lengthening supply in second-quarter 2013, sources said Thursday. "Consumers are buying only the minimum amount ...
Tags: PVC Dips, Seasonal Demand, Peruvian
Freight operators will soon have better access to the Chullora Intermodal with the Federal and NSW governments agreeing to jointly fund the first stage of upgrades of the local roads connecting the facility to the Hume Highway. The ...
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 ...
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.6 percent in February after increasing 1 percent in January (the 1 percent gain in January was revised down from a 2.4 percent increase ATA ...
Tags: Trucking Associations, truck tonnage, ATA
Tony Abbott's pledge to improving road safety should be welcomed, but as the rail industry well knows, measures that get trucks off the roads will always be best option for improving road safety. It is only when the Coalition makes a ...
Tags: Service
US provider of industrial packaging products FCA Packaging has launched a new collapsible packaging product under the brand name Collapsible Utility Box (CUB). Available in both standard and custom sizes, the box can be used by ...
Tags: Collapsible Packaging, Packaging, Printing, FCA Packaging
Chairman AEPC, Dr. A Sakthive, in the proposal presented, to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, has made submission for increasing the garment exports to US $16 billion in 2013-14. The meeting was ...
Tags: AEPC, garment exports, garment
ProfitFreight, a division of retail technology company ProfitSystems that combines the buying power of its members to secure reduced freight rates, said its members saw savings of more than $2 million last year. ProfitSystems launched the ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
ITW Retail Group, Australia's leading supplier of hardware and fasteners to the retail trade, is building a new high-tech 21,500 sqm national distribution centre (DC) at South Dandenong in Melbourne. With around 7,000 stock keeping units ...
Michael Deegan has been reappointed as the infrastructure coordinator for another five years, overseeing the day-to-day operations of Infrastructure Australia. Federal infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese said working with the board ...
Construction has commenced at the $1.6 billion Victorian Port Capacity Project. The work includes purpose-built road connections, an automotive facility with additional shipping berths, and 'on-dock' pre-delivery inspection facilities ...
Tags: Service, Construction, Decoration