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Cray Valley’s Hydrocarbon Specialty Chemicals (HSC) group is introducing Dymalink® as the new trade name for its metallic monomers previously sold under the Saret® name and the SR product designation. The name change applies to about 25 products. The Dymalink trade name becomes effective on June 1, 2012. Cray Valley’s parent company Total sold…
The perception might be that the industry has turned a corner and the extremely low freight rates seen on the Asia-North Europe trade at the end of last year are now behind us. We concur with this general view to an extent and we forecast that east-west freight rates including fuel will rise by as…
HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced the addition of two Glass Tag Ultra radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders to its expanding Animal ID Glass Tag family. The new, innovative HID Global design featured in the Glass Tag Ultra transponders uses patented direct bonding technology and optimized chip…
Air New Zealand Cargo has shipped the rally cars of reigning Asia Pacific champion, Alister McRae and team mate Per Gunnar (P-G) Andersson from London to Auckland for the inaugural round of this year’s FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship which launches with the Rally of Whangarei later this week. The Proton cars were shipped…
Navigate Events has teamed up with the Belgian Shortsea Promotion Centre to bring together shipping companies and their customers in Antwerp 19-20 June for the Shortsea-Euro 2012 conference. All too often shortsea shipping is seen as a complicated and difficult option for supply chain managers. Through case studies from companies as diverse as…
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has once again been ranked in the top two major European airports (over 1 million tonnes per annum) in this year’s Air Cargo Excellence Survey. Schiphol’s 2012 score of 104 was an improvement on 2011’s 103 points. And, despite the challenges of running a large airport with significant cargo tonnages and…
In the presence of some two hundred attendees, including leading figures from industry, European institutions and governments, GREEN FREIGHT EUROPE (GFE) was officially launched in the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels last Tuesday. GFE aims to become the leading independent voluntary programme for reducing carbon emissions of road freight in Europe. The large turnout demonstrates that…
Airvod Entertainment and TriaGnoSys have today launched an exciting partnership to provide aspects of the wireless distribution of Inflight Entertainment (IFE) content to seat-back screens and passengers’ own smartphones, tablets and laptops, as well as inflight connectivity for live updates. Airvod’s SEATCENTRIC® solution provides each passenger with self-contained entertainment and communications centre at each…
THAI Airways International’s (THAI) passengers will soon be able to use their mobile phones and laptops during flights. Under the agreement between the Thai Flag Carrier and OnAir, THAI’s brand new wide-body regional and long-haul inter-continental aircraft delivered between 2012 and 2017 will be equipped with inflight connectivity services. The Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir…
OnAir Wi-Fi connectivity is now available across all 21 of Emirates A380 fleet, which is the world’s largest A380 fleet. The combination of Emirates’ extensive A380 route network and OnAir’s consistent global coverage means passengers can access the Internet through their smartphones, tablets and laptops while flying all over the world. OnAir’s inflight GSM…
Specialist insurance provider to the port, terminal and freight transport sector, TT Club has published a new 76-page handbook ‘The Importance of Maintenance – a handbook for non-engineers’. Produced in association with ICHCA International and PEMA , the publication is a comprehensive guide for good practice in maintenance procedures. A key driver in the…
A recent cloud computing survey carried out by International Data Corporation (IDC) found that Big Data is increasing Western European utilities‘ appetite for cloud, with 46.2% of respondents positive that cloud would be able to solve Big Data issues. The survey results are analyzed in a new report by IDC Energy Insights that highlights…
MondoWindow’s interactive inflight maps are now available as part of TriaGnoSys’ AeroBTS+ Inflight Entertainment and Communications solution. It means airline passengers – wherever they are flying in the world – will be able to see what they are flying over regardless of weather conditions, they will also be able to interact with points of interest,…
OnAir has teamed up with Reed Exhibitions for the third year running to provide anyone attending Aircraft Interiors Expo with a mobile portal for the duration of the show. This year, for the first time, a competition – with the prize of an iPad – Is included. It is open to anyone who works for…
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – the major air cargo handler at the world’s largest air cargo hub – has restructured its senior management team. Tan Chee Hong, formerly Hactl Executive Director – Information Services, and Director of Hactl Solutions Limited has been promoted to the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer,…
Exhibitors are signing up by the dozen for Multimodal 2012, the UK’s only annual event focused on the transport and logistics industries. The show, which takes place at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on 1st to 3rd May, has so far attracted over 200 exhibitors from across the full range of supply chain, freight and logistics…
New visuals communicate the key properties of each of Mondi’s Containerboard segments, namely Appearance, Kraft, Semi Chem and Recycled. Each of the new visuals depicts a mini paper reel and communicates a single key message. The result is a visual impression that is functional, attractive and modern at the same time. Commenting…
Menlo Worldwide Logistics (China), the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), will handle the North China distribution and warehouse management for BabyCare Incorporated. Headquartered in Beijing, BabyCare is a direct selling company that develops, manufactures and sells nutritional products, with an emphasis on infant nutrition. BabyCare, which has operations in 21 cities and…
Ruslan International – the company which markets and manages the combined Antonov An-124 fleets of its shareholders Volga Dnepr and Antonov Airlines – has reported its provisional performance for 2011. During the past year, the UK-based company arranged 712 contracts for individual or multiple flights (up 21.5% on 2010), with the 17 aircraft under…
As a new lighter weight label paper, EcoPoint 40 lb offers label printers the ability to supply more labels per shipment to beverage bottling operations, effectively reducing both shipment frequency and storage of finished goods. Bottling line productivity also increases as more labels can be stocked in labeling equipment, resulting in longer continuous bottling runs…
Based on an extensive analysis of TT Club’s claims, valued in excess of $120 million, Jones revealed that nearly 80% of incidents resulting in a claim were avoidable and the vast majority involved some form of human error. In urging operators to pay heed to the lessons of TT’s analysis, Jones said, “We found that…
Menlo Worldwide Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), today announced it has achieved Secure Trade Partnership (STP) from Singapore Customs. A voluntary program, STP is consistent with the World Customs Organization (WCO) SAFE Framework of Standards and serves to secure and facilitate global trade. Menlo is one of…
Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen have agreed to initiate individual cooperative arrangements on Asia-Europe trades starting from April 2012 as announced last December. This cooperation between the four CKYH Lines and Evergreen Line is designed to offer customers best sailing frequency, transit time and service coverage so as to fulfill customers’…
UNI Global Union said that its concerns and those of its South African affiliate SACCAWU and other leading trade unions including SACTWU, COSATU and its US affiliate UFCW have been vindicated by the Competition Appeal Court’s decision today. Philip Jennings, UNI Global Union General Secretary, said, “The struggle for fair play is far from…
Thomas Pan has been promoted to Managing Director, North Asia, for Menlo Worldwide Logistics (China) and Leong Choong Cheng has simultaneously been appointed Deputy Managing Director, said Global Chief Operating Officer Gary Kowalski, who made the announcement in Shanghai today. “The appointments of Thomas and Leong strengthen the Menlo team as we continue to…
Owners of LPG carriers can look forward to increasing trade in 2012, despite the uncertain economic environment and the dampening effect of the mild winter in the northern hemisphere. According to Drewry’s latest LPG Forecaster, stagnant demand in Western economies has been balanced by strong domestic demand in Asian economies, which are increasingly being supplied…
Fumio Futami at Tamagawa University, Quantum ICT Research Institute, (Director: Osamu Hirota, 6-1-1 Tamagawa Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo, Japan), announced the world’s first transmission of the stream cipher by Yuen 2000 protocol (Y-00) at the bit rate of 40 Gbit/sec over 120 km. Y-00 is a physical cipher that has a possibility to avoid the decipher…
IJS Global, the worldwide, world-class logistics service provider, has appointed Stefan Heine as its Managing Director Germany. A native of Bremen, Heine is a long-standing logistics professional who has spent his entire career in the industry after graduating with a management degree in Foreign Trade and Logistics. He has considerable international experience having worked in…
PD Ports has been appointed as the main construction logistics hub at the Port of Hartlepool for the Teesside Offshore Windfarm Project. Over the next seven months, the Port of Hartlepool will be the focal point for all materials and components to be installed in the new wind farm being developed by EDF Energy…
AirBridgeCargo is the first freighter operator this year to enjoy reduced airport charges at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, benefitting from Schiphol’s newly-introduced Cargo Sustainability Incentive Programme (CSIP). AirBridgeCargo began operating its brand new, latest-generation B747-8F aircraft into Schiphol on February 4th, replacing previous generation B747-400 freighters. In comparison with the B747-400, airport charges for using…
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