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Stobart Rail opens Tesco Green Train rail freight service
Stobart Rail, in partnership with Tesco, has announced the opening of a new six days a week Grangemouth - Inverness rail freight service. The Scottish Government, in its commitment to ease congestion on the A9 trunk road, and reduce damage to the environment, has allocated over £3 million of funding to all parties connected with this new rail freight service. This will significantly reduce pre... [more]
European project addresses eco-sustainable and socially beneficial transport
The challenge of introducing more environmentally friendly and flexible transport systems across Europe is being tackled by experts from the University of Aberdeen. Key academics from the institution’s Centre for Transport Research play a crucial role in a new €2.6 million project launched last week to provide cost effective and sustainable public transport solutions.The EU funded initiative wi... [more]
LOGISTICS (The Hindu)
INTERVIEW: ‘Customers will only need to deal with a single entity' G rowth in the automotive sector has boosted business opportunities in allied sectors. One such allied business which is fast growing is automotive logistics.
Montech at LogiMAT 2010 (ThomasNet)
(Derendingen, 2 January 2010) The Swiss intralogistic specialist Montech AG is exhibiting at LogiMAT 2010, showing the Montrac transport system and its range of belt conveyors. From 2 to 4 March 2010, at LogiMAT, Hall 1, Booth 407, Montech will show how many companies could optimize their intralogistic and increase efficiency by adopting the Montrac system. "The efficiency of operations in all ...
Tata Faces ‘Heat’ From Daimler, Volvo as India Paves Its Roads (Bloomberg)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- India’s aim to pave 20 kilometers of highway a day for the next five years is stoking demand for heavy trucks to carry freight, and overseas makers Daimler AG and Volvo AB are jockeying to challenge dominant Tata Motors Ltd.
Chick Packaging Produces Custom-Built Transport Containers for FedEx Express for Giant Pandas Journey to China (PR.com)
Chick Companies, Inc., a leading global provider of packaging and manufacturing logistics solutions, has produced custom-built transport containers for FedEx Express to transport two giant pandas from the United States to China. Working in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and Zoo Atlanta, FedEx Express will fly the pandas non-stop from Washington’s Dulles ...
Fleets: Related News (TruckingInfo.com)
2/8/2010 - Pacifica Trucks Found to be Misclassifying Drivers The Los Angeles Superior Court has ruled against Pacifica Trucks, Wilmington, Calif., which was found to have misclassified its drivers as independent contractors....
European Technology To Complete ISS (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Paris, France (ESA) Feb 09, 2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola.
Node-3 And Cupola On Their Way To Complete ISS (redOrbit)
Better regenerative and life-support systems for the ISSNode-3 differs significantly from the others. It is state-of-the-art, the most complex pressurized element of the ISS, offering many more capabilities than originally planned. It will accommodate sophisticated crew and life-support equipment, some relocated from the US Destiny laboratory module, leaving more room there for science racks ...
Brazil Freight Transport Report Q2 2010 - New Market Report Published (OfficialWire)
A number of international shipping lines were reported, in November 2009, to have reached an impasse with Brazil's largest food exporter, Brazil Foods over setting freight rates for 2010. The company, formed by the merger of two of the country's largest food producers in May 2009, has unrivalled dominance in Brazil's export market and accounts for about 50% of total chicken shipments.
JAL to stay with American Airlines
Japan Airlines has decided to maintain its business partnership with American Airlines, spurning an offer by American rival Delta to defect to the latter's SkyTeam alliance
Joined-up thinking on transport demanded
A disjointed approach to transport projects such as roads, ports and railways threatens to hold back economic recovery outside London and south-east England, a report has warned
The price of a whistleblower
It is every tax evader's nightmare: that surprise call from the authorities inquiring about a hitherto secret bank account the holder was assured would be eternally...
BA reports surprise third-quarter profit
The UK flag carrier reports a small quarterly operating profit for the first time in more than a year, impressing analysts with what appears to be the strongest sign yet that the struggling flag carrier is finally heading for recovery
Abu Dhabi fund to take Gatwick stake
ADIA believed to have taken a stake of close to 15 per cent in the airport, which was sold late last year to City Airport owners Global Infrastructure Partners
Union 'not miles apart' from BA
The outlines of a settlement in the dispute between British Airways and its cabin crew are emerging in informal talks between the two sides
Regulator warns on poor train service
Passenger service has 'significant room for improvement' in many areas, the chairman of the UK rail industry's regulator has said
Osborne hits out at the Tube's PPP contract
The shadow chancellor has stepped into the growing controversy over the future of the private contractor working to maintain and upgrade some of the busiest London Underground lines
Panama Canal vows to stick with toll increases
The administrator of the Panama Canal has defended the waterway's recent programme of toll increases despite complaints that they are aggravating the shipping market crisis
Eurostar rivals eye service to London
European high-speed trains, including Germany's ICE, could soon be serving London under safety rule changes being considered by the Channel tunnel's regulator
Other transport and logistics news
Node-3 And Cupola On Their Way To Complete ISS (redOrbit)
Better regenerative and life-support systems for the ISSNode-3 differs significantly from the others. It is state-of-the-art, the most complex pressurized element of the ISS, offering many more capabilities than originally planned. It will accommodate sophisticated crew and life-support equipment, some relocated from the US Destiny laboratory module, leaving more room there for science racks ...
WWL WINS JAGUAR/LAND ROVER CONTRACT (The Auto Channel)
PRESS RELEASE FROM WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS WINS JAGUAR/LAND ROVER CONTRACT 03 February, 2010 – Southampton, England: One of the world’s leading providers of finished vehicle logistics, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has won a new five year contract with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to ship its vehicles from the United Kingdom to North America and Oceania.
Tata Faces ‘Heat’ From Daimler, Volvo as India Paves Its Roads (Bloomberg)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- India’s aim to pave 20 kilometers of highway a day for the next five years is stoking demand for heavy trucks to carry freight, and overseas makers Daimler AG and Volvo AB are jockeying to challenge dominant Tata Motors Ltd.
Chick Packaging Produces Custom-Built Transport Containers for FedEx Express for Giant Pandas Journey to China (PR.com)
Chick Companies, Inc., a leading global provider of packaging and manufacturing logistics solutions, has produced custom-built transport containers for FedEx Express to transport two giant pandas from the United States to China. Working in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and Zoo Atlanta, FedEx Express will fly the pandas non-stop from Washington’s Dulles ...
U.S. Marine Corps unit from Monmouth County returns home (The Star-Ledger)
Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerCorey Schlosser, left, of Dumont, and Marine Shaun Jones kiss their 4-year-old daughter Kayla. It was the first time Jones had met his daughter. Eighty-five Marine Corps reservists from heavily deployed Red Bank unit returned home tonight, they...
‘Customers will only need to deal with a single entity' (The Hindu)
About 15 per cent of our total business is from automotive sector and it is growing very fast. Our growth in this segment (movement of cars, materials, parts and plant equipment) from June has been well over 20 per cent, and growing.
Fleets: Related News (TruckingInfo.com)
2/8/2010 - Pacifica Trucks Found to be Misclassifying Drivers The Los Angeles Superior Court has ruled against Pacifica Trucks, Wilmington, Calif., which was found to have misclassified its drivers as independent contractors....
European Technology To Complete ISS (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Paris, France (ESA) Feb 09, 2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola.
24th MEU, Nassau ARG complete Haiti work - Navy News, news from Iraq - Navy Times (Navy Times)
Thousands of Marines and sailors aboard three Navy ships have completed their relief work in earthquake-ravaged Haiti and will likely steam toward the Middle East in coming days.
Node-3 and Cupola: European technology to complete the ISS (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non-Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe.
