Official portrait Hon Andrew Robb MP (Lib Vic Goldstein) Last week in Auckland, representatives from 12 Pacific Rim countries signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the world’s largest trade deal. The 12 nations include the United States and Japan, the world’s largest and third-largest economies, which together account for approximatey 40 percent of the global economy[…]
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 16, 2005 The Boeing Company today delivered Air China Cargos first Boeing 747-400 Freighter, the first of two new 747-400Fs for the Beijing-based carrier.The new airplane will be used on Air China Cargos routes between China and North America and Europe. Air China Cargos new Boeing 747-400 freighter is powered by[…]
Turns out the long-discussed rumors were true. Ireland-based ASL Aviation Group has indeed agreed to purchase airline operations currently owned by TNT Express and will continue to operate them on behalf of the merged FedEx-TNT entity, according to a Reuters report. The deal was struck as part of the ongoing FedEx-TNT acquisition process, which is[…]
After more than two decades of isolation, the nation of Myanmar is moving back into the international market. As this Southeast Asian country makes cautious steps towards democracy, the forwarding industry is watching – and waiting – for opportunities to turn Myanmar into the region’s next logistics powerhouse. For some logistics firms, the wait may be[…]
Finnair’s new cargo terminal at Helsinki airport is under way, so the carrier has decided on software and technology company Mercator to provide its air cargo management service, known as SkyChain. Finnair broke ground on the new terminal in the summer of 2015, and the facility is expected to be ready for business by the[…]
Mike Wilson, global head of logistics at Panalpina and MBA graduate from Cardiff University in 1993, now finds himself working with his alma mater on a research project to forecast the demand of a company’s products and plan its inventory accordingly. With this partnership, Panalpina said it has become the first global logistics company to[…]
