Logistics

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG), Liege Airport (LA) have signed Memorandum of Understanding on reinforcement of their strategic cooperation on the set-up of regional hub in Liege airport. According to a media statement, the cooperation has gone to the next quality level with great support and contribution …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: In a move to benefit skilled persons from economically underprivileged sections of the society, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to remove the requirement of minimum educational qualification for driving a transport vehicle. Under Rule 8 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: VD Gulf, Volga-Dnepr Technics’ subgroup company within Volga-Dnepr Group located in Sharjah, UAE, has welcomed its first Boeing 777 customer for MRO services. The Boeing 777 is a new addition to the VD Gulf portfolio and complements the company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: GAC is tapping into the growing contract logistics business potential of the Asia Pacific, Indian Subcontinent and Middle East, with plans to further develop and expand in its operations in the regions. That was the message Lars Bergström, GAC’s Group Vice President for Asia Pacific …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Lufthansa Cargo has honoured Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) with its ‘Best Cooperation Global’ award in recognition of its exceptional cooperation and quality worldwide service partnership. The award was presented to WFS’ CEO Craig Smyth at Lufthansa Cargo’s second annual Supplier Awards in Munich, which gathered …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, is extending its North American network to Atlanta after winning the tender to operate Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s (H-JAIA) new Cargo Building C, a key part of the airport’s multi-billion dollar master plan to accommodate …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Marimekko delivers the high-end clothes and DSV secures the careful packaging of the valuable objects and the on-time delivery, creating the perfect customer experience for the discerning Chinese customers. Marimekko was looking for a partner to provide logistics and warehousing services for its new online …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Shri. R. Madhavan took over as the New Regional Executive Director of AAI, at the Regional Headquarters (Southern Region), AAI, Chennai, on 03 June 2019, succeeding Shri.S.Sreekumar, who assumed the charge of Airport Director, AAI, Chennai Airport. CMA R.Madhavan is a Commerce Graduate from the …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: In a major move for the industry, leading cargo airlines AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) are entering into a global partnership with air cargo booking platform cargo.one to become the first all-cargo airlines to make their capacities available for digital booking with instant confirmation. Through …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Railway companies and shareholders of the United Transport and Logistics Company Eurasian Railway Alliance (JSC UTLC ERA) have signed a shareholder agreement in Moscow on 4 June 2019. The document was signed by Director General of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways Oleg Belozyorov, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: General V K Singh (Retd) took charge of the office of the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi on 4 June 2019. He was Union Minister of State for External Affairs in the previous government. Speaking to media, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Shri Nitin Gadkari took charge of the office of the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi on 4 June 2019. He also holds the portfolio of the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Shri Gadkari was Union Minister  …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a downgrade of its 2019 outlook for the global air transport industry to a $28 billion profit (from $35.5 billion forecast in December 2018). That is also a decline on 2018 net post-tax profits which IATA estimates at …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM), one of the leading providers of MRO services for foreign aircraft in Russia, has received the approval of the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) for maintenance of the Boeing 777-200/-300 (GE 90) aircraft type. The certificate covers line maintenance provision of …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: On May 24, in Tokyo, Russian Railways; the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation; the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan; and the Association of Trans-Siberian Intermodal Operators of Japan concluded an agreement on container traffic by rail between Japan and …