Thursday, July 25, 2013

The world air cargo and freight logistics market is currently in a state of flux, with shifting results since the 2008 financial crash. Investor confidence has been hit, hard, by a series of forecast upswings which failed to materialise in any sustainable sense. Rampant fuel price rises remain the single largest factor in the forecast, bringing carrier capacities into sharper focus and asking questions as to the cost-effectiveness of air cargo deliveries. The global macroeconomic climate is also...
BEIJING: China has established its second rail link to Europe, connecting the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou with Hamburg in Germany. This comes after China launched a direct cargo service between its western city of Chengdu and Poland. The twice a week cargo train will take 18 days to complete the journey taking half of the time required to transport goods by sea. The 10,214 km journey begins at the inland port of Zhengzhou and passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus...
ONGC Videsh offered on Friday a cargo of Azeri Light crudefor the first time via a tender after it bought a stake in the field from Hess Corp. Hess Corp agreed in September last year to sell its 2.72 percent stake in the large Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) group of oil fields in Azerbaijan as well as its 2.36 percent stake in an associated pipeline to ONGC for $1 billion. Source: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-19/news/40681437_1_ceyhan-terminal-gune...
The construction of a dry-cargo terminal of the new international trading port near the Azerbaijani capital Baku is due to finish in 2015. "It is planned to put into operation the ferry terminal and the entire road infrastructure in 2014," Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov said during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Ilham Aliyev, which was dedicated...

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Air cargo, commonly known as air freight, is collected by firms from shippers and delivered to customers.  The easiest way to find the status of your air cargo shipment. Click the links of the airlines below and visit the airfreight tracking sites of the carriers. Airlines ...
It is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term Shipping originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well. "Logistics", a term borrowed from the military environment, is also fashionably used in the same ...

Friday, July 12, 2013

Cargo (or freight) is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship or aircraft, although the term is now extended to intermodal train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most long-haul cargo transport. ...
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between people, which in turn establishes civilizations. Transport infrastructure...