New York – Newlywed Ziad Dallal and his wife arrived home in New York, with wedding keepsakes in their bags, to find John F. Kennedy International Airport paralyzed by winter weather woes that cancelled flights, froze equipment and separated thousands of passengers from their luggage. Ten days later, the couple on
Month: January 2018
Emirates hands Airbus A380 superjumbo lifeline with $16 billion order
London’s new electric taxis scuppered by faulty sensor
CEO of London EV Company, Chris Gubbey poses inside the new electric TX eCity taxi connected to a sample electric vehicle charger at the Battersea power station in London on December 5, 2017. London's first electric-powered black cabs hit the streets on December 5, 2017, the British capital's iconic taxis getting
Tanker drivers threaten to boycott Jebba-Mokwa Road, North of Nigeria
Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD), yesterday, threatened to boycott Jebba- Mokwa and Tatabu Bridge in the distribution of petroleum products. In a statement, the Media Relations Officer of the drivers, Mr. Abdulkadir Garba, said that due to the deplorable condition of the roads, the drivers can longer take the risk of plying
Edo dry port to commence export operation soon
Benin (The Punch) - The Edo Inland Container Depot will soon commence export activities from its operational base, an official of the port has said. The Chief Executive Officer of Atlanque Marine Engineering Service, Charles Akhigbe, promoter of the Edo-ICD, announced this at a meeting with the Edo State Export Cluster
Poorly maintained vessels put local shipowners at a disadvantage
Lagos (The Punch) - Amidst complaints by local shipowners that they are being sidelined in the coastal distribution of wet cargo, including petroleum products, an investigation by our correspondent has revealed that the reason foreign ships are preferred above local ones is that the local ships lack good maintenance and
Amazon adds 210 acres to future Cincinnati airport hub
Amazons new air hub will handle shipments of export cargo and import cargo in international trade. Amazon’s senior vice president of operations, Dave Clark, announced last week that the Seattle-based retailer had just added a parcel of land to the site of its future air operations hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Florida driver died because of faulty air bag, report says
Boeing to make aircraft seats with car supplier Adient to cut delays
Boeing is moving into making aircraft seats to try to reduce costly delays to deliveries by plane manufacturers, forming a joint venture with car seating leader Adient. Adient Aerospace will develop and sell seats to airlines and leasing companies, both for installation on new airplanes and as retrofits on planes made by
