The interior of an Air Canada plane at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Friday November 24, 2017.Peter J. Thompson/National Post A cell phone caught fire on an Air Canada flight Thursday morning leaving a woman with burns, according to an Air Canada spokesperson. Air Canada flight 101 was preparing to depart from Toronto-Pearson Airport around 7 a.m.
Month: March 2018
Tanzania’s New Railway Projected to Reduce Transport Costs
Dar es Salaam - When completed and operational, the standard-gauge railway (SGR) will help in reducing the transit-time and the costs in Tanzania. This was said in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday by the executive secretary of the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA), Mr. Dieudonne Dukundane, during the UNCTAD
DHL partners with Cologne Business School to ‘go green’
DHL Global Forwarding, the logistics arm of Deutsche Post DHL, has published a white paper in partnership with the Cologne Business School, in an endeavor to incorporate sustainable practices into its supply chain. The white paper lists actions that all forwarders and logistics firms can take to “intensify their environmentally friendly
Jaguar reveals first all-electric SUV
Inside the world’s biggest automated package sorting facility – bigger 90 football fields (Video)
Nigeria needs $2bn to revive Lagos-Kano rail line – VP
Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge line Nigeria's Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, said on Wednesday that the country requires about $2bn (N610bn) to revive the Lagos-Kano rail line as part of efforts to boost local and international trade along the northern and southern zones. Osinbajo spoke at the opening of the inaugural edition of the Lagos-Kano Economic
Monument-filled, traffic-clogged Rome to ban diesel cars by 2024
Rome will ban all diesel vehicles from driving in the city center from 2024 to combat Rome, one of Europe’s most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the center by 2024, its mayor said. Virginia Raggi announced the decision
Takata air bag recall made compulsory for Australia vehicles
Increased volume not translating to better margins, e-commerce study shows
You don’t have to be Alan Greenspan to see that e-commerce is the new frontier of retail, but what does the shifting market mean for logistics companies supporting the change? According to a study conducted by market research organization Transport Intelligence (Ti), conducted during the recent holiday season, logistics firms may
Dassault Aviation to build new $47 million business jet after scrapping Falcon 5X
Dassault Aviation Chief Executive Officer Eric Trappier poses in a hangar in front of a model Dassault Aviation announced plans for a new long-range business jet on Wednesday, renewing a battle with Gulfstream at the top end of the market as demand for the ultimate status symbol recovers from a prolonged recession. The new