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
Year: 2018
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
Hong Kong Int’l Airport cargo passes 5 million tonnes in 2017 as hub nears 20th birthday
Winter Storm ‘Inga’ causing widespread disruption across U.S. logistics sector
FedEx has been reporting disruption at its Memphis Airport (MEM) hub for days. Now, a second storm, “Winter Storm Inga,” is moving through the region, and a growing list of forwarders and carriers are advising their customers across the U.S. Midwest and South that their shipments could be impacted. “Winter weather
Mazda vows to stay independent despite deeper ties with Toyota
Detroit (Reuters) - Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp on Wednesday said that while it is deepening its development and production partnership with Toyota Motor Corp, the small automaker would remain a company independent from its much bigger rival. Mazda and Toyota last week said they will build a $1.6 billion joint assembly plant
Travellers Along Tanzania’s Southern Corridor Stranded As Road Rendered Impassable Due to Construction
Dar es Salaam - Travellers along a road linking Ruvuma, Mtwara and Lindi Regions have been stranded at Chipite Village in Masasi District due to the construction of a culvert going on there. This happened on Wednesday, January 17, whereby passengers were forced to halt their journeys after their vehicles got
Ford gives disappointing outlook, says turnaround to take years
Detroit (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Tuesday estimated financial results for 2017 and 2018 that fell short of investor expectations, in a downbeat forecast that contrasted with a more positive outlook from rival automaker General Motors Co. Ford Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks told analysts at an investor conference in Detroit