With so many new, tech-savvy forwarders setting up online, real-time booking systems for air cargo, it was only a matter of time before the big integrators got into the act. The latest is the launch of DHL Global Forwarding’s (DHL-GF) Online Freight Quotation & Booking, allowing shippers to quote and
Iran inaugurates new extension to its main Arabian Sea port
Shahid Behehshti port of Chabahar A newly built extension to Iran's main Arabian Sea outlet, the strategic Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman, which more than triples its capacity and poses a challenge for a port under construction in neighbouring Pakistan was inaugurated on Sunday, December 3, 2017 by Iranian President Hassan
Germany: Suspicious package part of extort plot aimed at DHL
Brandenburg state Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schroeter is surrounded by media during a news conference in Potsdam, eastern Germany, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. German authorities said the suspicious package containing nails that led to a bomb scare on a Christmas market in Potsdam was part of a blackmailing plot against a delivery
Fiat Chrysler CEO says in talks with Hyundai on tech partnership
ARESE, Italy (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is in talks with South Korea’s Hyundai about a technical partnership, but there are no merger talks between the two, FCA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Saturday. FCA is often the subject of merger speculation, especially after its unsuccessful 2015 attempt to tie
US gas price drops 7 cents to $2.54 for regular
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline dropped 7 cents nationally over the past two weeks to $2.54. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the spike comes despite a jump in oil prices. The current gas price is 34 cents above
Hundreds of American Air flights still lack pilots in December
American Airlines still has hundreds of flights without pilots assigned to them in December, the company said on Thursday, after a scheduling error gave too many pilots time off. The number of flights that remain pilotless is now “a few hundred,” the airline said, compared to a peak that the carrier’s Allied
BAW Storm Nigerian Market with Pilot Mini-Bus
Having penetrated the taxi (mini-bus) industry in South Africa and earned an enviable share of the market since 2013 when volume production commenced, BAW mini-bus is set to reproduce its success streak in the Nigerian market, Thisday reported. Driven by its popular name in South Africa where mini-buses dominate the taxi
Nigeria to implement new import-export guidelines Jan 1
How London Tube Stations Got Their Names
The London Underground logo is the most famous and most success roundel logo so far. The London Underground is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Began operation: January 10, 1863. Number of stations: 270 served (260 owned). Source: Wikipedia Scan a
Postal regulators move to let stamp prices jump higher
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to bolster the ailing U.S. Postal Service, federal regulators moved on Friday to allow bigger jumps to stamp prices beyond the rate of inflation, a move that could eventually add millions more dollars to companies’ shipping rates and consumer costs. The Postal Regulatory Commission announced the decision