FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A380 is taking part in a flying display during the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol NANTES, France (Reuters) - Emirates announced a deal for up to 36 Airbus A380 aircraft on Thursday worth as much as $16
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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
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