THE French port's Fos Distriport logistics zone's 100-hectare extension will house an additional 400,000 square metres of warehousing and applications for the four plots of land are invited from major international players. The Port of Marseilles Au
CEVA, an integrated supply chain logistics group formed by combining the former TNT Logistics business and EGL (formerly known as Eagle Global Logistics) in 2007, has posted a first quarter 2008 consolidated revenue of EUR1.50 billion (US$2.20 billi
US CUSTOMS has begun talks with Pakistan on expanding a pilot programme for 100 per cent US-bound container screening at the Port of Karachi having enjoyed success at the nearby Qasim. Pakistani officials are happy with the Qasim test results and wa
THE fourth China International Container and Inter-modal Transportation Development Forum will be held in the port city of Tianjin in North China from September 5-6. Conference organisers say the event has been approved by China's National Developme
SOUTHWEST China's Guangxi Autonomous Region plans to invest CNY300 billion (US$43.7 billion) on traffic infrastructure in the next five years to build itself as a hub for the traffic network connecting China and ASEAN countries, Xinhua reported. Acc
SITC has commenced a new weekly container shipping service between South Korea, mainland China and Vietnam. The new CKV service links the Korean ports of Incheon and Pyongtaek to Shanghai, Xiamen and Haiphong. The service uses two box ships, the 787