Logistics
The long standing Indo-Pakistan conflict seems to be putting a stick in Afghanistan’s stabilization wheel. Recent reports indicate that Pakistan is unwilling to allow Indian goods through its territory on the way to its …
The Middle East has bucked the global decline in airfreight traffic, but regional airlines are still feeling pressure on the freight yields, reports say.
The sector is slowly beginning to recover but the push to lower …
Analysts forecast instability can spread from Afghanistan to other states in central Asia. The landlocked war-torn Afghanistan heavily depends on deliveries through its neighbors for all kinds of supplies.
We already wrote about the difficulties in …
Pentagon’s Round table on Afghanistan challenges concluded that transportation and logistics are among the top problems to solve. The difficulties in transporting people, goods and military equipment slow down the improvement of the security situation …
A 15km (approx. 10 miles) queue of nearly 5,000 trucks has built up on the Al Ghuwaifat border because of slow customs clearance.
Trucks pass through the border lines of Saudi Arabia to deliver goods to …
A recent report by The Official Airline Guide (OAG) predicts that global air freight volume is slowly taking off. However, the predictions are for moderate growth that will take half a decade before 2007 levels …
This Monday (16 November 2009) the US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has announced the establishment of a new task force that will tackle roadside bombing in Afghanistan. This type of terrorist activity has been …
Airbus has recently launched the final stage of its new freighter, type A330-200F. The machine is a variation of the very successful passenger jet A330. Airbus has started a 180-hour certification before the official commissioning …
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas has kicked off a significant expansion of its cargo facilities. A new $ 29 million air freight center is now being built next to Terminal 3 on 19.15 acres …
The two companies confirmed last Thursday that a binding Memorandum of Understanding has been signed. The agreement envisages setting up a single company called TopCo that will own both Iberia and British Airways (BA). The …
