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 Vol. 9 No. 18                            Friday February 5, 2010

Infrastucture Challenges India
   During this week as transportation professionals gathered in Mumbai for Air Cargo India here is an exclusive report outside the cordiality hand shaking, back slapping world of hospitality ambience that offers the latest news about facts and figures-driven information about India’s air, rail and port infrastructure that many consider the number one issue of doing business there as 2010 begins.
   The Indian government has announced a series of measures aimed at attracting foreign investment into the Indian economy and assisting with the restructuring of the nation’s somewhat decrepit infrastructure architecture.
Will Nagpur Work As Express Hub
   Nagpur, popularly known as the orange city of India, is all set to develop as the country’s first multi-modal air cargo, or express delivery services (EDS) hub. The new Nagpur airport project is expected to be completed by 2010 and targets to serve 14 million passengers and 0.87 million tons of cargo. Will it bring a new dimension to the country’s cargo industry?

Setty Pioneered India Flight
   JR Tata is generally acknowledged as first India pilot to gain certification but there is little doubt that a much overlooked pioneer Srirama Venkatasubba, (SV) Setty (right) was India's first pilot and aircraft designer.
   In an interview a few years back with Times of India, Jayaprakash G N, the great grandson of Setty says that he has proof including papers

 Vol. 9 No. 17                            Wednesday February 3, 2010

TSA—100% Comply Or No Fly
Cargo Security Conference A Winner

An alliance that makes it possible for everybody in air cargo to be compliant with 100% belly-cargo screening. From left to right, Thomas J. Long, Executive Vice President, Covenant Aviation Security; Gerry Berry, President, Covenant Aviation Security; Klaus Holler, Lufthansa Cargo Vice President The Americas; Harald Zielinski, Lufthansa Chief of Security & Environmental Management and Daniel Martel, Manager Key Accounts, Smiths Detection.
 

 Vol. 9 No. 16                            Monday February 1, 2010

Security Zeitgeist In East Meadow
   Tomorrow February 2 when Lufthansa Cargo Manager North America Klaus Holler calls the meeting to order, on the agenda will be presentations by experts including academics as the top airline-driven air cargo security conference of 2010 gets underway.
Venue is the landmark Lufthansa Center located in the town of East Meadow, New York on Hempstead Turnpike about six miles from JFK International Airport.

Lufthansa Cargo Raises Rates
 Lufthansa Cargo intends to increase rates by ten percent on average. This was announced today in an e-mail to customers.
According to the message the general rate hike will become effective March 1, 2010 and includes all the markets the carrier is serving.

Closer Logistics Look At China
  As the financial crisis impacts China, the country’s logistics industry is being reshaped by three major dynamics. While many companies hope to just weather this storm, others will seize the opportunity to leapfrog competition and reposition for long-term success.
Dynamic 1: continued downward pressure on demand coupled with shifting mix call for assessment of service offerings.

Forwarder Handicaps TSA 2010
Joachim (Jo) Frigger, Chairman and CEO of the freight forwarder EMO TRANS USA states that his company is ready to comply with the mandated 100% screening in August 2010.
“Similar to other government regulations related to international air or ocean transportation, EMO TRANS has always been at the forefront of those issues for the benefit of security and our customers.
     

SkyCargo Eyes Bi-Level Trucks
Take two air freight containers instead of one, pile them up on a truck for building two layers and send the vehicles with their high reaching loads right across Dubai.
Febuary 1: Emirates opens second month of decade now going twice daily DXB/FCO. EK to launch DXB/TYO March 28, AMS May 1, PRG July 1, MAD Aug 1.

 

 

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