New Website for Bulk and Container Freight Carriers Gives Cargo Advice
NETHERLANDS – WORLDWIDE – One of the leading marine survey companies has collaborated with other industry partners to launch what it claims is the worlds largest on line database for transporting cargo of every type. BMT De Beer, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd has collaborated with such groups as the Container Owners Association and GDV Transport Information Services to produce the CargoHandbook. As well as a basic description and photograph of the cargo product, people can access information on the shipment/storage requirements including optimum temperature/humidity and moisture and the risk factors associated with the particular product thus ensuring safer transport methods. Managed by a dedicated team of people at BMT De Beer in order to ensure...
Cargo Screening Offences Mean Record Fine in Further Freight and Logistics Crimes
US – Sadly some of our best read stories concern the criminal activities of the few freight forwarding executives who are prepared to break the law in order to turn a profit. As times get harder financially the line between fair competition and conspiracy blurs for some as evidenced by the surge in anti trust cases prosecuted globally which we have witnessed in the past two years. Some acts however are blatantly criminal and this week two cases concerning the cargo screening and shipping of air freight have resulted in the prosecution and punishment of several individuals and companies involved in nefarious activities. The first case concerns the arrest and detention of Ulrich Davis aged 50 who was caught as he tried to board a flight to the...
British Airways World Cargo launches commercial operations in Atlanta
British Airways World Cargo launches commercial operations of the world’s most advanced freighter at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport The British Consulate-General will be present at a special event at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday marking British Airways World Cargo’s first ever commercial operations on US soil of their newly acquired Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft. Mayor Kasim Reed, will join British Airways staff and customers, together with airport officials in celebrating this occasion, in conjunction with the formal launch of the British Airways World Cargo North America HQ, recently relocated from New York to Atlanta. The British Airways World Cargo announcement is a further demonstration of...
Kapal Pesiar Amsterdam Lego Jangkar di Bali
Bali Cargo Kapal pesiar MS Amsterdam yang mengangkut 1.054 wisatawan mancanegara dengan rute kunjungan keliling dunia, lego jangkar di perairan Pelabuhan Tanah Ampo, Kabupaten Karangasem, Bali. “Kapal pesiar MS Amsterdam tersebut lego jangkar di Pelabuhan Tanah Ampo pada Jumat (4/11) dengan mengangkut wisatawan mancanegara,” kata Kepala Dinas Perhubungan, Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Karangasem Ida Bagus Putu Swastika melalui siaran pers yang diterima ANTARA di Denpasar, Sabtu. Ia mengatakan, untuk mengoptimalkan penggarapan wisatawan kapal pesiar, pihaknya kini terus melakukan pembenahan, baik di pelabuhan pesiar yang sedang dibangun maupun pranata lain di semua objek daerah tujuan wisata (ODTW) sebagai bagian penting rantai kunjungan wisatawan ...
Ekspor Bali ke Rusia Naik 34,5 Persen
Bali Cargo – Nilai ekspor Provinsi Bali ke Rusia mencapai 1,4 juta dolar AS selama periode Januari-September 2011 atau mengalami kenaikan hingga 34,5 persen dibandingkan periode sama 2010 yang hanya 1,1 juta dolar AS. “Kenaikan nilai ekspor nonmigas itu antara lain disumbangkan oleh aneka barang kerajinan buatan masyarakat daerah ini, hasil pertanian dan perkebunan,” kata Kasi Ekspor Dinas Perindustrian dan Perdagangan Bali, Putu Bagiada, di Denpasar, Sabtu. Perdagangan luar negeri ke Rusia cukup menggembirakan dalam situasi yang kurang menguntungkan terutama jika dikaitkan dengan krisis ekonomi yang terjadi di Eropa dan Amerika Serikat. Bertambah banyak realisasi perdagangan aneka barang kerajinan bernilai seni buatan pengrajin Bali itu...




