by Canadian Sailings | Oct 18, 2018 | Other
CIFFA is pleased to announce that its scholarship adjudication committee has selected this year’s winner of the CIFFA Scholarship Program: Mansi Sheth, daughter of Kuehne + Nagel employee Dipti Sheth. Mansi is currently enrolled in her 3rd year of a Bachelor of...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 18, 2018 | Other, Rail
By Sam Whelan, Asia correspondentIt’s been another bumper year, so far, for China-Europe rail freight, but surging volumes are putting pressure on infrastructure and denting transit times. According to China Railway Corporation, 2,497 freight trains ran during the...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 18, 2018 | Other, Safety and Security
By Alexander WhitemanAs the IMO’s sub-committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers met in London during mid-September, TT Club is demanding urgent action on container safety. The major problem is mis-declared dangerous goods, it says, and suggests it leads to a...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 18, 2018 | Other
By Alexander WhitemanOnline platforms may be improving freight forwarding’s front end, but those predicting the demise of the traditional operator may have overestimated the impact of technology.Transport Intelligence’s recently published Global Freight Forwarding...
by Canadian Sailings | Oct 18, 2018 | Other
By Mike WackettA panamax container vessel idle for more than three years has finally left its berth in Brunei Bay, Malaysia – but not bound for a scrapyard. 2010-built 5,100 TEU Cornelia 1 is understood to be heading for drydocking and reactivation in Hong Kong, after...
