AhoyCargo.com provides news and info about imports, exports, trade, freight, cargo and shipping, Readers are interested in airlines, air cargo, railroad, maritime, trucking, customs, tariffs, freight forwarding, suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics. http://www.ahoycargo.com Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:08:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ahoycargo.com/images/M_images/logo.png http://www.ahoycargo.com AhoyCargo.com provides news and info about imports, exports, trade, freight, cargo and shipping, Readers are interested in airlines, air cargo, railroad, maritime, trucking, customs, tariffs, freight forwarding, suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics. http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/maritime_news/shipserv_maritime_e-marketplace_announces_significant_growth_and_increased_trading_volumes.html LONDON, UK, – ShipServ, the leading maritime e-marketplace, announced on July 16, 2008 significant growth figures for the first half of 2008. ShipServ TradeNet, the world’s most popular maritime e-commerce trading platform, saw significant growth in trading volumes during the first half of 2008. The number of buyers, the number of suppliers and the number of ships managed on TradeNet all grew by 33%. Furthermore, TradeNet is well on track to hit 3.5m transactions with a Gross Merchandise Value (i.e. the total monetary value of all purchases) of over $1bn by the end of 2008. The company also saw considerable increase in usage of ShipServ Pages, the world’s leading on-line maritime suppliers directory. Today over 7,500 visitors a week use Pages to help them find new suppliers in over 6,500 ports around the world. In fact, a supplier’s details is being reviewed by a buyer every 20 seconds on... News - Maritime News Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:09:12 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/transportation_news/alcoa_yutong_introduce_environmentally-friendly_buses_for_beijing_games.html The new Yutong Green Bus under construction in China. The new environmentally friendly aluminum intensive bus weighs one and a half tons less than a standard bus, thus dramatically reducing emissions. BEIJING - Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the world’s leading aluminum company, and Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company (Yutong), China’s largest bus manufacturer and the number two producer in the world, today introduced two new environmentally-friendly bus prototypes that will be displayed and road tested during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing next month. The new aluminum-intensive bus body is approximately 46 percent lighter than a traditional bus and, therefore, requires less fuel and emits fewer greenhouse gases. The new buses feature Alcoa’s spaceframe technology – used in automobiles such as the Ferrari 612 and all Gran Turismo Ferraris, as well as the Audi A8 which was just awarded the 2008 European Inventor of the Year Award by the European Commission... News - Transportation News Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:39:42 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/air_cargo_news/atsg_receives_arbitration_ruling_abx_air_was_entitled_to_full_reimbursement_from_dhl.html WILMINGTON, Ohio - Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) said yesterday that arbitrators have ruled that its subsidiary, ABX Air, was entitled to full reimbursement of its general overhead expense from its principal customer DHL during 2007. The arbitrators also ruled that ABX Air began earning more than 10% of its total revenues from non-DHL customers effective as of January 1, 2008, and directed DHL and ABX Air to commence negotiating in good faith to determine a reasonable allocation of ABX Air’s overhead expenses related to its provision of non-DHL services. News - Air Cargo News Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:25:01 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/logistics_news/world_logistics_services_inc._signs_sales_agreement_with_a_leading_entertainment_transportation_co.html TAMPA, Fla. - World Logistics Services, Inc. (Pink Sheets:WLSV) has entered into a sales agreement with Sho-Moves Transportation, Inc., a leading entertainment transportation company. Sho-Moves Transportation, Inc. is an established, ethical, client focused quality driven company providing cost effective transportation solutions to the live entertainment and touring show industry. Sho-Moves Transportation, Inc. provides a service which ordinary trucking companies are unable to deliver. Our Clientele requires greater attention to detail and on time service. Sho-Moves Transportation, Inc. is continually working toward meeting our customers’ expectations. In addition, Sho/Moves Inc., the parent company, has been involved in the transportation of some of the world’s largest entertainment shows and tours. News - Logistics News Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:19:20 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/airline_news/technology_can_reduce_fuel_tank_explosion_risk_improve_airline_passenger_safety.html Phyre Technologies’ Superior Solution Addresses New FAA Fuel Tank Safety Requirements EL CAJON, Calif. - Phyre Technologies applauds the new fuel tank safety rule announced today by the Department of Transportation aimed at preventing future fuel tank explosions on commercial airlines like the 1996 TWA flight 800 disaster. The company has pioneered an effective “green” on-board system that removes oxygen and vapor in fuel tanks to avoid the possible ignition of combustible gasses. Phyre Technologies is the global pioneer and leader in closed-loop fuel tank safety technology for commercial and military aircraft. Its “Green” On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (GOBIGGS™) eliminates the probability of fuel tank ignition or explosion by dramatically reducing the oxygen and fuel vapor in the fuel tank. In addition, unlike existing technologies, the environmentally friendly system does not ventilate fuel vapor into the atmosphere. News - Airline News Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:05:28 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/supply_chain_news/achieve_supply_chain_optimization.html Inverness, IL - Next Generation Logistics, Inc. a leading supply chain consulting, managed services, and technology company, today announced a new release of their comprehensive supply chain optimization planning service OptiNet™ Network Optimization that is integrated with their FreightMaster TMS® Transportation Management Suite to reduce transportation and distribution costs. In today’s dynamic business environment companies of all sizes are forced to become more adaptable to ecomonic changes to ensure business efficiencies and therefore are looking for cost effective ways to evaluate and plan their supply chain network more often and more accurately. Our OptiNet™ Network Optimization Service links our sophisticated modeling software tool with current transportation lane costs from FreightMaster TMS®, combined with NGL’s analytical expertise to evaluate current, alternative and “green field” network modeling scenarios. NGL focuses on determining the following results: • Minimum overall cost calculation utilizing manufacturing, co-packer, warehousing, and transportation costs. • Optimal production quantity by... News - Supply Chain News Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:09:44 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/cargo_news/wholesale_dropship_from_china_the_next_big_thing_chinavasion.html Wholesale Dropship From China The Next Big Thing Shenzhen, Guangdong - In the fast-paced world of e-commerce and eBay everything needs to be done quickly. Wholesale dropship pioneer Chinavasion is launching what they claim is the next big improvement for eBay sellers. Dropship vendors are now offered next-day dispatch times from in-stock popular products. Speed and reliability. These two words sum up what dropship vendors want. Many eBay power-sellers source from dropshipping companies locally. But increasingly, the lowest prices and best new products are from... News - Cargo News Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:55:19 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/logistics_news/ozburn-hessey_logistics_adds_key_talent_to_transportation_team.html Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OH Logistics) has hired several industry veterans to grow the company’s transportation service offering. Brentwood, TN - Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OH Logistics) has hired several industry veterans to grow the company’s transportation service offering. “Our transportation business has grown significantly in the past several years, and we’ve assembled a highly-experienced team to respond to the growth,” remarked Derek Fain, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Transportation. “We continue to develop transportation services that complement our well-recognized contract logistics and international services to offer clients fully integrated supply chain solutions.” OH Logistics transportation group offers full transportation management, transportation, and distribution services. News - Logistics News Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:45:03 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/trade_news/china_dismisses_critics_of_uns_decision_on_african_ivory_trade_license.html China has dismissed critics of the United Nations decision to allow Beijing to buy ivory from Africa. Some wildlife protection organizations say the license to legally trade will only encourage smuggling and elephant poaching. China's Foreign Ministry has disputed concerns that China cannot adequately police its trade in ivory. A United Nations' committee in charge of regulating the trade voted Tuesday to grant China the right to bid in an auction, along with Japan, for African ivory. The panel's majority agreed that China had improved its ivory trade monitoring and could participate in a one-off sale of 108 tons of African ivory. Ivory trading was banned in 1989 to discourage poaching of a shrinking population of elephants. Controlled trade in ivory was approved in 2002 provided that the elephants died of natural causes or were killed as part of population management. News - Trade News Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:28:43 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/aviation_news/new_rule_reduces_risk_of_fuel_tank_flammability_on_passenger_jets.html ASHBURN, Va.– Within two years, all new aircraft must include technology designed to significantly reduce the risk of center fuel tank fires as part of a final rule announced today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters. In addition, passenger aircraft built after 1991 must be retrofitted with technology designed to keep center fuel tanks from catching fire, she said. “We want to do everything possible to make sure safety examiners won’t have to investigate another plane shattered by an exploding tank,” said Secretary Peters. “We can’t change the past, but we can make the future safer for thousands of air travelers, and this rule does just that.” The Secretary, who spoke on the day before the anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 800, said the new rule was needed to help avoid a similar tragic incident. She said the rule requires aircraft to have technology to neutralize... News - Aviation News Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:25:07 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/operations/canal_transit/panama_canal_general_information.html The Panama Canal is approximately 80 kilometers long between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This waterway was cut through one of narrowest saddles of the isthmus that joins North and South America. The Canal uses a system of locks -compartments with entrance and exit gates. The locks function as water lifts: they raise ships from sea level (the Pacific or the Atlantic) to the level of Gatun Lake (26 meters above sea level); ships then sail the channel through the Continental Divide. Operations - Canal transit Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:42:11 +0100 http://www.ahoycargo.com/news/maritime_news/ahlers_maritime_services_ensures_smooth_operations_for_fpso_akpo_in_singapore.html Ahlers was entrusted by TECHNIP early this year with all logistics, crewing, security, safety and administrative matters for the transit of the FPSO AKPO from Korea to Nigeria. Said FPSO (Floating Production and Storage Off-shore platform) with a length of 305m and a beam of 60m has a storage capacity of 400.000mt, and a production capacity of about 40.000mt/day (250.000bbls/day). AKPO left Ulsan on the 27th of June and arrived on 14th July off Singapore at the meeting point about 75 nautical miles from the island. Following operations are scheduled this week: News - Maritime News Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:42:44 +0100