Wanavit Manufacturing has boosted production of its Hatari electric fans by at least 30 percent – thanks to Infor ERP SyteLine. The application has also helped the company improve flexibility and real-time planning, has led to better tracking of its costs and has resulted in greater quality control.

Boeing 777F to connect businesses in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore with Emirates’ global network

On September 1, American Airlines Cargo rolled out a new ambient temperature controlled cold-chain service targeted at pharmaceutical companies. This extension of AA Cargo’s temperature-controlled service, dubbed ExpediteTC Passive, will be used in conjunction with the firm’s ExpediteTC Active program. The new offering allows companies to package goods in their own material instead of using the ULD-based Active service.

Hong Kong is one of the world’s leading logistics hubs. Its strategic location makes it both the Heart of Asia – half the world’s population are within a five hour flight, and China’s Gateway – providing access into and out of the world’s second largest economy and fasting growing consumer market.

Bangkok is preparing to welcome dozens of international operators for a major logistics fair.

Recently, government issued Government Regulation No. 8 of 2011 on Multimodal Transport (‘Regulation’), as a legal framework to govern the operation of multimodal transport in Indonesia. The intention is to prepare the Indonesian logistics sector for the liberalization of multimodal transport in the ASEAN single market.

Director General of ACI World, Angela Gittens announced the publication of ACI’s World Annual Traffic Report for 2010.  “This annual Report is ACI’s flagship publication, a unique and comprehensive industry reference presenting data from over 1,300 airports in 157 countries.  The Report for 2010 documents a strong rebound from the two-year industry slump.  Global passenger traffic rose by 6.6 percent, topping the 5 billion passenger mark for the first time.  Cargo volumes also hit a record, surging past 91 million tonnes with 15.3 percent growth.  Once again, our industry has shown its resiliency in recovering from a downturn and resuming its historical trajectory of impressive growth.”

Responding to growing worldwide concern about global warming and widespread natural disasters, TÜV SÜD is applying Carbon Footprint, the latest CSR and environmental tool that is designed to enhance the public image of modern organizations by assessing, testing and reducing carbon emission in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol.

Representatives of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, Europe's third largest cargo airport, exuded confidence at the recent Transport/Logistics Show of Munich over business this year which started well and was a continuation of recovery that started last year after the downturn experienced in 2009.

Logistics is considered as a high energy consumes business. The impact of logistics on weather change has called for increasing attention in recent years. According to the World Economic Forum Report, logistics activities contribute roughly 5 percent of the 50,000 megatons of carbon dioxide emissions generated annually by all human activity. 13 per cent of the worldwide CO2 emissions are caused by cars, ships, trains and planes. Due to this, awareness has been raised globally over the years to push the “green” concept whilst conducting logistical activities hence the term “green logistics”. It is expected that goods transportation accounts for around 8% of energy-related CO2 emissions worldwide. The inclusions of warehousing and freight management are likely to add another 3% to this total. Making logistics sustainable in the longer term will involve more than cutting carbon emissions.