The Hong Kong Airport Authorityplans to take a stake in ZhuhaiAirport after signing a joint-venturemanagement deal, aiming to capitaliseon emerging demand in the westernarea of the Pearl River Delta for hightechnologycargoes, the Standard reported,citing senior officials at ZhuhaiAirport. "We will finish the valuation workon the airport's assets in the comingsix months," chairman Du Zhuo said.Zhuhai Airport has been plagued by ashortage of capital and managementinefficiencies over … [Read more...] about HKAA to take stake in Zhuhai airport
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DOT focuses on 7 freight airports
The Indonesian Department ofTransportation said it has narroweddown plans to concentrate on sevenkey airports for freight and passengergateways in Indonesia. These airportshave met the criteria for developmentin the next 20 years, the DOT said. The airports include Kuala Namu inNorth Sumatera, Hang Nadim in Riau,Soekarno Hatta, Juanda in Surabaya,Ngurah Rai in Bali, Sepinggan in EastKalimantan and South Sulawesi's HasanuddinAirport. "These airports have the potentialto be developed … [Read more...] about DOT focuses on 7 freight airports
Hactl sets new tonnage record in 2006
Hong Kong Air Cargo TerminalsLimited (Hactl) said it handled 2.56million tonnes in 2006, up 5.3 percentyear-on-year, and set a new annual tonnagerecord for the company, havingtopped the 2.5 million tonnes mark. Hactl said it handled a total of231,757 tonnes in December, up 4.2percent year-on-year. Tonnage handledin the fourth quarter was 717,361tonnes, representing a year-on-yearincrease of 6 percent. Export volumeshowed a year-on-year growth of 4.5percent in December, with a total of128,688 … [Read more...] about Hactl sets new tonnage record in 2006
TAP adopts Kale’s CSP
TAP Portugal, the national airline ofPortugal, and Kale Consultants (Kale),the India-based provider of softwaresolutions and outsourced services tothe travel and transportation industry,have signed a contract to implementKale's fully integrated enterprise-widecargo solution, known as CSP™. CSP™ has been designed to meet theend-to-end needs of cargo carriers of allsizes. With CSP™, TAP Portugal willhave a flexible and integrated system,which will provide a comprehensiveset of … [Read more...] about TAP adopts Kale’s CSP
DHL to develop RFID for pharma industry
DHL has developed a new, pioneeringtechnology for the pharmaceuticalindustry that significantly improves themonitoring of temperature-controlledshipments. The new sensor tag is a combinationof temperature sensor and RFID radiochip. It permits continuous monitoringand recording of a pre-definedtemperature range as well as read-outof the data at any time, without havingto open the shipment. The sensor's design enables it tobe attached close to the product, notjust on the inside of the … [Read more...] about DHL to develop RFID for pharma industry
HAL forms JV with Irkut Corp
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited hasentered into a $700 million joint ventureagreement with Irkut Corporationof Russia for manufacturing 60 tonnemulti role transport aircraft (MRTA)the Economic Times reported. Under this 50:50 venture, IlyushinDesign Bureau of Russia will design theMRTA and Irkut Corporation of Russiawill develop the aircraft. Series production of the MRTAaircraft will be carried out by thetransport aircraft division of HAL atKanpur. Initially HAL plans to developthe MRTA as … [Read more...] about HAL forms JV with Irkut Corp