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Stobart and DB Schenker launch Valencia rail service

Aug 4, 2009

General Freight
Intermodal Transport
Rail

Stobart Rail and DB Schenker Rail (UK) have launched temperature-controlled intermodal services from Valencia to the UK via the Channel Tunnel.
The service will offer a shared multi-client train for new and existing customers of both companies.
By working together, all road and rail assets will achieve high levels of utilisation, thereby enabling a commercially [...]

BA TO SCRAP FREE MEALS TO SAVE MONEY

(Daily Express, Thursday July 30, 2009)

British Airways is to scrap all free meals, except breakfast, on its short-haul flights in a cost-cutting exercise which will save around £22 million a year.

After 10am, passengers on flights lasting less than two hours will be served only drinks and snacks.
To be introduced from Monday, the economy measure comes [...]

NY MTA Bus-Subway Jobs Being Cut, but no fares being raised or service cut

(The New York Post)
NEW YORK – About 360 maintenance, cleaning, painting and managerial positions will be eliminated in 2010 as part of NYC Transit’s yearly cost cutting.
That means 63 of 1,201 subway-car cleaners and 25 of 1,515 station cleaners will be gone next year, Howard Roberts, the MTA’s subway and bus chief said yesterday.
Between 2009 [...]

NS and UP launch new expedited intermodal service for reefer trailers

Jul 14, 2009

General Freight
Intermodal Transport
Rail

Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad have launched a new expedited intermodal service specifically designed for refrigerated trailer shippers between Los Angeles and Atlanta.
This new service gives customers the option to have their refrigeration units serviced during the stop in El Paso, Texas, significantly reducing the risk of protective service [...]

Temperature controlled rail service resumes through Channel Tunnel

Jul 20, 2009

General Freight
Rail

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the first temperature controlled rail freight cargo through the Channel Tunnel for some years, with the arrival of a cargo of melons from Italy.
The cargo arrived in the regular Norfolk Line train from Novara (Italy) to Hams Hall. Full track and trace was provided and the [...]

U.S. DOT approves Continental joining Star Alliance

CHICAGO, July 10 (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday approved a bid by Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N) to join UAL Corp’s (UAUA.O) United Airlines and other carriers in the global Star Alliance.
The final U.S. Transportation Department order, which gave the carriers limited immunity from antitrust law, permits carriers to share pricing, scheduling and other [...]

Seoul Subway to Save Millions of Dollars With RFID Ticketing Technology

(ENP Newswire)
SOUTH KOREA – The world’s first RFID-based scheme for single-journey reusable ticketing in mass transportation has recently gone live in Seoul, South Korea, and is expected to save some 3 billion Won (over US$ 2.4 million) per year using a robust solution based on RFID technology from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leading developer of [...]

Qui a peur des méga-camions?

L’Express
Par Anne-Sophie Ladonne, publié le 07/07/2009
L’éventuelle expérimentation des méga-camions de 60 tonnes en France ne plaît pas à tout le monde. Au secrétariat d’Etat aux Transports, on calme le jeu.
Les “megatrucks”, ces camions de 25,25 mètres maximum pouvant peser 60 tonnes, vont-ils faire leur apparition sur les routes de France? Aujourd’hui interdits -les limites en [...]

Airbus enregistre plus de commandes que Boeing au premier semestre

La Tribune.fr – 08/07/2009
La filiale d’EADS enregistre 67 commandes de plus que son concurrent. L’avionneur américain subit les conséquences de ses retards de fabrication.
Le malheur des uns fait souvent le bonheur des autres. Airbus l’a expérimenté ce premier semestre. La filiale du groupe industriel européen EADS a surclassé son éternel concurrent américain Boeing, victime de [...]

UN CAMION SILENCIEUX POUR LES RESTAURANTS MCDONALD’S

La société LR Services, prestataire logistique exclusif de McDonald’s, a décidé de se doter de camions équipés d’une remorque ultra silencieuse pour livrer les restaurants situés en zone urbaine. Ce camion générera en phase de livraison un niveau sonore de 59,7 dB, soit l’équivalent d’une conversation entre deux personnes. Il s’agit d’une première pour une [...]

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