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Sunset Transportation CEO Jim Wiliams Awarded Highest Honor by Boy Scouts
Sunset Transportation’s Founder and CEO Jim Williams was honored with the Silver Beaver Award by the Greater St. Louis Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. This is the highest award a local council can present to an adult volunteer of the Boy Scouts of America. - July 27, 2011 - Sunset Transportation
Hangar & Office Space Expansion at Banyan
Banyan Air Service continues to expand at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). Earlier this year, Banyan acquired hangars 65 and 66 with an additional 33,000 square feet of space. - July 24, 2011 - Banyan Air Service
Banyan Receives Pilots’ Choice Award
Banyan Air Service located at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport was recently voted #3 U.S. FBO, #1 Southeast U.S. FBO and #2 Star FBO in the FltPlan.com 2011 Pilots’ Choice Survey. - July 10, 2011 - Banyan Air Service
Southhampton Gains French Route to Dijon
Eastern Airways continues to launch new services, developing its French network of services from its base in Dijon. This summer scheduled flights from Southampton will be offered three times a week. - May 19, 2011 - Eastern Airways
F.S. Mackenzie Connects Western Europe to Iraq with New Groupage Trailer Service
After lengthy trials, independent freight forwarder F.S. Mackenzie has launched guaranteed twice-weekly express road trailer services between Western Europe and Iraq. - April 21, 2011 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Sri Lankan Peace Dividend Pays Off with Creation of Projects FPS
The ending of Sri Lanka's 30-year ethnic war in May 2009 has created an atmosphere so welcoming to infrastructure investments that Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a member of the Famous Pacific Shipping Group, will launch an independent heavy lift and project cargo arm from April 1, 2011 to provide strategic logistics support for the island’s reconstruction. - April 06, 2011 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Cost Effective Charter Solutions from East Coast Air Charter Inc
East Coast Air Charter, Inc, one of the leading American providers of air charter management services, would like to announce that they are offering some of the most cost effective solutions for both air cargo charters and passenger charters. East Coast Air Charter Inc was founded in 1997 and... - February 26, 2011 - East Coast Air Charter
Tradewind Aviation Expands Flights to St. Barth
Two additional aircraft dedicated to its popular San Juan - St. Barth scheduled route. - February 04, 2011 - Tradewind Aviation
Sri Lankan Freight Company Considers Expansion
Sri Lankan freight forwarder FPS Lanka is considering setting up offices in the new southern port of Hambantota and in eastern Trincomalee harbour to handle an anticipated influx of cargo flows for post-war reconstruction. - December 31, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
FPS Sri Lanka and Bertling Logistics Gear Up in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (FPS Lanka) and Bertling Logistics India (South Asia team) will work together to offer comprehensive point-to-point project logistics solutions from any part of the world to and from Sri Lanka and the Maldives. - November 04, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Davies Turner Sees China Ocean Freight Consol Services Grow Despite Downturn
During the economic difficulties affecting international trade since 2008, Davies Turner has played to its strengths and seen its China-UK consol trade grow despite the hard times facing many in the global supply chain industry. - October 27, 2010 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
U-Freight Ready for Annual Conference
The U-Freight Group - (www.ufreight.com) the Hong Kong headquartered international freight service and logistics group, will be examining current prospects in the air and oceanfreight forwarding environment at its annual conference in Shanghai which starts on Thursday September 23rd. - September 23, 2010 - UFreight
Charter Clients Protected and Informed Through RYL’s Price Security Program
RYL, a private-aviation and lifestyle company, has created a Price Security Program for its new and returning clientele in order to ensure proper pricing through competitor comparison. - September 07, 2010 - RYL
Advance International Transport Co-Ordinates Multi-Port Freight Shipment for Mitsubishi
International project freight forwarder, Advance International Transport has successfully co-ordinated the shipment of oil industry project cargo from two countries for Mitsubishi Corporation destined for a vital Brazilian oil industry project. - August 07, 2010 - Advance International Transport
Davies Turner Air Cargo Enters Third Decade with Triple Success
Davies Turner Air Cargo Ltd (DTAC), the air cargo arm of Davies Turner Plc, the UK’s leading independent freight forwarder, international logistics and transport company, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a hat-trick that sets up the operation for its third decade of successful trading. - July 14, 2010 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
Advance Energises Mitsubishi Power Shipments
Building on a working relationship that spans almost 40 years, Istanbul-based Advance International Transport has moved two consignments of cooling plant modules for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). - July 14, 2010 - Advance International Transport
Ash Cloud Fails to Dent Davies Turner’s Record of Supplying Tehran Book Fair
The Icelandic volcano that grounded much of Europe’s airfreight could not have come at a more critical time for Davies Turner, the UK and Ireland’s leading independent freight services provider, as it planned deliveries for this year’s Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF). - June 30, 2010 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
Hangar63 and TropicAero.com Add Portable GPUs to Product Line
Hangar63 (Banyan’s Aviation Store) located at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) has recently partnered with Aviation Management International (AMI) to offer customers the AMI line of Portable Ground Power Units (GPUs). - June 09, 2010 - Banyan Air Service
Advance Powers Marine Engine Shipments
Advance International Transport is nearing the mid-way point of a significant contract to move engines to power eight 56,000 dwt multipurpose ships being constructed in Bulgaria. - May 26, 2010 - Advance International Transport
Customer Appreciation Day Draws Crowd
Recently, Hangar63 (Banyan’s Aviation Store) and TropicAero.com hosted their annual customer appreciation day. Over 360 people attended the event and participated in the day’s activities that took place at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. - May 20, 2010 - Banyan Air Service
Banyan Participates in Bahamas Gateway FBO Seminar
Recently several Banyan teammates participated in a Bahamas Gateway FBO Seminar hosted by The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism – Aviation Division (BMOTA). - May 19, 2010 - Banyan Air Service
CST Industries, Inc. Selects Sunset Transportation, Inc. as Third Party Logistics Provider to Increase Transportation Efficiency, Savings
CST Industries, Inc., a global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of storage tanks and covers, has selected Sunset Transportation, Inc. to provide transportation management services and technology for its five divisions: Columbian TecTank, Engineered Storage Products, Conservatek... - May 17, 2010 - Sunset Transportation
Famous Pacific Shipping (NZ) in LCL Expansion to Pacific Islands
In New Zealand, Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services supplier, is enhancing its intra-Pacific Islands freight connections with the launch of a new regular direct oceanfreight consolidation service to a range of Micronesian destinations, as well as Guam and the Marshall Islands. - May 13, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Davies Turner Strengthens Freight Links with South-Central Germany
Davies Turner is boosting UK importers’ and exporters’ links with Bavaria and central Europe, building on its new, twice-weekly trailer groupage service with the region. - May 06, 2010 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
New Agency Agreement Set to Raise Davies Turner’s Profile in India
Davies Turner has appointed PL Shipping & Logistics (PLSLL) as its partner for ocean freight services between the UK and India. - April 22, 2010 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
Banyan’s Wings of Hope Helping 4KIDS of South Florida
The teammates at Banyan Air Service, based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport have recently committed their support to 4KIDS of South Florida. Banyan helps this organization through volunteer opportunities, monetary donations, and new and gently used items. - April 04, 2010 - Banyan Air Service
FPS Melbourne Dishes Up Nine Course Banquet to Welcome in Year of the Tiger
Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) Melbourne has welcomed in the Chinese New Year with a glittering function to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. - March 20, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
First Successful Bahamas Day at Banyan
Banyan located at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) hosted the first annual Bahamas Day on February 20, 2010. This event was for pilots who wanted information on flying to the Bahamas and for people wanting details about charter flights. - March 04, 2010 - Banyan Air Service
The Expedited Group Operates as a Global Provider of Premium Freight Services in a Best-in-Class Segment of the Expedited Transportation Industry
The Expedited Group’s goal is to reinvent the way people do business with transportation providers and to shape the future of the freight industry through the Internet by generating unprecedented business opportunities. The Expedited Group operates as a global provider of premium freight... - February 11, 2010 - Expedited Group
Famous Pacific Shipping (NZ) Names Business Development Manager and Forms a Joint Venture with Royale International Couriers
Famous Pacific Shipping (NZ) Ltd in Auckland has appointed George Dobovanszky as business development manager with a focus on the development of the freight forwarder’s cargo volumes in the US - New Zealand trade. - February 11, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Advance Sparkles for Syrian Glass Manufacturer
Advance International Transport has completed an important contract to support the construction of a new glass-making complex in Syria. - February 04, 2010 - Advance International Transport
PT FPS Indonesia Opens for Business in Tangerang … Secures ISO9001 Quality Re-Certification
PT FPS Indonesia, a member of the international forwarding and logistics network - Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS Group) - has opened a new branch office at Tangerang to consolidate the forwarder’s growing business in Indonesia. - January 27, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Aircraft Landing on a Road Near Leogane, Haiti to Deliver Food, Supplies and Doctors
Tradewind Aviation has been delivering supplies, food and doctors to an isolated area near the epicenter of both the earthquake and aftershock in Haiti. There are no airports in the area so a 1200 foot stretch of road has allowed the Cessna Grand Caravans to land and deliver up to 3000 pound of... - January 21, 2010 - Tradewind Aviation
Famous Pacific Shipping Seeks Global Expansion
New freight forwarding members sought from the Commonwealth of Independent States, North Africa, and parts of the FSU, such as Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, especially. - January 13, 2010 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Davies Turner Adds Twice Weekly Door-to-Door Services Between the UK and Poland
Now working with Hellmann Worldwide in Poland. Customers using Davies Turner’s overland trailer services between the UK and Poland now benefit from direct door-to-door services with Tuesday and Friday departures from Davies Turner’s main regional distribution centres in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Dartford. - January 07, 2010 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
Famous Pacific Shipping Restructures Top Management
In Macau, at the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Famous Pacific Shipping Group (FPS Group), delegates agreed to a restructuring of the Asia-based NVOCC and freight forwarding network’s senior management team. - December 10, 2009 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Davies Turner Offers Greener Modes for Turkish Freight
Five years after Turkey’s dynamic economy and burgeoning garment trade encouraged the independent UK freight forwarder Davies Turner to further expand its presence in the market by locating its own delegate in Istanbul, the company is offering re-engineered supply chain services using greener transport modes and increasing the exports and imports of general freight to improve utilisation of its road trailers. - December 10, 2009 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
Advance International Helps Power Bulgarian Shipbuilding
Global project cargo forwarder Advance International Transport Inc has commenced a three-year contract to provide heavy lift transport management services for Japanese-built ship engines destined for a multi bulk-carrier order being undertaken at a leading Bulgarian shipyard. - November 29, 2009 - Advance International Transport
Aloha Air Cargo and Hawaii Farm Bureau Partner for Island Sustainability-New Collaboration Offers Local Farmers Discounted Shipping Rates and Enhanced Membership Benefits
Aloha Air Cargo and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation (HFBF) have cultivated an unprecedented new partnership that champions local farmers and fosters enhanced sustainability in the Hawaiian Islands. Starting today, associates of HFBF now have access to a members-only webpage and exclusive discount... - November 11, 2009 - Aloha Air Cargo
Famous Pacific Shipping’s New Oceanfreight Consolidation Service from Hong Kong Opens New Gateway for Central and Eastern Europe
Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, now offers weekly oceanfreight consolidation services from Hong Kong to a key central European gateway. - October 01, 2009 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Davies Turner’s Offers Daily 48-Hour Groupage Services Throughout Germany
Despite the severe economic downturn affecting traffic volumes in Europe, Davies Turner – Britain & Ireland’s leading independent forwarder - continues to make strategic improvements to its E.U. trailer services. - September 30, 2009 - Davies Turner & Co.Ltd
Advance Shows Its Heavyweight 'Bottle' in Poland
International freight forwarder, Advance International Transport, is working on a major project freight management contract on behalf of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), shipping thousands of tonnes of machinery and material to support the construction of the first PTA (purified terephthalic acid) plant in Poland. - August 30, 2009 - Advance International Transport
Famous Pacific Shipping Adds Oceanfreight Services Between Europe and South America
Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) Rotterdam has beefed up its South American oceanfreight connections with the launch of a new fortnightly consolidation service to Cartagena, Colombia. This service adds to FPS Rotterdam’s existing services to Santos, Buenos Aires, Callao, Valparaiso and Colon. - August 21, 2009 - Famous Pacific Shipping
International Air Charter Launch the JetSet 20 Scheme
International Air Charter are one of the world's leading private jet charter companies who offer luxurious and tailored private flight solutions to those who require the very best in air charter travel. Here they inform you of the launch of their new IAC JetSet card. - August 07, 2009 - International Air Charter
Humidity Control Room Boosts U-Freight’s Aviation MRO Logistics Services
In Singapore, the U-Freight Group (UFL) has opened a new logistics facility, which allows appropriate levels of humidity to be maintained during the handling and storage of aircraft engines and aviation components. - July 29, 2009 - UFreight
Icon Jet, LLC Shoots for the Moon with New Luxury Aircraft
VIP charter corporation adds to five-star fleet and garnishes national media coverage It takes a very special person to completely appreciate a Boeing 737 aircraft that is “all jet” on the outside – and a five-star hotel on the inside. Icon Jet, LLC, is a brand new corporation... - July 25, 2009 - Icon Jet
Famous Pacific Shipping Invites AGM Sponsors
Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, is inviting container shipping lines to sponsor its Annual General Meeting and conference which will be held later this year in Macau from October 25-29th. - July 01, 2009 - Famous Pacific Shipping
Construction Starts on U-Freight’s Iconic Logistics Facility at Shanghai Pudong
Ground breaking has taken place on a RMB200 million/USD29.26 million strategic warehousing and office complex at Shanghai Pudong International airport for the UFL Group (www.ufreight.com) - the international freight service and logistics company. Completion of the building work is expected within 15 months. - June 28, 2009 - UFreight
Advance International Assists Azerbaijan Go for Gold
Advance International Transport is playing a significant role in efforts by Azerbaijan to capitalise fully on its goldfield resources. - June 25, 2009 - Advance International Transport
Imperial Jets Assisting with Evacuations from Battle-Worn Region of Somalia
Imperial Jets, a leading private jet charter firm with headquarters based in New York City, is currently assisting with evacuations out of the at-threat areas of Somalia from their office located in Tanzania. - June 18, 2009 - Imperial Jets