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SAO PAULO, Brazil — /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX via MarketWacth/ — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aereos S.A. (”GTA”) and VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. (”VRG”), announces that its cargo transport unit, Gollog, has signed a partnership with Emirates SkyCargo, the cargo division of Emirates Airline, to transport cargo to all destinations operated by the two companies.
Under the agreement, Gollog will use GTA and VRG aircraft to transport cargo originating in any of the 59 destinations in Brazil and South America served by either airline and deliver it to Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo. Upon arrival at Guarulhos, the cargo will be transferred to an Emirates’ aircraft for shipment to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. From Dubai, Emirates will then distribute the cargo to one of its more than 101 destinations in 62 countries, where it will then be delivered to its final destination. Alternatively, cargo shipped to Sao Paulo via Emirates SkyCargo will be transferred to GTA and VRG aircraft and transported to its final destination through GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes’ domestic and international route network.
“It is a privilege for GOL, through GOLLOG, to have been chosen to transport Emirate’s cargo. (continue reading…)

SHANGHAI – Chinese airlines’ passenger volume fell 3.8 percent in June from a year earlier as natural disasters discouraged air travel, extending a drop in May that broke the industry’s steady record of growth in China’s economic boom.

Flag carrier Air China (601111.SS: Quote, Profile, Research) (0753.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) and other Chinese airlines carried a total of 14.17 million passengers last month, the official CAAC Journal, an aviation industry newspaper, said in its online edition.

Passenger volume also shrank in May, after a devastating earthquake in southwest China curbed tourist travel to scenic Sichuan province and led to the cancellation of conferences and other events. (continue reading…)

Accra, GNA – That a trader who allegedly attempted to export to the UK three large parcels of compressed cannabis in a drum and 12 small parcels of the same stuff in two leather chess boards was on Thursday put before an Accra Circuit Court. Emmanuel Adom charged with attempted exportation and possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority pleaded not guilty. The court further turned down a bail application put in by his lawyer and remanded him into prison custody to reappear on July 29. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Kofi Blagodzi said on July 9, this year, personnel of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on duty at Aviance Cargo Village on routine check inspected a card box ready to be exported by Joseph Mawuli to the United Kingdom. ASP. Blagodzi said when the items were scanned they were found to contain some foreign materials.

According to the prosecutor, when the drum and the two leather chess boards were cut, three big parcels and 12 small compressed parcels of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, a narcotic drug, were found. The prosecution said Mawuli was therefore arrested up by NACOB (continue reading…)

(Xinhua)– Many South Korean ports were paralyzed Thursday, blocked by truckers who vowed to strike Friday in protest at the rising cost of fuel that has wiped out their profit margins, reported Yonhap news agency.

Strikes in Busan, South Korea’s largest port city, saw 83 percent of all containers in the city’s seven ports locked down. Busan handles 76 percent of all the nation’s shipping.

Members of the Korea Cargo Transport Workers Union agreed earlier this week to take to the streets Friday in dozens of port cities, complaining that the government’s latest policy package to deal with record-breaking crude oil prices failed to address their economic difficulties.

Last Sunday, the government announced that it will spend over 10 trillion won (9.77 billion U.S. dollars) over the next year as part of a comprehensive policy package meant to help citizens deal with record-breaking crude oil prices.
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The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport), today announced the successful conclusion of a new air transport agreement with the Philippines to increase trade and tourism. She made the announcement on behalf of the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister responsible for the Pacific Gateway and Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, and the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Secretary of State Guergis met with Senior Undersecretary Thomas Aquino of the Department of Trade and Industry, Government of the Philippines, on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) meeting in Arequipa, Peru, to make the announcement.

“I am very pleased to announce a new and expanded air transport agreement between Canada and the Philippines, which will enhance relations between our two countries,” said Secretary of State Guergis. “Expanded air services are an important contributor to trade in goods and services, providing increased capacity and access to more choices for both passenger and cargo traffic.”
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For Jan-Apr 2008 cargo carriages in Azerbaijan by all transport means grew by 13.3% up to 56.1 million tons and cargo turnover increased by 31.6% against the 2007 relevant period.

The State Statistics Committee informs that cargo was transported mainly by road (43ǒ%), via pipelines 34% (including 20.8% via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipe n.a. Heydar Aliyev and 1.7% via South Caucasus pipe), by rail 15.9% and by sea 6.5%. Up to 67.9% of cargo was carried by private transport.

For the reported period it was transported 383.6 million passengers that is by 7.1% more against the 2007 same period. 81.8% of passenger carriages were carried out by non-state sector. Passenger carriages by road reached 81.9% and by the underground 17.5%.

For the reported period transportation by rail made 8.9 million tons of cargo that by 6.5% less versus the 2007 same term figure. Daily wagon loading reduced 10.7% and unloading 3.8%.
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Kenya Shippers Council (KSC) says only a comprehensive cargo transport policy can solve the persistent problem of skyrocketing production costs in the country.

The organisation, which is emerging as a forceful lobby on shipping matters, says it is spearheading a broadbased process to develop a new policy for the cargo transport sector.

“Our key focus is to bring down the cost of doing business by mitigating on the cost of transport, which accounts for between 30 and 40 per cent of the cost of production,” says Mr Gilbert Langat, the Kenya Shippers Council chief executive officer.

The rate, he says, is far above the international benchmark of 15 to 20 per cent and makes Kenya one of the most expensive markets in the world.

The CEO was quick to state that the policy initiative is not going to contradict the existing policies saying: “The KSC is taking into consideration the policies already in existence and in use by Government agencies.” (continue reading…)