AIS with Crystal Blues
The following is a description of the fitting of an Automatic Identification System (AIS) Transponder to SV Crystal Blues by Neil and Ley Langford ... and the system in operation. Some years ago the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) ratified ... , course, rate of turn, cargo carried etc etc. Commercial vessels within range receive that data, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 04:14:22
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First FedEx, now UPS: rate increases for 2009
With retailers everywhere trying to bring down inventory, consumer spending weak, and import cargo volumes falling everywhere, ... increase of 4.9 percent on all air, express, and U.S. origin international shipments. And rates at its less ... , what do I know: When announcing its fiscal first quarter earnings in September, FedEx said its Express rates wo [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 12:34:21
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Major Japanese freight forwarders raided by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission
These are some big names being thrown around: It is alleged that the Japanese companies are suspected of forming a price cartel for international air cargo shipments. Companies raided included Nippon Express, Kintetsu World Express, Yusen Air ... of the companies are guilty of fixing rates or fuel and security surcharges, using meetings at the Japan [more...]
Date: 2008-04-23 23:10:41
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Airlines to pay $667m in cargo scam claims
5:00AM Saturday June 28, 2008 Four international airlines have agreed to pay US$504 million ($667 million) ... , fuel surcharges rose by 1000 per cent. One of the four airlines, Air France-KLM, has agreed ... and Asia to cook up a price-fixing scheme that raised cargo rates, fuel surcharges and security costs [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 23:35:20
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Airlines to pay $504M in price-fixing case
Several international airlines agreed to plead guilty and pay fines totaling $504 million in a cargo rate price-fixing case, the U.S. Justice Department said. [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 18:29:26
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Can you Travel Light? Great! Fly Internationally for Free (pfblogs.org)
By Nora Dunn Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable { ... ! Now you can fly for drastically discounted rates, and sometimes even for free. All you have to do is become an air courier. Courier agencies often find that it is less expensive to fly cargo [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 02:10:23
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Can you Travel Light? Great! Fly Internationally for Free (pfblogs.org)
By Nora Dunn Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable { ... ! Now you can fly for drastically discounted rates, and sometimes even for free. All you have to do is become an air courier. Courier agencies often find that it is less expensive to fly cargo [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 05:31:45
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Why NASA Isn't Trying to Human-Rate the Atlas V or Delta IV Rockets
Some commenters have raised a very reasonable question: ... you get from going to the high inclination orbit of the International Space Station. ISS doesn't just fly directly ... . Now, to be stuck in the dark you would need to have all three systems fail. Cargo rockets are not designed [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 22:01:01
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