The global financial crisis will lead to radical changes in the structure of financial controls in the supply chain, with 100% control from transport order to payment on carriers’ invoices. This is the prediction following a survey of multinational shippers by freight invoice control company ControlPay. This comprised seeking the views of logistics companies on […]

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The fate of some major transport infrastructure projects planned for the greater Christ-church area now hangs in the balance. The problem is the total cost of the planned programme of major roadworks for the next 10 years has escalated well beyond the estimated $1.19bn effectively throwing into chaos the region’s entire transport blueprint for the […]

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A new study into UK transport has backed the more centralised transport management model the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) is implementing in Auckland under powers granted by the Public Transport Management Act. The study, written by the Centre for Cities think tank, compares Birmingham’s public transport with London’s. It says 10 years ago the […]

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Three months ago when oil prices were nudging $US150 a barrel all the talk regarding public transport operators was how they could cope with burgeoning patronage as people deserted their cars in favour of cheaper buses or trains. Now with oil having tumbled to around $US50 as the world moves into recession and speculators flee […]

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Large segments of the global cargo industry still do not have an operational process in place to take advantage of the value-added benefits obtainable from the automated dimensioning of cargo. Sheri Ascencio from FreightScan, LLC, which develops and deploys technology solutions for the freight and logistics industry says, “Despite the dynamic new technology solutions available […]

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Leading transport businessman, Lloyd Morrison, says a change of Govt “was really necessary” after what occurred during the last term of the Labour Govt. “Their claim to experience doesn’t relate to the type of environment we’ve got at the moment and it was a wrong time to be having increased bureaucracy layered over the top […]

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Loose talk by National politicians over the Waikato Expressway appears to be coming back to haunt them already. Waikato’s new regional transport boss, Harry Wilson, says it is highly unlikely the Waikato Expressway will be completed within 10 years as National has promised. In addition, he says it is still impossible to say what it […]

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John Key’s administration is a reluctant owner of the nation’s railway but probably wants to preserve a network which ensures dairy products, coal, logs and other products get to export markets. The new team - Infrastructure Minister Bill English, SOE Minister Simon Power and Transport Minister Steven Joyce - inherit a railway system which has […]

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DHL has set up a new subsidiary Neutral Services, to improve the efficiency of both DHL’s and its customers’ supply chains. The move could be one which is replicated by other logistics providers world-wide. Neutral Services CEO, Karl Feilder, says, “The first thing you need to understand about greening a supply chain is that the […]

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Air NZ is pushing for the Govts of Tonga and Samoa to help cover the losses on services it provides linking the countries with Auckland and Los Angeles. Airline spokesman, Mark Street, says Air NZ will only deploy aircraft on routes with sufficient and suitable demand to fill them profitably because airlines which fly half-empty […]

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