Heathrow airport London has introduced the new technology for the baggage screening   Heathrow airport security authorities will now check all the baggage and air cargo with new technology. It is Morpho Detection, offering 45 high-speed CTX 9800 DSiT explosive detection systems (EDS) through which all cargo and passenger baggage will be screened on […]

Border Forces at Heathrow Airport alleged Pakistan International Airlines cabin crew for trafficking the illegal goods from UK to Pakistan.   Pakistan International Airlines has received an official warning from the UK Border Forces after cabin crew was repeatedly found and alleged for carrying restricted goods and excess duty free goods. The PIA cabin crew […]

Input Output Co-efficient Organization temporarily stops determining the drawbacks of regulatory duties on trade till the budget 2015-2016   Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan (FBR) has sent a request to the authorities at Input Output Co-efficient Organisation (IOCO) to temporarily halt the process of determining the drawbacks of increase in regulatory duties on exports […]

Development of Dry ports in Torkham and Chaman will ease the delivery of cargo in Pakistan Pakistan’s Strategic Trade Development Policy was announced in December 2012 to enhance the trade facilitation process in the region. As part of the policy, Pakistan has started constructing dry ports in the bordered cities of the country. Pakistan is […]

  World’s third largest cruise ship ‘Anthems of the Seas’ has arrived at UK’s sea shores with robot bar tenders   World’s third largest cruise ship has arrived in Southampton. The ‘Anthem of the Seas’ is a futuristic cruise ship which was under construction as a member of Quantum class of cruise ships and is […]

  Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport officially unveiled cargo village after three years of development process   King Fahd international airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the world. On Tuesday, the aviation authorities of Saudi Arabia have announced that the Cargo Village at the airport will handle the maximum number of […]

Pakistan Customs authorities have seized several cargo goods on illegal transporting activities   Pakistan customs authorities have seized the cargo and casual goods from the luggage of passengers in last week. Customs authorities said that the passengers, importers and exporters were found transporting things illegally. In the first operation, custom officials at Lahore Airport stopped […]

A proposed 15 percent regulatory duty on hot-rolled steel imports in Pakistan is likely to get approved   Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sanctioned a proposal of Ministry of Production and Industries to increase the regulatory duty on imports of hot-rolled steel products and pipes. However, the Ministry has also suggested a fix […]

  Federal Minister for Commerce ensures ease and facilitation package for Port-Qasim, Pakistan’s second busiest sea port   Federal Minister for Commerce, Khurram Dastagir Khan visited Port Qasim recently and inspected trade facilities offered to businesses at the port. He directed the port authorities to ensure maximum ease and facilitation to the business community and […]

35-year old Pakistani native cargo worker becomes first ever UAE player to hit a hundred in cricket world cup   The ‘man’ works in Dubai’s cargo since 2007 and his days and nights were passing in air cargo yards loading and unloading excessive cargo baggage. But suddenly, he got the chance to represent UAE in […]