Transportation and Logistics

This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.

innovations-report provides informative reports and articles on such topics as traffic telematics, toll collection, traffic management systems, route planning, high-speed rail (Transrapid), traffic infrastructures, air safety, transport technologies, transport logistics, production logistics and mobility.

Paris Air Show 2007 takes off in London on 18 April

Officials from the biennial Paris Air Show organisation, a full subsidiary of GIFAS (the French aerospace industries association), will discuss developments…

World first as fast jet pilot directs multiple unmanned aircraft

The system, developed by QinetiQ and funded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), gives unmanned aircraft an advanced level of independence and intelligence, or…

New long-range RFID technology from VTT for Chinese road tolls

The new system could become the foundation for nation-wide traffic and road toll monitoring. The new technology will be first deployed in Wuhan, a city with a…

Compact, robust and powerful: Siemens VDO presents new navigation computer for fleet management

The new unit for professional use on company cars or commercial vehicles thus does entirely without CD ROMs. This trend-setting system change has a number of…

Students enter competition to produce a zero-emissions snowmobile

Snowmobiles long ago replaced dogsleds for hauling people and cargo in the polar regions, particularly in remote research stations and field camps such as…

University of Leicester engineering modifications enhance aircraft safety

The Leicester modifications have effectively compensated for an inherent design limitation that has led to several disastrous crashes – most notably the JAS-29…

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