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As part of Pacific International Lines’ (PIL) continuous effort to optimize its network efficiency, the company will be withdrawing its servi...
Read MoreWFS gains IATA CEIV certification for new pharma centre at Paris
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certification for its new €10 million Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaul...
Emirates SkyCargo completes 30 years of facilitating trade between Riyadh and the world
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates is marking the 30th anniversary of its operations to the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
DP World buys majority stake in Ukraine's TIS container terminal
Dubai-based provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain logistics, DP World, has agreed to acquire a majority 51% stake in TIS Container Te...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract with BHP
Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned su...
Freight & Logistics
CEVA Logistics embarks on electric vehicle trial in London
CEVA Logistics in the UK is using its Urban Distribution Hub at Dartford, Kent to undertake an electric vehicle trial for lorries delivering into c...
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DHL further expands online booking service for ocean transports
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has expan...
LogiPoint completes phase 1 of logistics Park Modon
LogiPoint, the leading logistics zones developer in Saudi Arabia, announced the completion of pha...
U-Freight grows in Korea with e-commerce fulfilment centre
U-Freight Korea, part of the Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group, has opened a new logistics hub in I...
Vestas and DSV Panalpina form strategic partnership
Vestas and DSV Panalpina, a world leader in transport and logistics services, have formed a strat...
Airports
ACI World issues guidance on global communicable disease transmission
Airports Council International (ACI) World has highlighted guidance for airports following the recent novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. As t...
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Swissport and Lufthansa renew cargo handling contract at Brussels and Liege airports
Swissport and Lufthansa signed a 5-year contract for cargo handling at Brussels and Lie?ge airpor...
Ontario International Airport: November another high-flying month
Southern California’s Ontario International Airport (ONT) continued to attract more air tra...
AirAsia ground handling unit opens Kuala Lumpur airfreight hub
The AirAsia and SATS’ ground handling joint venture, Ground Team Red (GTR), is looking to o...
Hong Kong Airport welcomes Air Cargo Terminal Charge Concession
To reinforce Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)’s competitiveness and its global status...
Container
Maersk Line partners with Portrix Logistic Software to deliver full spot pricing benefits
Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is partnering with PORTRIX LOGISTIC SOFTWARE GmbH (PLS) to integrate spot pricin...
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ONE, Cosco, OOCL and Yang Ming launch East Med – America service
Ocean Network Express, COSCO Shipping Lines, OOCL and Yang Ming are to launch a new weekly Transa...
CMA CGM launches PIACENZA RAIL SHUTTLE connecting the Port of Genoa
The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, is pleased to announce the introduct...
Vinalines eyes to join Global Shipping Alliances
The Vietnam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) will devise a number of measures to f...
Hapag-Lloyd launches remote reefer supply chain monitoring tool
Container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is adding near real-time monitoring of its reefer containe...
Sea Ports / Terminals
Oakland Port appoints McKenney Chief Operating Officer
Veteran aviation executive Kristi McKenney has been named Chief Operating Officer at the Port of Oakland. Executive Director Danny Wan announced t...
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Port of Los Angeles moves 806,144 TEUs in January
The Port of Los Angeles moved 806,144 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in January, a 5.4% decr...
ICTSI Argentina inks agreement with Evergreen
TecPlata, operator of the container terminal located in Puerto La Plata, has signed a contract wi...
APM Terminals presents expansion project to Government of Georgia
APM Terminals Poti has presented its plans for the creation of a deep-water port to the Governmen...
DP World handles 71 million TEU and reports 1.0% volume growth in 2019
DP World handled 71.2 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in 2019, wit...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
SCF Group expands LNG fleet and strengthens partnership with Total
On 4 February 2020, a naming ceremony was held for SCF Group’s latest LNG carrier, SCF La Perouse, named after Jean-François de la P&e...
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BW LPG declares option for additional four LPG dual-fuel engines
BW LPG announced that it has exercised an option for the delivery of four additional LPG dual-fue...
Diana Shipping announces sale of a capsize and time-charter for a kamsarmax
Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, ...
Genco Shipping announces completion of scrubber program
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced the completion of its exhaust gas cleaning systems...
The Grande Houston delivered to the Grimaldi Group
The Grimaldi Group fleet expands further with the arrival of the new Pure Car & Truck Carrier...
Safety
Hapag-Lloyd to lower CO2 emissions using biofuel
Hapag-Lloyd is bunkering “bio”: To reduce the CO2 emissions generated by operating ships, one of its ships recently refuelled in Rotter...
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Bamboo Airways passes IATA operational safety audit
Bamboo Airways was added to the IOSA Registry. The IOSA Registration Certificate Awarding Ceremon...
Bahri Joins Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has become an official member of the Mari...
MSC becomes first major shipping line to use 30% biofuel blends
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is pleased to announce that the company is now starting ...
ABS issues industry’s first fire-fighting guide for containerships
The ABS Guide for Fire-Fighting Systems for Cargo Areas of Container Carriers has just been publi...
Featured News
Abu Dhabi Ports inks long-term agreement with MSC Cruises
Abu Dhabi Ports has announced a long-term agreement with MSC Cruises, giving the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line berthing rights ...
A.P. Moller - Maersk appoints Patrick Jany as new CFO
Patrick Jany joins A.P. Moller - Maersk as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Member of the Executive Board. Patrick Jany who is a German citizen ...
Euronav enters acquisition agreement of Three VLCCs under construction
Euronav NV announces it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition through resale of three VLCC newbuilding contracts. Key highlights * V...
Cargolux recognized “Best Developing Freighter Operator 2019”
Cargolux is honoured to have received the “Best Developing Freighter Operator 2019” at the annual Budapest airport award ceremony. Afte...
Qatargas signs long term SPA to supply LNG to Kuwait
Qatargas announced the signing of a new, long term Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Shell to deliver 1 million to...
Red Sea Gateway Terminal welcomes new terminal equipment
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) a world-class terminal spearheaded by the Saudi Industrial Services group SISCO, has a...
BBAM orders three 737-800 Boeing converted freighters
BBAM and Boeing announced the lessor has ordered three 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF), underscoring the growing e-commerce and express s...
SC Ports sees strong volumes in January
S.C. Ports Authority saw steady container volumes in January, with strong year-over-year increases in the vehicle, cruise and inland ports segments...
Hapag-Lloyd and HHLA to continue collaboration
Hapag-Lloyd AG and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), will be continuing their close cooperation in Hamburg for another five years. On the b...
Lufthansa Cargo and ANA Cargo fly relief goods to Australia
Lufthansa Cargo and ANA Cargo have jointly transported about two tons of relief supplies to Australia. Starting on 3 February, 2020 in Frankfurt, G...
Airlines - Freighter
Etihad Cargo partners with WebCargo by Freightos to expand digital air cargo reach
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, accelerates its commitment to deliver heightened customer experience by inking ...
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Poland signs $4.6bn deal for F-35 fighter jets
Lockheed Martin has won a $4.6 billion order for the F-35 fighter aircraft from the Polish govern...
Swiss WorldCargo expands Japan capacity, adds Osaka to its network
Swiss WorldCargo is expanding its network by adding direct Zurich to Osaka flights to its existin...
Etihad Cargo renews WFS Global handling contract
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has renewed its global cargo ...
Swiss WorldCargo begins flying to Ljubljana
Swiss WorldCargo will begin cargo operations to Ljubljana, Slovenia. Swiss WorldCargo will operat...
Airlines - Passenger
Aeroflot and Japan Airlines agree on codeshare partnership
Russian Airlines and Japan Airlines announced a codeshare agreement that will offer added flexibility to passengers traveling between Russia and Ja...
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SAS reports 1.9 million passengers traveled in January
The number of customers traveling with SAS increased by 3.2% compared to last year. Punctuality s...
KLM extends suspension of its flights to Beijing and Shanghai to 15 March
As a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus, KLM temporarily suspended its flights to mainland...
SAS opens new route to Warsaw from Stockholm
Starting 1 May 2020, SAS will fly non-stop between Stockholm and Poland’s capital Warsaw. T...
Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines to suspend flights to/from mainland China
The coronavirus outbreak has forced Lufthansa Group members Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airline...
Ship Operation
AET wins long term time charter deal with Petrobras
AET has been awarded long term time charter contracts for three Suezmax class Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers (DPSTs) by Petróleo Brasi...
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Phillips 66 appoints GAC Hub Agency to support marine operations
GAC Hub Agency has secured a contract with Phillips 66 to support its marine operations in the Am...
Bahri extends liner shipping network to South India
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has reached a new milestone in its effort...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract with Phaethon
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
NORDEN continues fleet optimization
NORDEN has sold one Handysize tanker, which was delivered to her new owners in late November 2019...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Batik Air receives its first A320neo
Batik Air, the full service wing of Indonesia’s Lion Group, marked the arrival of its first A320neo with a ceremony at Soekarno-Hatta Interna...
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Embraer and SkyWest sign contract for 20 E175 Jets
Embraer and SkyWest, Inc. signed a firm order for 20 E175 jets in a 76-seat configuration. The or...
AEI signs contract with airwork for an additional B737-400SF
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) announced the company has signed a contract with New Zealand-b...
Airbus to add A321 production capabilities in Toulouse
Following its strategy to keep its overall production system at the leading edge of technology an...
CALC signs purchase agreement for 40 additional A321neo aircraft
CALC (China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited), a full value-chain aircraft solutions provi...
Ship Building / Shipyards
K Line: new corona-Class coal carrier delivered
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, is proud to announce the delivery of “TOHOKU MARU,” an 91,000 DWT-type special coal carrier at Oshi...
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Sogester Luanda and Namibe infrastructure upgrades continue
During 2019, the Sogester Container Terminal, located in the Port of Luanda, Angola, invested aro...
NYK to build second LNG-fueled PCTC
NYK has concluded a contract with Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd. to build a second LNG-fueled p...
Navibulgar ordered a new series of four 31 800t bulk carriers
Navigation Maritime Bulgare ordered the building of a new series of four 31 800t bulk carriers in...
TORM orders two scrubber-fitted LR2 newbuildings
TORM has entered into an agreement to purchase two scrubber-fitted and fuel-efficient LR2 newbuil...
Insurance / Finance
SFL Corporation announces the sale of older VLCC
SFL Corporation Ltd. announces that it has sold and delivered the 2002-built VLCC Front Hakata to an unrelated third party. The net cash proceeds ...
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Cheniere to ring NYSE bell in celebration of 1,000th LNG cargo milestone
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced that Jack Fusco, its President and Chief Executive Officer, along...
Castor Maritime announces financing agreements to expand fleet
Castor Maritime Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels...
OOCL: Total volumes & revenues up in Q4 and full year
As per its unaudited operational updates, for the fourth quarter of 2019 (ended December 31, 2019...
DAE signs new US$300 million 4-year unsecured term loan
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. announced that it has signed a US$300 million 4-year unsecu...