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DNV GL has awarded South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) with an Approval in Principle (AIP) for the design of a very l...
Read MoreCargill and Maersk Tankers join forces in the Medium Range segment
Cargill and Maersk Tankers announce a strategic partnership that will improve flexibility for customers and reduce fuel consumption and emissions, ...
Air Arabia’s inaugural flight lands at Vienna International Airport
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, now offers direct flights between Sharjah and Vienna. The...
U-Freight Hong Kong warehouse gains air cargo screening accreditation
The U-Freight Group (UFL) has become one of the first freight forwarders to have one of its logistics hubs in Hong Kong certified by the Hong Kong ...
Frontline extends options on Trafigura suezmaxes
Reference is made to the notice of 23 August 2019, whereby Frontline Ltd. announced an agreement with Trafigura Maritime Logistics, a wholly-owned ...
Freight & Logistics
FESCO, UNICO to cooperate in development in transit services
FESCO Transportation group and Korean logistics company UNICO LOGISTICS CO. have signed intent agreement in the Eastern Economic Forum. The agreeme...
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GAC wins ShipTek Best Ship Agency Award for second consecutive year
GAC has been named the best ship agent in the ShipTek Maritime Awards for the second year running...
CEVA Logistics expands its presence in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
CEVA Logistics officially opened its new facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, doubling the size...
Agility invests $18 million in green supply chain technologies
Agility, a leading global logistics provider, announced that it has invested $18 million in green...
Sonoco ThermoSafe launching Pegasus ULD line to move pharma shipments
Sonoco ThermoSafe announced the creation of the Pegasus ULD® line of passive temperature cont...
Airports
WFS opens pharma facility in Copenhagen
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has set a new standard for the handling of pharmaceutical products in Copenhagen Airport with the official opening ...
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HKIA announces traffic figures for July
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) announced traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HK...
Hong Kong Airport flight operations resume
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) operated smoothly, with over 1,000 flights handled for the...
Swissport signs long-term lease at SEGRO’s Heathrow Cargo Centre
Swissport, one of the world’s leading cargo-handling companies, will extend its stay at SEG...
Munich Airport and Meridiam win Sofia Airport concession
Munich Airport and Meridiam, jointly with STRABAG, have been awarded with the Sofia Airport Conce...
Container
Yang Ming hails success of new Liverpool feeder service
A new express feeder service to Liverpool has smashed its initial targets almost immediately after launching in June, underlining demand for a dire...
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World's largest container ship arrived at Port of Rotterdam
MSC Gülsün arrived at the APMT 2 terminal quay in the Port of Rotterdam on Tuesday, 3 S...
Yang Ming to launch Japan-Thailand Service
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.(Yang Ming) continues to enhance its Intra-Asia service network b...
APL enhancements of Asia Australia Express 1 and Asia Australia Express 2 services
APL, part of the CMA CGM Group, announced enhancements to its existing Asia Australia Express 1 (...
Ocean Network Express enhances Asia Australia services
Ocean Network Express (ONE) will be launching enhanced services covering Asia and Australia. From...
Sea Ports / Terminals
Port of Los Angeles breaks August record by moving 861,081 TEUs
For the fifth consecutive month, the Port of Los Angeles has set a new single-month cargo record. In August, the Port moved 861,081 Twenty-Foot Equ...
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ICTSI Ecuador launches first transport insurance program for banana trade
Contecon Guayaquil SA – the Ecuadorian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Servi...
PSA International completes Penn Terminals acquisition
PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) has completed the acquisition of Penn Terminals (Penn) located on...
ICTSI’s Manzanillo Terminal hits 4 million TEUs
Contecon Manzanillo S.A. de C.V. (CMSA), the Mexican subsidiary of International Container Termin...
Port of Rotterdam Authority facilitates Sif expansion at Maasvlakte
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has reached an agreement with Sif Holding n.v. regarding the leas...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
NYK concludes long-term charter agreement with Total for LNG Carriers
NYK Group company Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), of which NYK has a 50 percent share, has concluded a time-charter contract for a maximum ...
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Ocean Yield: Acquisition of handysize dry bulk vessel with long-term charter
Ocean Yield ASA is pleased to announce that the Company has agreed to acquire one handysize dry b...
DryShips enters into definitive merger agreement with SPII Holdings,
DryShips Inc., announced that it had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with SPII Holdi...
Eagle Bulk establishes new European office in Copenhagen
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / ...
MOL and COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation sign MOU
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it jointly hosted the Shanghai LNG Forum 2019 with COSCO...
Safety
Maersk and Koole Terminals to produce fuel compatible with IMO 2020 regulations
Maersk Oil Trading and Koole Terminals announced the signing of an agreement to produce IMO 2020-compliant bunker fuel. The production will take p...
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PIL’s fleet attains Environmental Ship Index (ESI) certification
Singapore’s leading containership operator, has successfully attained Environmental Ship In...
The Panama Canal implements speed limits to protect whales
Starting August 1 and until November 30, 2019, the Panama Canal will promote the implementation o...
ONE’s operating vessel rescued crew members from sinking coastal vessel
Ocean Network Express (ONE) operated vessel, NYK EAGLE, was involved in a combined rescue operati...
Maersk to offer customers carbon-neutral transport
Copenhagen, Denmark. The biofuel in the pilot project is the same blend of used cooking oil and h...
Featured News
AirBridgeCargo and CargoLogicAir join air cargo booking platform cargo.one
After official announcement of partnership with cargo.one, AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) are now ready to go live with the first boo...
Georgia Ports to double container capacity
Port-related announcements of expansions and new business accounted for nearly $5 billion in investment and 12,000 jobs across the state of Georgia...
HKIA’s passenger and cargo traffic drop in August
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 6.0 million passengers and 35,655 air traffic movements in August 2019, representing year-on-year de...
Cargo ship sinks in Bay: Bangladesh Navy rescues 14 sailors
'MV Golf Argo' with 152 containers sank after its engine went out of order on Thursday night Bangladesh Navy has rescued 14 sailors after ...
Tsuneishi Philippines delivers first boxship
TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. delivered the first ship of its new-model 1,900 TEU container carrier — one of the largest container load ca...
DHL Freight opens new freight hub in Hanover-Langenhagen
DHL Freight, one of the leading providers of road transport services in Europe, officially opened its newest freight hub in the Airport Business Pa...
Hapag-Lloyd launches online marine insurance "Quick Cargo Insurance"
Hapag-Lloyd is expanding its digital product portfolio. As one of the first container shipping companies, Hapag-Lloyd is now offering its customers...
Delta Cargo appoints vice president cargo operations and logistics
Delta Cargo has appointed Rob Walpole as Vice President - Cargo Operations and Logistics. This new position, reporting to Shawn Cole, will see Walp...
Kontainers continues growth trajectory with addition of CEVA Logistics
Kontainers, the industry-leading e-commerce software provider for freight brands, announces that CEVA Logistics, a top 10 global freight forwarder,...
COSCO receives mega container ship from Jiangnan Shipbuilding
Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. delivered Cosco Shipping "Planet", the last in the series of 21000TEU super-large container ships...
Airlines - Freighter
Boeing and China Airlines finalize order for six 777 freighters
China Airlines finalized its agreement with Boeing to order six 777 Freighters to modernize its cargo fleet. The carrier, which currently operates ...
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DSV Panalpina moves its first joint shipment
The DSV Panalpina engine is warming up as the new company moves the first shipments through its c...
FedEx strengthens Latin America network with acquisition of Cargex
FedEx Corp. announced that it has agreed to acquire Cargex S.A., an international freight forward...
Air France-KLM and Kuehne + Nagel create first direct system-to-system connection in the industry
Kuehne + Nagel and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo), two leading players of the airf...
JetBlue and Aeronex to launch US cargo operation
JetBlue announced it will partner with Aeronex Cargo LLC to launch a new cargo offering. Aeronex ...
Airlines - Passenger
Atlas Air Worldwide to expand in New York
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announced the renewal and extension of its corporate headquarters lease in Purchase, N.Y. Atlas’ plans in ...
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IndiGo announces new domestic and international routes
IndiGo, India’s leading airline, announced new flights between Delhi Singapore and a freque...
United Airlines adds service to Tokyo
United Airlines announced it will begin service between four of its U.S. hubs and Tokyo's Han...
Norwegian to discontinue its Transatlantic 737 MAX routes
Norwegian, the World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline, will discontinue its transatlantic ...
Menzies renews major WestJet contract at Toronto
Menzies has renewed its contract with WestJet at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada&rs...
Ship Operation
SFL – acquired of three VLCC newbuildings with 5-year charters
Ship Finance International Limited announces that it has agreed to acquire three 300,000 dwt crude oil carriers, or VLCCs, currently under construc...
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MOL and Karpowership announce the first LNG-to-Powership project
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Karadeniz Holding A.S. announced that MOL and Karpower Internationa...
Corona Zenith joins K Line's coal fleet
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, is proud to announce the delivery of “CORONA ZENITH,&rd...
Bahri reports SAR 3.14 billion revenues for H1 2019
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has reported growth in revenues and opera...
OOCL Hong Kong’s maiden call to Asia’s world city
OOCL is proud to announce that the OOCL Hong Kong made her maiden call to the Port of Hong Kong a...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Comlux orders fourth ACJ320neo, taking its total ACJ orders to 20
Comlux has placed a new order for an ACJ320neo, re-affirming its role as the largest single customer for the aircraft and taking its total orders f...
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AirAsia X orders 12 more A330neo and 30 A321XLR aircraft
AirAsia X, the long-haul unit of the AirAsia Group, has finalised a firm order with Airbus for an...
Boeing, KLM announce order for two 777 jets
Boeing and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced that the carrier has ordered two more 777-300ER (Ex...
Airbus announces additional industrial projects in Malaysia
Airbus announced plans to develop further its industrial presence in Malaysia with three new init...
First EgyptAir A220-300 makes maiden flight
The first A220-300 for EgyptAir has successfully completed its inaugural test flight from the Mir...
Ship Building / Shipyards
MacGregor design innovative cargo system for world's largest boxship
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has designed the cargo system for the world’s largest containership, MSC Gülsün, which was delivered i...
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Fednav took delivery of a new 34,500-DWT handysize bulk carrier
At the Oshima Shipyard in Japan, Fednav Limited took delivery of the Federal Montreal, its newest...
Thun Tankers orders NAABSA port max sized product tanker
Thun Tankers BV has placed an order for a 4,250-deadweight product tanker. The ordered tanker wil...
NYK Group to build new heavy-lift vessels
NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd., an NYK Group company, has signed a contract with Nanjing J...
SHI to win orders for 10 LNG-fueled vessels
Samsung Heavy Industries has announced on that it received orders for 10 A-max 113,000 DWT LNG-fu...
Insurance / Finance
Heartland Express acquires Millis Transfer for US$150m
Heartland Express, Inc., one of North America’s largest and most profitable truckload transportation companies, announced that it has acquire...
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Swissport successfully closes debt refinancing
Swissport Group S.à r.l., an indirect parent company of Swissport International AG, Swissp...
Boskalis, Kotug complete the sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., together with its co-shareholder Kotug International B.V., have ...
Piraeus Bank explores financing for Greek shipping companies
Piraeus Bank announces that it is exploring a potential strategic partnership opportunity with a ...
Novus, VietJet sign MoU for financing $1.3 billion deal for 10 jets
Global aircraft leasing and financing company Novus Aviation Capital and new-age carrier Vietjet ...