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CEVA Logistics Italia and Emmelibri (a Messaggerie Group company) have signed a Letter of Intent to launch a joint project aimed at developing an i...
Read MoreWorld's largest containership sails through the Suez Canal
The world's largest containership, HMM Algeciras, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday as the record-setting 24,000 TEU class vessel makes i...
Expeditors acquires fleet logistics’ digital platform
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. a leading provider of global logistics solutions, announced that it has acquired Fleet Logistics&rsquo...
Night Star Express Hellmann to found 24-hour courier and express service
The globally active logistics service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and the manufacturer of closure solutions Silgan Closures EMEA have ext...
Fiji Airways secures government support necessary for survival
Fiji Airways, Fiji’s national airline, has announced that it has secured vital support from the Fijian Government, in the form of sovereign g...
Freight & Logistics
Davies Turner goes Dutch with Mainfreight
From June 1st, Davies Turner will strengthen its portfolio of scheduled daily overland trailer services between the UK and the Netherlands followin...
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cargo-partner Launches Business Unit for High Tech Logistics
The international transport and info-logistics provider has set up a dedicated department for hig...
Realterm Logistics acquires cold storage facility in Opa-locka, FL
Realterm Logistics closed on the acquisition of a highly functional, well-located final mile cold...
DHL Global Forwarding launches new one-stop customer portal for digital logistics
DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, has laun...
Rand completes American Steamship acquisition
Rand Logistics, Inc. has completed the acquisition of American Steamship Company from GATX Corpor...
Airports
Ontario International Airport freight volume rose 26% in April
Surging air freight shipments continued to drive commercial activity at Ontario International Airport (ONT) in April, the second straight month of ...
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SBD International Airport welcomes Amazon Air
SBD International Airport announced Amazon Air is the latest aviation tenant, joining over 75 oth...
The world’s largest aircraft heads for Leipzig/Halle Airport
Permanent corona crisis operations are causing the aviation giant to now fly to Central Germany. ...
Swissport equips cargo warehouses with bluetooth sensors
Swissport will work with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor Unit Load Devices (ULD) using...
Swissport facility in Nairobi airport obtains IATA CEIV Pharma certification
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has awarded Swissport’s warehouse operat...
Container
GCT welcomes HMM back to the US East Coast
GCT USA was proud to welcome the Hyundai Hope to GCT Bayonne on May 16, 2020. The call marks the return of HMM (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine) v...
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ONE offers first direct coverage from China to Indonesia with new service
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce a new direct service from China to Indonesia. ...
Yang Ming’s 2,800 TEU vessels to receive smart ship notations
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation’s ten 2,800 TEU class container vessels, currently b...
Ocean Network Express invests in its reefer fleet
Ocean Network Express is currently working towards the application of latest IoT technology into ...
Interasia Lines to launch New Central China-Thailand-Vietnam service(CTV)
Interasia Lines is pleased to introduce a brand new Central China - Thailand - Vietnam service (c...
Sea Ports / Terminals
Abu Dhabi Terminals proceeds with mega-expansion plan
As part of its ongoing expansion efforts, Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), announced the delivery of its latest batch of Ship to Shore (STS) cranes. Abu...
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Three cruise ships to lay up at the Port of Oakland
Three passenger vessels will idle here with only crew and without passengers while the U.S. embar...
Panama Canal secures steady draft, operational reliability following water measures
Earlier this year, the Panama Canal implemented water saving measures after experiencing the fift...
NSW Ports launches new empty container park at Botany
NSW Ports continues to invest in the creation of sustainable and efficient port supply chains wit...
Cargotec plans to change the ownership structure of the joint venture in China
Cargotec and Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (RHI) plan together to change the ownersh...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
New LNG carrier for EDF LNG Shipping delivered
On May 15, 2020, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier ELISA LARUS, owned by France LNG Shipping (and under a long-term charter contract with EDF...
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Bahri adds new dry-bulk carrier ‘Sara’ to its industry-leading fleet
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has announced that it has taken delivery ...
NSPA awards global fuels consulting contract to Crowley
Crowley Solutions, a leading provider of energy, maritime, technology and supply chain services f...
DNV GL and Alpha Ori sign new MOU to spur digital transformation in shipping
The maritime industry can benefit from digital technologies in a way that can have an immediate a...
Euronav sold a 2005-built VLCC for $ 38.1 million
Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) is pleased to announce that the Company has sold the...
Safety
Wagtail provide explosive detection dogs for the UK Air Cargo Industry
Wagtail UK are delighted to announce that they have successfully achieved government certification to provide explosive detection dog service for t...
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Three Boeing Dreamlifters transport PPE to South Carolina
Boeing completed another set of COVID-19 airlift missions, deploying three Dreamlifter aircraft t...
Airbus and Koniku embark on disruptive biotechnology solutions for aviation security operations
Airbus and Koniku Inc. have made a significant step forward in the co-development of a solution f...
GAC testing delivery of supplies to vessels via drones
GAC has partnered with Singapore-based start-up F-drones to develop large-scale drones that can d...
WFS supports Maersk Bridge’ operation in Copenhagen
Denmark’s efforts to control the spread of coronavirus have been significantly aided by the...
Featured News
WFS and Qatar airways cargo work side-by-side to race PPE supplies to hospitals in France
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) cargo handling team in Paris has been working tirelessly to rapidly process shipments of personal protective...
Ryanair condemns €9 billion state aid to Lufthansa
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fare airline, condemned the German Government’s decision to award €9bn of State Aid to Lufthansa on ...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract with Glencore
Diana Shipping Inc, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned su...
Congo Airways converts Embraer E175 order to E190-E2 jets
Congo Airways have converted the firm order made in December 2019 for two E175 aircraft, with purchase rights for two more, into a firm order for t...
AET takes delivery of first of four DP2 shuttle tankers for Petrobras charter
AET, a leading energy logistics provider, took delivery of Eagle Petrolina, the first of four Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Shuttle Tankers pur...
Latam Cargo offers direct connectivity between Europe and United States
In order to face the negative effects that COVID-19 has brought upon the airline industry—including closed border policies and passenger flig...
Nippon Express (UK) receives WDA and GDP certification for company warehouse
Nippon Express (UK) Co., Ltd., a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., has been officially granted Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WD...
CSafe Global Completes commercial pilot of real-time track and trace technology
CSafe Global, the innovation leader in temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, became the f...
Yang Ming holds naming ceremony for 2,800 TEU new ships
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. held the naming ceremony for two of its 2,800 TEU class full container vessels ‘YM Celebrity’ & &l...
Wilhelmsen Ship Management crowdfunds to support seafarers COVID-19 relief efforts
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) is crowdfunding to support Mission to Seafarers (MtS), one of the largest maritime charities serving merchant crew...
Airlines - Cargo
Astral expands Intra-Africa air cargo network during COVI-19
Astral Aviation is pleased to announce an increase in its intra-African network with cargo freighters during the pandemic. While there has been a ...
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Lufthansa Cargo strenthen Shenzhen capacity
Due to the corona crisis, airfreight capacities are still in high demand. Lufthansa Cargo is now ...
Finnair adds cargo capacity by removing seats from two A330 wide-body aircraft
Finnair has modified two Airbus A330 aircraft for cargo use by removing economy class seats from ...
SWISS to add new intercontinental destinations to its cargo-only network
Since the end of March, SWISS and its Swiss WorldCargo division have operated more than 200 cargo...
Emirates SkyCargo connects 75 destinations as operations grow
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinati...
Airlines - Passenger
Delta’s 777 aircraft to retire by end of 2020, simplifying widebody fleet amid COVID-19
Delta plans to retire its 18 widebody Boeing 777s by the end of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement will accelerate the airli...
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Emirates resumes passenger flights to 9 destinations on May 21
Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services from 21 May to nine destinat...
Delta and LATAM sign trans-American joint venture agreement
Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group and its affiliates have signed a trans-American Joint Ve...
Eurowings takes up further connections
Against the background of the corona crisis, Eurowings continues to ensure its basic service at t...
Wizz Air extends the suspension of routes to and from Romania
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced that several rout...
Ship Operation
NYK: Lily Fortune coal carrier enters service for Tohoku Electric Power
A new coal carrier, Lily Fortune, was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.. The new coal carrier is the third ship to take the Lily Fortune n...
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SFL – Acquisition of 2020-built VLCC with long term charter
SFL Corporation Ltd. announces that it has agreed to acquire a newbuild 308,000 dwt crude oil ca...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract with Cargill
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
Diana Shipping announces signing of $75 million loan
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
GasLog enters 12-year charter with JERA with delivery of GasLog Wales
GasLog Ltd. took delivery of the GasLog Wales, a 180,000 cubic meter cargo capacity LNG carrier w...
Aircraft Manufacturing
AEI to provide AerCaribe with a B737-400SF Freighter Conversion
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce the company has signed a contract to provide Columbian-based AerCaribe S.A. with a B737- ...
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De Havilland Canada launches simplified package freighter conversions
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited announced that Transport Canada has approved the conversi...
Boeing rolls out first Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft
A Boeing-led Australian industry team has presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to ...
Airbus develops solution for airlines to use their widebody aircraft for pure cargo operations
Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines ...
Second Boeing 777X completes first flight
Boeing conducted a productive and successful first flight of the second 777X airplane. Capt. Ted ...
Ship Building / Shipyards
Drydocks World commences offshore crane vessel conversion project
Drydocks World, the service provider to the marine, offshore, oil, gas and renewable energy sectors held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start...
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Newbuilding MV. BoldWind has been delivered to United Wind Logistics
The first of two state-of-the-art Deck Carriers, MV BoldWind has been delivered to United Wind Lo...
Damen delivers workboat to Inverlussa Marine Services
On 30th March in Hardinxveld, the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group handed over a Multi Cat 1908...
HMM names world’s largest container vessel, HMM Algeciras
HMM held a naming ceremony for a 24,000 TEU-class containership ‘HMM Algeciras’, the ...
Samsung Heavy receives order for two LNG-fueled VLCC newbuilds
Samsung Heavy Industries disclosed in its regulatory filing that it had clinched a deal worth a t...
Insurance / Finance
Odfjell SE sells its ownership of terminal in Dalian, China
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement of May 8, 2018, in which Odfjell SE announced that Lindsay Goldberg is considering a sale of i...
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FRO raises cash to finance 10 Trafigura Suezmaxes
Frontline Ltd. announced that it has signed a sale-and-leaseback agreement in an amount up to $54...
Seaspan acquired four 2,000-teu container ships
Seaspan Corporation announced that it has agreed to purchase a fleet of four containerships for a...
PSA Marine achieves exciting milestone with acquisition of Tramarsa Flota
PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd had completed the 100% acquisition of Tramarsa Flota S.A. and its subsidiari...
Diana Shipping cancels the sale of panamax dry bulk vessel, the M/V Calipso
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...