Most Recent News
Following on from the charter agreement between Lufthansa Cargo and EgeTrans Internationale Spedition GmbH, which has been in place since winter 20...
Read MoreMaersk launches a revamped Middle Corridor rail service
Departing from various locations in China, a new A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) service connects China and Europe via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgi...
Kuehne+Nagel opens advanced, carbon neutral adidas fulfilment centre in Italy
Kuehne+Nagel and adidas have entered into a long-term strategic partnership for a highly automated, omni-channel 130,000 sqm dedicated fulfilment c...
Swissport expands into Italy with acquisition
Swissport has been awarded the ground handling business at Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Italy, from Alitalia in extraordinary administration. In accorda...
CDB Aviation Further Expands Relationship with Avianca
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited , announced the signing of new lease agreem...
Freight & Logistics
Dubai Shipping Circle (DSC) returns to live mode with greater zeal
After a hiatus of two years, marred by COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing mandates in a stop-and-start fashion, the Dubai Shipping Circle (DS...
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CMA CGM Group strengthens strategic logistics development with GEFCO acquisition
The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, is acquiring nearly 100% of the capi...
AIT Worldwide Logistics' global office network expands to India
Global freight forwarder AIT Worldwide Logistics is proud to announce the opening of its newest l...
The Bollore Group signs an agreement with The MSC Group
Following the exclusive negotiations announced on 20 December 2021 and the favourable opinions is...
DHL names new head for its Asia Pacific Innovation Center
DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider, names Lau Tian Chen as the new Head of its Asi...
Airports
AGI acquires Total Airport Services
Alliance Ground International (AGI) has entered into a transaction to acquire passenger and cargo handling specialist Total Airport Services (TAS) ...
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dnata further expands its London Heathrow operations with bespoke cargo facility
dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, has inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art...
dnata to expand cargo operations into Germany
dnata announced expansion of its European footprint through the planned acquisition of Germany-ba...
Frankfurt Cargo Services launches Dakosy’s Ramp Control System
Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), the largest independent cargo handler at Frankfurt Airport, has i...
Air Canada Cargo introduces an expanded Cold Chain Facility in Toronto
Air Canada announced the inauguration of Air Canada Cargo's new cold chain handling facility ...
Container
CMA CGM, PSA team up on digital solutions to cut CO2 footprint
The CMA CGM Group, a global leader in sea, land, air and logistics solutions and PSA Corporation Ltd (PSA), a subsidiary of PSA International, a le...
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Bolero and HMM join forces to accelerate eBL growth in Asia
Bolero International, the leading provider of cloud-based trade finance digitisation solutions, a...
ZIM upgrades transatlantic ZCT to a weekly service
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services announced that as of mid-May 2022, the transatlantic ZIM Contai...
Hapag-Lloyd first mover in equipping all containers with real-time tracking devices
Hapag-Lloyd will equip its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices. After successf...
Hapag-Lloyd starts Turkey East Coast Express (TEX) service
Hapag-Lloyd will launch the new regular service Turkey East Coast Express (TEX) in mid May 2022. ...
Sea Ports / Terminals
DP World announces the completion of the First Industrial Building at SC Gateway Logistics Park
DP World, a global logistics company and one of the world’s largest marine terminal operators, announced the inaugural industrial building lo...
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DP World reports gross volume growth of 1.9% in 1Q 2022
DP World Limited handled 19.3 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfo...
Adani Acquires India’s Largest Marine Services Company Ocean Sparkle
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd through its subsidiary, The Adani Harbour Services Ltd ...
DCT Gdansk achieves new container record
In March 2022, DCT Gdansk (DCT), the largest container terminal on the Baltic Sea, handled a reco...
Port of Zeebrugge joins Sea-LNG coalition
SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s bene?ts as a ...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
NYK completes biofuel trial on Seanergy bulk carrier
The large bulk carrier "FRIENDSHIP" operated by our company conducted a test navigation using biofuel for freight transportation to Anglo...
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Christening of U-Ming's new eco-friendly post panamax bulk carrier
Yumin Shipping, one of the nine listed companies under the Far East Group, signed a contract with...
AET took delivery of a new Suezmax from Hyundai Heavy Industries
On 24 February, Eagle Canoas, a Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Shuttle Tanker, the second of t...
Golden Ocean Group sold three Panamax bulk carriers
Golden Ocean Group Limited, the world’s leading owner of large size dry bulk vessels, annou...
Erik Thun orders new generation of dry cargo vessels
Erik Thun Group has ordered two new dry cargo vessels from Scheepsverf Ferus Smit B.V in the Neth...
Safety
Air Charter Service delivers millions of critical test kits to Australia
Over the past six weeks, leading aircraft specialist, Air Charter Service, has arranged more than 65 charter flights carrying 3,000 tonnes from Chi...
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CMA CGM to stop carrying plastic waste cargo
As part of its renewed commitment towards more sustainable trade, the CMA CGM Group announced its...
Kuehne+Nagel charters Antonov to send 111 tonnes of UNICEF goods to Ukraine
After Kuehne+Nagel announced its pledge to offer emergency aid to Ukraine worth 10 million Swiss ...
Turkish Cargo carried 335 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine to 61 Countries During 2021
Ensuring the continuation of international pharma supply chains while countries closed their door...
MAN and DNV team up on hydrogen, digitalisation and decarbonisation
On 9 March 2022, at a digital ceremony MAN Energy Solutions and classification society DNV signed...
Featured News
Global Ship Lease announces charter for a 2004-buil 8,600-teu ship
Global Ship Lease, Inc. announced a forward agreement of a 48-52 month charter for the 8,600 TEU, 2004-built GSL Ningbo. The charter under the new ...
United Heavy Lift ordered 2 new ships
United Heavy Lift (UHL) has ordered two additional Eco-Lifter newbuildings, to be delivered in 2023 and 2024. UHL is committed to apply the highest...
Swissport celebrates new Vienna Cargo Center
Swissport has officially inaugurated a new 8,000 sqm air cargo center near Vienna Airport – its second facility to serve air cargo customers ...
International Airlines Group finalizes agreement for up to 150 737 Jets
Boeing and International Airlines Group (IAG) announced an order for a combined total of 50 737-8-200s and 737-10s, plus 100 options. "The ...
Snam and Golar LNG sign agreement for an FSRU to supply Sardinia with energy
Snam and Golar LNG Limited signed a contract through which Golar will deliver the existing LNG Carrier “Golar Arctic” as a floating sto...
Ocean Yield took delivery of a new Suezmax tanker from Samsung
Ocean Yield AS is pleased to announce that it has taken delivery of the newbuilding Suezmax tanker Nordic Harrier from Samsung Heavy Industries&rsq...
Mitsubishi, NYK get ClassNK AiP for large LCO2 carrier
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have been granted Approval...
Etihad Cargo appoints Vice President – Commercial
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has appointed Tim Isik as Vice President – Commercial. Based in Etihad Ca...
PIL enhances connectivity within and beyond Asia with new Singapore Surabaya Express
As part of its efforts to continually provide new and improved service offerings to customers, Pacific International Lines (PIL) is pleased to laun...
dnata invests in solar energy at Changi Airport
dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, continues to invest in infrastructure and equipment to further improve resource efficienc...
Airlines - Cargo
airBaltic reopens cargo operations from Kyiv
Latvian airline airBaltic announces that in cooperation with UkrPoshta it has organized a multimodal mail transportation system and thus reopened c...
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Chapman Freeborn appoints Vaida Kojaliene as Group Chief Financial Officer
Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appoint...
CDB Aviation takes delivery of first A330 P2F freighter
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Li...
CHAMP Cargosystems launches API Partner Program for Cargospot
CHAMP Cargosystems has launched an API Partner Program to promote collaboration around its flagsh...
Etihad Cargo appoints road feeder service providers in the USA
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has appointed Accelerated, In...
Airlines - Passenger
Qatar Airways and IndiGo reactivate strategic cooperation
Qatar Airways, the multiple award-winning airline, and IndiGo, India's largest airline, announce the reactivation of their strategic cooperatio...
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JMC Group contracted to work with Boeing at Gatwick
JMC Group will commence work in late April on a two-year programme supporting Boeing at its Gatwi...
India’s flybig to acquire up to 10 De Havilland Canada Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited announced that Big Charter Private Limited has signed a ...
Emirates sets 23 June date for Tel Aviv launch
Emirates has confirmed that it will be commencing daily services to Tel Aviv from 23 June 2022. E...
Arajet, New Airline in Caribbean, orders 20 737 MAX Jets
Boeing and Arajet announced today the new Caribbean airline has ordered 20 737 MAX airplanes, spe...
Ship Operation
CSL’s diesel-electric self-unloading ship begins service
Earlier this week, Canada Steamship Lines’ new diesel-electric self-unloading vessel, MV Nukumi, successfully completed its inaugural loading...
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DB Schenker plans autonomous container feeder project in Norway
DB Schenker, one of the world’s leading logistics providers, has revealed plans to operate ...
Castor Maritime announces new charter agreements
Castor Maritime Inc., a diversified global shipping company, announces that: The M/V Magic Moo...
MOL and QatarEnergy sign long-term charter deal for four newbuilding LNG carriers
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced that on April 10, through a subsidiary, it signed a long-term char...
Diana Shipping announces time charter contract with C Transport
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Lufthansa Cargo orders ten Boeing freighters
Lufthansa Group announced that it will invest in expanding the capacity of Lufthansa Cargo's freighter fleet. The airline has ordered a total o...
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Airbus and ITA Airways partner to develop urban air mobility in Italy
Airbus and ITA Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on urban air mobi...
Air France-KLM confirms order for four A350F
Air France-KLM has finalised its order with Airbus for four new generation A350F freighters, foll...
Airbus selects Avio Aero engine solution for Eurodrone
Following a competitive tender process as well as an extensive technical analysis phase, Airbus h...
EFW receives STC for world’s first A320P2F
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), center of excellence for Airbus freighter conversions, has received the...
Ship Building / Shipyards
MOL to build 4 additional LNG-fueled car carriers
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it reached an agreement with Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. and Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd. to build four ...
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Yang Ming receives one more 11,000 TEU ship, YM Trophy
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. took delivery of one new 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM ...
Erik Thun announces launch of a multi-purpose dry cargo vessel
The multi-purpose dry cargo vessel Nordic Crystal was launched on site at the yard in Leer, Germa...
Crowley expands Tier IV fleet with delivery of powerful, cleaner tug
The 77-foot Athena provides the agility of its compact size without the sacrifice of power &ndash...
Yang Ming sets to build LNG vessels
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation held its 372nd Board Meeting to approve that, the five ne...
Insurance / Finance
Frontline announced termination of charter-in contracts of two VLCCs
Frontline Ltd. announced that Frontline Shipping Limited has agreed with SFL Corporation Ltd. to terminate the long term charters for the 2004-bui...
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Stena RoRo assisting Marad in purchase of two vessels
MARAD has signed a contract for the purchase of two vessels. Crowley serves as vessel acquisition...
Scorpio Tankers announces agreements to sell three vessels
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announces that the Company has entered into agreements to sell three vessels...
Diana Shipping announces sale and leaseback of m/v Florida
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
ANZ signs perpetually linked loan with Yumin Shipping
ANZ and Yumin Shipping Singapore, a subsidiary of Yumin, signed a USD 50 million "Sustainabi...