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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the delivery of the LNG carrier Marvel Pelican. Before the delivery, on November 19, the Kawasaki Heavy Indust...
Read MoreAirAsia ground handling unit opens Kuala Lumpur airfreight hub
The AirAsia and SATS’ ground handling joint venture, Ground Team Red (GTR), is looking to open new cargo handling facilities in at least thre...
NYK participates in fourth FPSO project for Petrobras in Brazil
NYK, together with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), has entered into a joint venture with SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM), for the 22.5-year charter, operation...
Air France-KLM orders an additional 10 A350 XWBs
The Air France-KLM Group has decided to place a firm order for 10 additional widebody A350-900s, which will take its total order for the type to 38...
ABB wins contract to power Genting’s next-generation cruise vessels
ABB secures €157 million contract to supply power, propulsion and digital solutions for Genting Hong Kong’s six ‘Universal Class&r...
Freight & Logistics
Kerry Logistics expands Middle East presence
Kerry Logistics Network Limited is deepening its presence in the Middle East by setting up a new office in Bahrain and opening a new bonded logisti...
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DB Schenker opens fully solar-powered logistics center in Dubai
DB Schenker opened its first fully solar- powered logistics center in Dubai with an area of 33,00...
DHL exclusive logistics partner of Messe Bremen, congress Bremen and OVB Arena
DHL Trade Fairs & Events, a unit of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, specializing in trade fai...
DPDHL, ITF & UNI agree to continue dialogue under new OECD Protocol
Representatives from global union federations, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federa...
Albertine Hanin named EVP Group Legal & Insurance at GEODIS
Albertine Hanin has been appointed EVP Group Legal & Insurance at GEODIS. She becomes a membe...
Airports
dnata completes green turnaround of flydubai’s aircraft at Dubai International (DXB)
dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has achieved a significant milestone in its sustainability journey. The ground hand...
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dnata to acquire remaining shares in Alpha LSG UK
dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has announced an agreement to pur...
Swiss WorldCargo opens Cancun-Zurich flights for export
Swiss WorldCargo, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines, will open its Cancun (CU...
Frankfurt Airport posts slight increase in passenger traffic
FRA/gk-rap – Some 6.4 million passengers traveled through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Octobe...
Hactl handles 104 freighters in a single day
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo...
Container
Yang Ming sets up subsidiary in China
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation forms a new subsidiary with partners in Shanghai named Huan Ming (Shanghai) International Shipping Agency Co...
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APL launches new Asia Subcontinent Express 8 service
As part of commitment to bring you faster transit times and competitive shipping options, APL is ...
DNV GL awards AiP for “25000 TEU ULCS” world’s largest containership
At the Marintec China trade fair in Shanghai, DNV GL awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) certi...
PIL enhances Redsea Gulf Service
Pacific International Lines is pleased to announce the following enhancements to their existing R...
Maersk launches new visibility tool “Captain Peter”
Maersk has released its revamped Remote Container Management (RCM) platform featuring the virtual...
Sea Ports / Terminals
Port of Los Angeles moves 728,918 TEUs in November
The Port of Los Angeles moved 728,918 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, a 12.4% decrease compared to last year. After 11 months of 2...
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Georgia Ports Authority set to exceed 4.6m TEUs
The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to exceed 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container un...
APM Terminals receives Costa Rica’s largest ever container ship
This month APM Terminals Moín made history when it welcomed the MSC Sara Elena, the larges...
NIRAS wins Tanzanian port masterplan contract
NIRAS is heading an international consortium that has just signed a major deal with Tanzania Port...
Atlantic Container Line, Peel Ports sign 15-year contract
Atlantic Container Line (ACL), a Grimaldi Group Company, has agreed a new 15-year contract extens...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
Martin Ackermann steps down as CEO of BW LPG
BW LPG Limited ("BW LPG", the announced that Martin Ackermann has decided to step down as CEO at the end of this year for family reasons,...
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Titan LNG tenders for 8000 CBM LNG bunker barge
Titan LNG has contracted Fearnleys AS, a Norwegian ship broker, to run the tender process for a n...
Total and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines charter LNG bunker vessel to operate in France
Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have signed a lon...
Total to supply LNG to CMA CGM’s future containerships in Marseille
Total and CMA CGM have signed an agreement for the supply of approximately 270,000 tonnes per yea...
Air Corsica takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo
Air Corsica, the airline company based on the Island of Corsica, has taken delivery of its first ...
Safety
Bahri Joins Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has become an official member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), a global busi...
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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...
Hapag-Lloyd introduces IMO2020 Transition Charge (ITC) for short-term contracts
Hamburg, Germany-based shipper Hapag-Lloyd plans to introduce an IMO 2020 Transition Charge (ITC)...
Delta Tankers denies causing massive spill
Delta Tankers Ltd., manager of crude oil tanker BOUBOULINA (IMO No 9298753), under a Greek flag, ...
Featured News
Port of LA inks MoU with Indonesia Port Corporation
Officials from the Port of Los Angeles and Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC) PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero) have signed a Memorandum of Underst...
Maersk launches new logistics centre in North Vietnam
On December 11th, 2019, the official opening ceremony for the new logistics centre took place in Bac Ninh, Vietnam in the presence of Danish Ambass...
Hong Kong Airport welcomes Air Cargo Terminal Charge Concession
To reinforce Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)’s competitiveness and its global status as the leading air cargo hub, Airport Authority H...
Moin Container Terminal reaches 1 million TEUs
The Moín Container Terminal celebrated the movements of its 1 millionth TEU on 11 December 2019. This milestone, achieved in less than 10 mo...
MOL orders 2 next-generation 'EeneX' coal carriers
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the company has ordered two 'EeneX' next-generation coal carriers from Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Lt...
OSG & AMSC jointly announce extension of tanker charters
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. and American Shipping Company ASA jointly announced that OSG has exercised options to extend its bareboat charter ...
IATA to improve efficiency of cargo handling audits
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a new programme to raise global standards in cargo handling operations. The Smart...
Puerto Aguadulce services largest vessel to dock in Colombia
Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce (SPIA) sets a new operational milestone at the Port of Buenaventura after servicing the 14,436-TEU vessel M...
Emilio Frattaruolo appointed as Passive Systems Innovation Head
CSafe Global, the innovation leader in temperature-controlled packaging solutions, announces that Emilio Frattaruolo has been appointed to a newly-...
Japan launches first liquid hydrogen carrier ship
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced its official naming and launch at Kobe Works of the SUISO FRONTIER (Kawasaki hull no. 1740), the world...
Airlines - Freighter
LATAM completes fleet renewal with redelivery of 767-300BCF
LATAM Cargo took redelivery of a 767-300BCF (34629) from Boeing [FAT 005254] earlier this month following conversion to freighter configuration by ...
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UPS expands global footprint of international express services
UPS announced an expansion across 40 countries of its UPS Worldwide Express and UPS Express Plus,...
Air France-KLM Cargo appoints Adriaan den Heijer Executive Vice President
Adriaan den Heijer is appointed Executive Vice President Air France-KLM Cargo. He will join the A...
Antonov Airlines flies Apache helicopters with Boeing
Antonov Airlines flew four Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopters on behalf of Boeing, from Phoenix Mes...
SAS Cargo partners with Freightos to expand digital customer offerings
SAS Cargo and WebCargo by Freightos will partner for upcoming launch of fully digital eBooking, d...
Airlines - Passenger
flydubai confirms wet lease agreement with Smartwings
Dubai-based flydubai has announced that it has finalised an agreement with Smartwings to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft bet...
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Air Senegal to grow its fleet with eight A220s
Air Senegal, the new national carrier of Senegal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
Air Charter Service expands its US headquarters
Air Charter Service’s US headquarters expanded last month in order to facilitate future gro...
Kuwait Airways joins CHAMP Academy
CHAMP Cargosystems has welcomed Kuwait Airways into the CHAMP Academy with its innovative catalog...
China Airlines seals agreement with aircraft lessor ALC for six new A321neos
Air Lease Corporation announced long-term lease agreements with China Airlines (Taiwan) for six n...
Ship Operation
TEN extends LNG carrier charter
TEN, LTD., a leading diversified tanker operator, announced the extension of one of its LNG carriers for a minimum one-maximum three-year period. T...
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AET secures long-term DPST charter contracts with Shell
AET has been awarded long term contracts for three Suezmax class Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tank...
Mitsubishi christens cargo passenger ship in Shimonoseki
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) bas...
Euronav acquires two suezmax in joint venture
Euronav NV announces it has entered into a joint venture together with affiliates of Ridgebury Ta...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contracts with Oldendorff and Phaethon
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Chile’s SKY orders 10 A321XLRs to expand its international footprint
SKY, a Chilean-based ultra-low-cost carrier, has signed a Purchase Agreement with Airbus for 10 A321XLRs. The airline will expand its international...
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Bell Boeing delivers 1st modified Osprey for improved fleet readiness
Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, have delivered the first modified MV-22 Osp...
United Airlines orders 50 Airbus A321XLRs for transatlantic route expansion
United Airlines has placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft as it begins to phase out ...
SAS takes delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB
Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of its first A350-900, becoming the newest operator o...
Embraer Services & Support expands in South Florida
Embraer Services & Support announces the expansion of its Executive Jets Service Center at Fo...
Ship Building / Shipyards
CSSC and DNV GL sign new strategic cooperation agreement
CSSC, the largest shipbuilding group in the world, has entered into a new strategic partnership with DNV GL. A framework agreement between both par...
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Costa Cruises takes delivery of LNG-fueled Costa Smeralda
Costa Smeralda was delivered to Costa Cruises from Meyer Turku shipyard and will sail towards Bar...
Samsung Heavy receives order to build two ice-class tankers
Samsung Heavy Industries disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had won a contract to build two...
Wartsila and PSA Marine collaborate on clean energy shipping
The technology group Wärtsilä and Singapore-based PSA Marine have agreed to collaborate...
Thun Tankers receives 3rd China-built L-class tanker
Thun Tankers took delivery of the third L-class, Thun Liverpool, at Avic Dingheng in China. Just ...
Insurance / Finance
Unifeeder acquires the Feedertech Group
Unifeeder has acquired a 77% stake in The Feedertech Group, a Singapore-based feeder and shortsea operator. The Group’s Chairman, Ali Maghami...
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Air Arabia places US$14 billion order for 120 Airbus A320 family aircraft
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), se...
Emirates announces US$ 16 billion order for 50 A350-900 XWB
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, announced a firm order for 50 A350-900...
Hapag-Lloyd doubles operational result in the first nine months
In the first nine months of 2019, Hapag-Lloyd’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) s...
EUR 140 million EIB backing for Port of Piraeus transformation
The European Investment Bank (EIB) formally agreed to provide EUR 140 million to support expansio...