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TecPlata, the new container terminal located in Argentina’s Puerto de La Plata, recently began operations, with an opening ceremony that was ...
Read MoreScorpio Bulkers announces sale and leaseback agreements for two dry bulk vessels
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced that it has agreed to sell and leaseback two Ultramax vessels (SBI Libra and SBI Virgo) to an unaffiliated third par...
La Spezia Container Terminal upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity
With the aim of increasing productivity and reduce operational downtime, Contship La Spezia Terminal is first in the world to adopt AI to increase ...
Rhenus acquires Rodair Group and establishes its own network in Canada
The core business activities at Rodair involve international freight forwarding, project logistics, courier, warehousing and distribution, 3PL serv...
Hapag-Lloyd starts new service connecting Turkey and US East Coast
Hapag-Lloyd is launching a new liner service offering a direct connection between Turkey and the US East Coast. The Turkey North America East Coast...
Freight & Logistics
FM logistic to invest US$ 150 million in Indian warehouses
French logistics operator FM Logistic on Friday announced plans to invest US$150 million over the next five years in its own warehouses and distrib...
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GAC India sharpens focus on project logistics & breakbulk
GAC is tapping into growing project logistics and breakbulk business potential in India. “...
GAC Qatar wins multiple customs clearance awards
GAC Qatar’s customs clearance expertise has earned it two titles in an awards ceremony orga...
CEVA Logistics Announces Preliminary Financial Results for 2018
CEVA Logistics AG announced preliminary results for the year ended 31 December, 2018 . This commu...
MSCiInvests in Portugal's largest dry port
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company through its rail freight operator Medway in Iberia, is making ...
Airports
dnata gains IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification at its new Dallas facility
dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has been certified by IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators ...
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Auckland Airport welcomes new seasonal Air Canada service
Auckland Airport welcomes the announcement of Air Canada’s new seasonal direct flight betwe...
HKIA sees continuous growth in passengers volume and flight movements in January
Passenger volume and flight movements at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) continued to incr...
Swissport to acquire Heathrow cargo handling ltd. from air France
Swissport recently agreed to increase its shareholding in Heathrow Cargo Handling Ltd. (HCH) to 1...
dnata strengthens position in freight forwarding industry
dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, strengthens its position in the U...
Container
MSC offers a new dedicated intra-Asia Service
MSC is pleased to announce a new service connecting Vietnam and Thailand with China in few days. The new trade will enable MSC to develop and enha...
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APL unveils new Asia Australia Express 2
APL announced the launch of a new weekly Asia Australia Express 2 (AAX2) service that will direct...
Milaha launches new Black Sea Express Service as the first service in Europe
Milaha has announced the launch of its new Black Sea Express Service (BSX), a direct container fe...
APL introduces new China Malaysia service
APL announced the launch of a new weekly service, China Malaysia Service (CMS) which connects Nor...
OOCL rolls out third phase of Ocean Alliance product refinements
As the OCEAN Alliance enters its third year of delivering quality products to market, OOCL has co...
Sea Ports / Terminals
SC Ports Authority reports record February volume
South Carolina Ports Authority reported the strongest February container volume in its history and nearly 12 percent fiscal year-over-year growth. ...
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Sharjah Container Terminal welcomes M.V. Port Klang
Gulftainer, the largest privately owned independent port operator, welcomed the M.V. Port Klang f...
Port of Los Angeles processes more than 705,000 TEUs in February
The Port of Los Angeles moved 705,306 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in February. While it w...
Port of Montreal attracts its seventh container shipping line
After a record year marked by a 9% increase in the number of containers transiting through the Po...
Gulftainer invests AED 62-million in Port of Wilmington
GT USA Wilmington, the US division of the global logistics company Gulftainer, has begun work on ...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
Scorpio Bulkers announces the sale of Two Kamsarmax vessels for $48 Million
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced that the Company has entered into a financing transaction in respect of one of the Company’s Kamsarmax vessels...
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Japan's NYK charters two LNG carriers with Total
NYK signed a long-term contract with Total Gas & Power Chartering Limited (TGPCL), a subsidia...
Stolt-Nielsen, Golar LNG and Höegh LNG to create small-scale LNG company
Stolt-Nielsen Limited, Golar LNG Ltd and Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. announced a combined invest...
New wood-chip carrier for Hokuetsu Corp.
A new wood-chip carrier for Hokuetsu Corporation was delivered on September 11 at Oshima Shipbuil...
NOVATEK shipped first LNG cargo to Brazil
PAO NOVATEK announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, NOVATEK Gas and Power Asia Pte. Ltd. has ...
Safety
Panalpina scores high marks in sustainability tests
International logistics and freight forwarding company Panalpina has achieved an A- for climate change from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), hi...
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Containers caught fire on board the Yantian Express
On 3 January, a fire broke out in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to ...
Stena Bulk attempted piracy attack on vessel west of Yemen
3rd November the Stena Imperial reported a suspected pirate approach whilst on northbound passage...
NYK holds annual Dry Bulk Safety Conference
NYK held its annual Dry Bulk Safety Conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo last ...
NYK PCTC receives award from the association for rescue at sea
The NYK-operated pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Hercules Leader has been recognized with a spe...
Featured News
Diana Shipping announces direct continuation of time charter contract
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned ...
Teekay secures loan for shuttle tanker newbuilds
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. announced that it has secured a new $414 million long-term debt facility that will be used to finance four LNG-fuele...
Cargolux boosts Budapest frequencies
Cargolux is pleased to announce that its service offering to Budapest has doubled, increasing from 3 to 6 weekly connections to the Hungarian capit...
Panalpina and DSV agree to join forces
DSV is pleased to announce an all share voluntary public tender offer for all publicly held shares of Panalpina. DSV and Panalpina have reached an...
Scorpio Bulkers to increase Credit Facilities by USD 41 million to Finance Scrubbers
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced that the Company has reached agreements with certain lenders to increase certain existing credit facilities by a to...
Khorfakkan Container Terminal receives maiden call from GALEX service
Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately owned independent terminal operator based in the UAE, announced the successful completion of the fi...
UPS teams with Matternet to deliver medical samples via drone
UPS announced a groundbreaking new logistics service to deliver medical samples via unmanned drones through a collaboration with Matternet, a leade...
Thun Tankers conduct naming ceremony
Thun Tankers is pleased to announce that they have completed the naming ceremony for two of their new product/chemical tankers Thun Lidkoping and T...
SCI starts East Coast of India Express
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the country’s national carrier, presently connects 8 major ports on the west, south and east coasts ...
APL enhances China Southeast Asia service
APL announced the addition of Ho Chi Minh City as a port of call by its China Southeast Asia Service (CSE). This will extend the market coverage o...
Airlines - Freighter
Delta Cargo's digital innovation continues to improve customer experience
Since the re-launch of deltacargo.com, a significant shift from traditional booking channels to digital platforms has occurred. With a 15 percentag...
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Virgin Atlantic welcomes cargo potential of new Tel Aviv route
Virgin Atlantic’s new daily flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv will provide more ...
Emirates SkyCargo announces freighter services to Bogota, Colombia
Emirates SkyCargo has announced that it will be opening a new trade lane to South America with th...
Nippon Cargo Airlines expands agreement with Atlas Air
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) announced that the airline will add three additional B747-400F aircra...
Etihad Cargo expands global network with launch of services to Barcelona
Etihad Cargo now provide freight forwarders and cargo customers greater access to its global netw...
Airlines - Passenger
Virgin Atlantic set to soar in South America for the first time
Virgin Atlantic is delighted to announce it will be launching flights between London Heathrow and São Paulo, Brazil in 2020. Flying daily b...
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Salamair makes inaugural direct flight to Alexandria
SalamAir’s first non-stop flight from Muscat to Alexandria, Egypt landed in Borg El Arab In...
Qantas launches direct flights from Melbourne to Queenstown
Qantas will launch new seasonal flights direct from Melbourne to Queenstown to meet the growing n...
Air Partner opens Houston and Singapore offices
Air Partner plc, the global aviation services group, is pleased to announce the opening of two ne...
Oman's SalamAir adds first A320neo
SalamAir has become the first Oman-based carrier to receive the new Airbus A320neo aircraft makin...
Ship Operation
RCL replaces its Partner Vessel on Central China to Thailand Service (RBC)
RCL is pleased to announce that it will take over CNC's existing vessel operation on the RBC1 come end March 2019. RBC currently rotation incl...
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Diana Shipping Inc. announces Time charter contract for m/v San Francisco with Koch
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
Diana Shipping Inc. announces time charter contract for m/v Houston with Koch
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
Euronav sells Suezmax felicity for Offshore Project
Euronav NV is pleased to announce that the Company has sold the Suezmax vessel Felicity to a glob...
NYK Cooperates with Ship Tour for Mazda Motor Corporation
On December 25, NYK cooperated with a ship tour sponsored by Mazda Motor Corporation by escorting...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Flynas becomes first Saudi carrier to receive the A320neo
Flynas, Saudi Arabia’s first low-cost airline, has begun taking delivery of its first of 80 A320neo Family aircraft. This follows an agreemen...
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Boeing, Safran joint venture to start operations
Boeing and Safran have received regulatory approvals for a joint venture so they can begin desi...
Airbus announces new FHS contract with All Nippon Airways
Airbus confirms the growing success of Flight Hour Services (FHS) in the Asia-Pacific region with...
Air New Zealand takes delivery of its first A321neo
Air New Zealand has become a new operator of the A321neo, following the delivery of its first air...
Delta Air Lines takes delivery of its first Airbus A220
Airbus welcomed Delta Air Lines as the first U.S. carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A220 air...
Ship Building / Shipyards
CMA CGM signs two strategic partnerships with China State Shipbuilding Corporation
Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed two strategic ag...
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Hapag-Lloyd first in world to convert large container ship to LNG
Retrofitting of the 15,000 TEU vessel “Sajir” to use LNG propulsion / Pilot project p...
New VLGC for Astomos Energy named Laurel Prime
On December 13, a naming ceremony was held in Nagasaki at the Koyagi Shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipb...
Newbuilding LNG carrier for Osaka Gas named LNG Juno
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier for Os...
Wartsila designs unique factory Trawler
The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the ship design for a stat...
Insurance / Finance
Contship Italia S.p.A. has entered into negotiations for sale of MCT
Contship Italia S.p.A. has entered into negotiations with MSC for the sale of its 50% shares in CSM Italia Gate S.p.A., the company that controls M...
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Diana Shipping reports financial results for the fourth quarter for year 2018
Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, ...
Euronav sells LR1 Genmar Compatriot
Euronav NV announces that the Company has sold the LR1 Genmar Compatriot (2004 – 72,768 dwt...
DIS announces the sale of one of the vessels owned by its JV DM Shipping
d’Amico International Shipping S.A. an international marine transportation company operatin...
Moody's upgrades Hapag-Lloyd credit rating to B1
Rating agency Moody’s has upgraded Hapag-Lloyd’s corporate family rating (CFR) to B1 ...