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In an effort to further enhance overall schedule reliability, and glad to announce the introduction of an additional 9th vessel to their North Amer...
Read MoreTetra Pak chooses DHL Supply Chain for digital twin warehouse
DHL Supply Chain, the global market leader for contract logistics solutions, has successfully implemented an integrated supply chain solution for T...
Emirates to launch services to Mexico City via Barcelona
Emirates announced its plan to launch a new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to Mexico City International Airport (MEX), via the Spanish city of Barc...
PIL upgrades South-East Asia-Australia services
To better serve customers and meet the changing needs of the market, PIL has announced improvements to its South-East Asia to Australia services. I...
ABS and MOL sign MOU to build up to 14 next generation gas carriers
ABS and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on up to 14 new gas carriers. The agreement ...
Freight & Logistics
SEKO Logistics triples footprint in Chicago
SEKO Logistics has opened a global gateway in Chicago IL., marking the latest stage of its transition to a period of acquisition growth as it grows...
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GAC Denmark open for business in Kalundborg
GAC Denmark has opened a new branch in Kalundborg to better serve the needs of GAC’s global...
Bollore Logistics unveils Blue Hub warehouse
Bolloré Logistics, a major player in international logistics and supply chain management, ...
DB Schenker launches its own subsidiary in Bangladesh
DB Schenker has opened its new entity in Bangladesh. Whereas before, customers relied on the serv...
FESCO launches new container train to China
FESCO Transportation Group expands its overland export routes’ geography and launches a reg...
Airports
Swissport expands new air cargo facility in Brussels Airport
Swissport is investing in a state-of-the-art air cargo facility at Brussels Airport. While Brussels Airport Company is constructing the building, S...
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Vienna International Airport signs partnership agreement with Kuehne + Nagel
The quick and highly specialised handling of temperature-sensitive pharma products directly from ...
Ontario Airport records double-digit growth in cargo volume in April
Passenger volume at Ontario International Airport (ONT) climbed nearly 7% in April, continuing a ...
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’...
Auckland Airport welcomes new seasonal Air Canada service
Auckland Airport welcomes the announcement of Air Canada’s new seasonal direct flight betwe...
Container
Yang Ming to launch Thailand - Indonesia Express service
In light of ASEAN’s bright economic prospects and stable business growth in Southeast Asia, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. continuously enh...
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Hapag-Lloyd orders record-breaking 13,420 new reefers
Hapag-Lloyd has placed a record order for the refrigerated containers known as “reefers&rdq...
OOCL’s new proforma of LL4 & LL5 on Asia-Europe trade
For network optimization and providing a bet-ter service to customers, OOCL said it would be adju...
Unifeeder launches new intra-European service
Unifeeder is introducing a new weekly service between Poland and the East coast of Sweden. It is ...
MSC talks on digitalization at Shanghai
André Simha, Chief Digital & Information Officer at MSC, gave a keynote talk on digita...
Sea Ports / Terminals
APMT opens second container terminal in Tangier
APM Terminals second terminal in Morocco, MedPort Tangier was inaugurated this week. Part of the Tanger Med Port complex, it has an annual capacity...
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Swissport expands second cargo facility at Vienna
Swissport International has opened its second air cargo warehouse at Vienna International Airport...
Hamburg strengthens relations with Byelorussia
A delegation from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, headed by Dr. Torsten Sevecke, Under-Se...
Double award win for DP World's UK terminals
At the FTA Multimodal Awards on Tuesday, June 18, DP World won the Port Operator of the Year Awar...
Panama Canal issues proposal to modify tolls structure
The Panama Canal has published a proposal to modify its current tolls structure for the dry bulk,...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
Stolt Tankers and DESMI Ocean Guard sign frame agreement
Stolt Tankers B.V. and DESMI Ocean Guard A/S are pleased to announce that Stolt Tankers has selected the CompactClean Ballast Water Management Syst...
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Thun Tankers takes delivery of new L-class tanker
Thun Tankers takes delivery of the second L-class, Thun London, in China. Just like her sister sh...
Q-Flex vessel sets delivery benchmark in Turkey
Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) announced the safe delivery of the largest single c...
MOL and GAIL Sign charter contract for one LNG carrier
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that, through a wholly owned subsidiary of MOL, a short-term ...
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 respe...
Safety
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 operation involving Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), Unite...
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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...
CSX freight train container catches fire in Rockville
A CSX freight train container and its contents caught fire at a MARC train station Tuesday mornin...
Matson to neet IMO 2020 emission regulation
Matson, Inc. has begun the installation of state-of-the-art exhaust gas cleaning systems on six v...
MOL signs MOU with Makarov University
On 5th June, 2019, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Admira...
Featured News
Hapag-Lloyd offers new African service
Hapag-Lloyd is expanding its African liner services and will offer its MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service starting in October 2019. It...
Hong Kong Airport sees steady passenger growth in 2019
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reported steady growth in passenger traffic and flight movements in the first half of 2019. From January to...
Piraeus Bank explores financing for Greek shipping companies
Piraeus Bank announces that it is exploring a potential strategic partnership opportunity with a major Asian Pacific financial conglomerate operati...
Port of Oakland exports up 4.2 percent in June
The Port of Oakland reported containerized export volume increased 4.2 percent in June 2019 compared to June 2018 totals. The Port said it handled ...
The Port of Melbourne welcomes Maersk Skarstind
The Port of Melbourne proudly welcomed the Maersk Skarstind, one of the largest container ships to visit Australia. Measuring close to 300m in len...
MSC improves China - Middle East connections
MSC is pleased to announce the addition of a port call at Qingdao, China, on the Falcon service. The addition of Qingdao will offer a direct call ...
Atlantic Airways takes delivery of its first A320neo
Atlantic Airways, the Faroe Islands flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A320neo, MSN8918. Leased from Air Lease Corporation, this aircraf...
SHI wins orders for eco-friendly and highly efficient S-Max tankers
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) revealed that it has clinched a deal worth a combined 147 billion won to build two S-Max tankers from Panamanian shi...
Air Arabia launches new flight service to Kuala Lumpur
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), inaugurated its direct flight between Kuala Lumpur a...
TEN enters long-term charter for a suezmax crude tanker
TEN, Ltd announced an up to 36-month charter to a major European oil concern, for a suezmax tanker currently operating in the spot market on a mini...
Airlines - Freighter
Boeing, Qatar Airways finalize order for Five 777 Freighters
Boeing and Qatar Airways finalized an order for five Boeing 777 Freighters during a ceremony at the White House on July 9. The signing ceremony wa...
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Ethiopian Cargo launches new Southwest China freighter service
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, the Largest Cargo Operator in Africa, has connected Chong...
Swiss World Cargo approves CSafe RAP containers
SWISS WorldCargo has approved the CSafe RAP for lift on their fleet of wide-bodied aircraft. The ...
Globe Air Cargo is IndiGo's GSA in Turkey
IndiGo has launched its cargo activities between Istanbul and New Delhi via its new general sales...
Cargolux adds Jakarta to global network
An official ceremony was organized after the arrival of LX-ECV to celebrate the introduction of t...
Airlines - Passenger
Finnair continues to grow its Asian traffic: schedules Busan launch in late-March 2020
Finnair continues to grow its Asian operations and adds Busan in South Korea as a new destination in summer 2020. Finnair will be the first and onl...
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Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner joins Turkish Airlines fleet
Boeing delivered the first 787-9 Dreamliner for Turkish Airlines, which plans to use the airplane...
China Southern Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-900
China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 20 A350-900s, becoming the newest oper...
Avia Solutions Group to acquire Chapman Freeborn
Avia Solutions Group, a global multipurpose aviation holding, has entered into an agreement to ac...
Emirates expands services for busy Hajj season
Emirates will be expanding its services to Jeddah and Medina with an additional 46 flights to hel...
Ship Operation
Diana Shipping enters time charter agreement with Cargill
Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned s...
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MOL inks FSRU charter deal for Hong Kong LNG Terminal
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that MOL has entered into a long-term charter contract with H...
Teekay's FPSO charter contract for Cheviot Terminated
In October 2018, certain subsidiaries of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. entered into an agreement ...
Bahri expands internship programme to UAE
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has announced the expansion of its &lsquo...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract for with SwissMarine
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Azores Airlines takes delivery of its first A321LR
Azores Airlines, the Azores archipelago-based carrier, has taken delivery of its first of three A321LRs to be leased from Air Lease Corporation &ld...
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Textron Aviation European parts warehouse expansion
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced it is doubling the size of its European ...
Italian Air Force solidifies KC-767A Tanker mission readiness with Boeing PBL Agreement
Boeing will continue providing Performance-based Logistics (PBL) support to the Italian air force...
American Airlines agrees to order 50 Airbus A321XLRs
American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, th...
Japan Airlines takes delivery of first A350 XWB
Japan Airlines (JAL) has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse,...
Ship Building / Shipyards
ONE takes delivery of 14,000-TEU containership ONE CYGNUS
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce that the 14,000 TEU containership ONE CYGNUS, was successfully delivered at Japan Marine United ...
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MOL announces naming of a new LNG carrier
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the naming of a newbuilding LNG Carrier ordered by Tran...
Ocean Yield took delivery of a VLCC from Hyundai Heavy Industries
Ocean Yield ASA is pleased to announce that it has taken delivery of the VLCC "Nissos Santor...
Meyer Turku wins third Icon class ship contract from Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Meyer Turku shipyard have signed an agreement (still subject to ...
Seaspan Shipyards delivers first offshore fisheries science vessel
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) and the Government of Canada celebrated the official handover of the ...
Insurance / Finance
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 Air have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU...
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Hapag-Lloyd secures USD 113 Mn loan
Hapag-Lloyd AG has entered into a new EUR 100 million revolving credit facility, to be made avail...
ATSG extends and expands credit facility
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. announced that it has obtained lender commitments for a one-y...
Sovcomflot concludes USD 297 million credit facility
Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has signed a new USD 297 million limited recourse credit facility, for up ...
Flex LNG signs $550m of financing for four LNG carriers
Flex LNG Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a sale-charterback transaction wit...