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Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes announced that it has entered into a $310 mi...
Read Morednata achieves GDP certification for pharmaceutical cargo in Switzerland
dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has been awarded the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for the pharmac...
Hapag-Lloyd orders 8,600 new reefer containers from MCI
Hamburg-based global container line Hapag-Lloyd has recently announced new reefer bookings of 11,100 units and awarded Maersk Container Industry (M...
Two Containerships’ vessels christened
Containerships’ third and fourth LNG-powered vessels were christened at the Wenchong Shipyard, China. The vessels received names M/S Containe...
ABP launches the expansion of Port of Southampton
The latest stage of a £50 million expansion of automotive trade at the Port of Southampton has begun. Work on the latest £15 million m...
Freight & Logistics
Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints Nazzari as it targets growth in EMEIA
Crane Worldwide Logistics, a leading supply chain solutions company, announced that it has appointed Marco Nazzari to serve as Regional Vice Presid...
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Kuehne + Nagel strengthens footprint in Indonesia through strategic acquisition
Kuehne + Nagel announced the acquisition of the logistics operations of Wira Logistics, a leading...
Panalpina: Air freight peak season ready for take-off
The 2018 air freight peak season is due to begin sometime after Chinese Golden Week (October 1-7)...
Kuehne + Nagel expands its regional network
In order to better serve the promising markets in Central Asia and in the Caucasus Kuehne + Nagel...
SWISSPORT opens its second largest air cargo hub in Germany
Swissport International AG, the global leader of airport ground services and cargo handling for t...
Airports
HKIA three-runway system on progress
Jack So Chak-kwong, Chairman of Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA), visited the reclamation work site of Hong Kong International Airport's Three-...
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Auckland Airport recognised globally for sustainability achievements
Auckland Airport continues to be recognised globally as a sustainable business, with its inclusio...
ViaAir launches Amarillo-Austin South Terminal nonstop
ViaAir inaugurated new nonstop service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s Sou...
Changi Airport welcomes first Chinese express cargo airline
Changi Airport Group (CAG) welcomed the arrival of SF Airlines’ inaugural flight from Shenz...
Changi Airport welcomes first Chinese express cargo airline
Changi Airport Group (CAG) welcomed the arrival of SF Airlines’ inaugural flight from Shenz...
Container
OOCL announces upgrade of Atlantic Mediterranean Express Service
OOCL is pleased to announce that they will be upgrading their Atlantic Mediterranean Express Service (ATM1) by the deployment of a larger fleet of ...
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APL named Containership Operator of the Year
APL was named ‘Containership Operator of the Year’ at the Lloyd’s List Asia Pac...
COSCO Shipping Lines Comes to Bosnia
China's largest state-owned international and domestic container shipping and related service...
European Shippers’ Council disapproves carriers’ policy
European Shippers’ Council disapproves of the mechanism of surcharges that shipping liners ...
Mega carriers teams up with ONE to operate Mediterranean-U.S. East Coast Service
Ocean Network Express, Hapag-Lloyd, and Yang Ming announced the strategic cooperation with CMA-CG...
Sea Ports / Terminals
Khalifa Port receives 1st ARMG, STS cranes For COSCO SHIPPING Abu Dhabi Terminal
Abu Dhabi Ports announced the delivery of the first shipments of Automated Rail Mounted Gantry Crane (ARMG) Ship-to-shore quay cranes (STS) to Khal...
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Panama Canal transits four LNG vessels
The Panama Canal reaches a new milestone after the successful transit of four liquefied natural g...
Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers for DP World Southampton
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with DP World Southampton to supply 12 hybrid str...
Gulftainer signs $600 million concession for Port of Wilmington
Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately-owned independent port operator and logistics com...
North Carolina Ports’ Terminals resume full commercial operations
North Carolina Ports’ terminals in Wilmington and Morehead City resumed full commercial tru...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
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 investment commitment of $182 million in Avenir LNG Ltd....
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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 ...
Teekay Tankers closes sale-leaseback for six Aframaxes
Teekay Tankers Ltd. announced that it has completed and closed the previously-announced sale-lea...
Genco Shipping takes delivery of Two 2016-built capesize and one 2016-built Ultramax Vessel
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Defender a...
Safety
Maersk implements new guidelines on dangerous goods stowage
Aiming to further improve safety practices in stowage of dangerous cargo aboard container vessels, Maersk has completed implementation of new guide...
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International Seaways announces Contract to install scrubbers
International Seaways, Inc. one of the largest tanker companies worldwide providing energy transp...
Boskalis is exploring Biofuels
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will use a biofuel blend on the project to install the...
NYK PCTC supports in rescue operation off the coast of France
Coral Leader, a Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) owned by NYK supported the rescue operation of ...
SCI tanker in incident off Oman coast
An Indian oil tanker, MT Desh Vaibhav suffered an explosion off the coast of Oman. The Shippin...
Featured News
AirBridgeCargo to set up its European hub at Liege Airport
Liege Airport and AirBridgeCargo Airlines have signed an historic lease agreement for 10 years. This arrangement will bring the scale of cooperatio...
Yusen Logistics awarded CEIV Pharma at Kansai International Airport
Yusen Logistics is the first Japanese air freight forwarder at Kansai International Airport to be awarded the prestigious IATA-CEIV Pharma certific...
Delta Cargo to extend Bluetooth tracking to off-airport customer facilities
Following the announcement earlier in the year that Delta will be providing real-time tracking for unit load devices (ULDs), the offering has now b...
NWSA welcomes first PIL vessel since 2014
Pacific International Lines’ Kota Pekarangarrived at The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s North Harbor, making its maiden voyage to Seattle...
Saudia Cargo unveils Fly Express delivery service
AUDI Airlines Cargo Company launched its newest product “Fly Express”, offering high priority express delivery for urgent international...
Swissport extends remedies standstill regarding affiliate loan to HNA Group
Swissport extends the temporary remedies standstill regarding the collection of the unpaid balance of its Affiliate Loan to HNA Group while HNA con...
Seaspan to invest up to US$200 million in Swiber Group
Seaspan Corporation announced that it has entered into a binding term sheet for a potential investment of up to US$200 million in the restructured...
Budapest Airport: New flights all year round
Budapest Airport will welcome a new airline on the first day of the winter schedule. The 35th carrier to operate to BUD will be the recently establ...
Milaha achieves Five Star grading in British Safety Council audit
Milaha, a Qatar-based maritime and logistics conglomerate, has successfully completed a best practice Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audi...
NYK: New LNG Vessel for Tokyo Gas named
A naming ceremony for a new LNG vessel was held at the Tsu shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) in Tsu city, Japan. NYK and Tokyo LNG ...
Airlines - Freighter
Oman adopts electronic airway bill (e-AWB)
In-line with the Government plans to implement international best practices in business, Oman has adopted the International Air Transport Associati...
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Unilode, Cathay Pacific successfully conclude ULD Bluetooth trials
Unilode has ‘successfully’ completed the Bluetooth tracking trials with its ULD manag...
Flydubai launches animal transport service
flydubai Cargo has announced that it will begin to offer live animal transportation across its n...
Etihad Cargo introduces new freighter network
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, announced a much-anticipated refresh...
American Airlines Cargo appoints new VP, Strategy & Development
American Airlines Cargo has announced the promotion of Jessica Tyler to Vice President, Strategy ...
Airlines - Passenger
Air Arabia launches new route to Kabul
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), has announced the introduction of its new flight to ...
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Qantas and Cathay Pacific announce codeshare alliance
Cathay Pacific and Qantas customers are set to benefit from a new codeshare agreement that levera...
UIA launches flights to Izmir, Sofia and Bucharest
Effective Summer 2019 Ukraine International Airlines will extend its South-East Europe network an...
Finnair adds capacity to Lisbon, Alanya-Gazipasa and Brussels
Finnair will add flights between its Helsinki hub and Lisbon, Portugal and Alanya (Gazipasa), Tur...
Emirates announces codeshare partnership with Jetstar Pacific
Emirates and Jetstar Pacific have announced a new codeshare agreement, expanding the existing par...
Ship Operation
Another two newbuilds join dship carriers
dship Carriers announces the delivery of two further F-500 Eco Trader newbuildings, which complete the total series of four units for dship Carrier...
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Bahri celebrates Saudi National Day in Mumbai
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, celebrated Saudi Arabia’s 88th Nati...
Royal naming for Wightlink’s new flagship
Wightlink’s environmentally friendly flagship, Victoria of Wight, was officially named by H...
Ferry Sunflower launches new vessel in Japan
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the newly built large-scale ferry Sunflower Kirishima op...
Diana Shipping Inc. announces time charter contract for m/v Artemis with Ausca
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Boeing, United Airlines announce order for nine 787-9 Dreamliners
Boeing and United Airlines announced the carrier is expanding its 787 Dreamliner fleet again with a new order for nine 787-9 airplanes, the longest...
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Oman Air receives its fourth new Boeing 737 MAX 8
Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is set to take delivery of the fourth of...
Airbus’ China assembly facility marks 10 years of quality manufacturing for A320 Family jetliners
In the decade since Airbus inaugurated its Final Assembly Line at Tianjin, China, over 380 jetlin...
Boeing Delivers First 787 Dreamliner for Shanghai Airlines
Boeing and Shanghai Airlines celebrated the delivery of the carrier's first 787-9 Dreamliner....
Airbus delivers first A320neo to Sky Airline
Chilean low cost carrier and all-Airbus operator Sky Airline has taken delivery of its first A320...
Ship Building / Shipyards
Seaspan: Major contract for joint Support ships announced
Seaspan Shipyards has awarded Hawboldt Industries of Chester, Nova Scotia, two contracts for a total value of $8M for work on Canada’s new Jo...
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Wartsila redesigns organisation to enhance customer value
The technology group Wärtsilä has decided to reorganise into two business areas, Wä...
Erik Thun takes delivery of LNG-fueled tanker
Swedish Erik Thun Group pleased to announce that the product/chemical tanker M/V Thun Venern was ...
KNOT orders two new shuttle tankers for long-term charter with Equinor
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) has been awarded a contract to build two new Shuttle Tankers....
COSCO Shipping Tanker successfully receives delivery of Mt Cosnew Lake
The Christening and Delivery Ceremony of Mt Cosnew Lake, a VLCC of 319,000 dwt, of COSCO SHIPPING...
Insurance / Finance
Pyxis Tankers Inc. announces refinancing of modern Tanker
Pyxis Tankers Inc., an emerging growth pure play product tanker company, announced that it had successfully completed the refinancing of a previous...
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Scorpio Bulkers agrees refinancing for Ultramax
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced today that the Company has entered into a financing transaction in...
Diana Shipping: Closing of bond offering
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
DHT Holdings, Inc. announces $50 million scrubber financing
DHT Holdings, Inc. announced that it has secured commitment to a $50 million financing for its ea...
Kuehne + Nagel listed in sustainability index
Kuehne + Nagel, one of the world’s leading logistics companies, was included into the SIX S...