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Striving for continuous improvement in the service offer on the trade Europe and Red Sea from / to Kenya and Somalia strategic markets, CMA CGM is ...
Read MoreEtihad Cargo boosts its freighter summer schedule across key international markets
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has announced its freighter schedule for the IATA summer season, boosting c...
Team Tankers and Maersk Tankers enter strategic partnership covering 27 vessels
Team Tankers International’s strong position within chemical tankers and Maersk Tankers’ industry-leading commercial management have be...
ONE unveils upgraded participation on the AUE service
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce its upgraded participation on the Australia East Asia Service (AUE), also known as North East As...
Emirates to implement thermal screening on all US bound flights
Emirates will be implementing thermal screening measures for all passengers travelling on US flights departing from Dubai International Airport, ef...
Freight & Logistics
CEVA Logistics strengthens its presence in Bangladesh
As part of its strategic expansion in the emerging Southeast Asian markets, CEVA Logistics has officially opened its own offices in Dhaka and Chitt...
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Kuehne + Nagel sells major part of its UK contract logistics portfolio
Kuehne + Nagel enters into a definitive agreement to sell a major part of its UK contract logisti...
Rhenus expands presence in the Americas and opens warehouse in Miami
Rhenus Logistics, a leading global logistics service provider, has recently opened its first regi...
Delmar International acquires Chicago based logistics firm Rotra
Delmar International Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Rotra, LLC (and Rotra Brokera...
DHL AND ESL extend successful esports partnership
DHL and ESL have extended their successful partnership pertaining to ESL One. As part of this coo...
Airports
Swissport equips cargo warehouses with bluetooth sensors
Swissport will work with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor Unit Load Devices (ULD) using Bluetooth technology at its cargo warehouses. The...
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Swissport facility in Nairobi airport obtains IATA CEIV Pharma certification
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has awarded Swissport’s warehouse operat...
Amazon is expanding its operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Amazon is expanding its operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport. For this purpose, a cargo hall of ar...
ACI World issues guidance on global communicable disease transmission
Airports Council International (ACI) World has highlighted guidance for airports following the re...
Swissport and Lufthansa renew cargo handling contract at Brussels and Liege airports
Swissport and Lufthansa signed a 5-year contract for cargo handling at Brussels and Lie?ge airpor...
Container
ONE Introduces Batangas call on the TPV Service
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to introduce a new call to Batangas on its Thailand Philippines Vietnam (TPV) service starting from April 20...
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Interasia Lines to launch new South China-Thailand Service
Interasia Lines is pleased to introduce a brand new South China to Vietnam and Thailand service (...
Ocean Network Express unveils 2020 Intra-Asia Japan service network
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce the details of its Intra-Asia Japan service ne...
The Alliance announces details of 2020 Middle East service network
Members of THE Alliance, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Ocean Network Express, and Yang Mi...
Hamburg Süd expands business in Italy, Spain, and Egypt
Hamburg Süd is now exclusively represented by its own offices in Italy and Spain after busin...
Sea Ports / Terminals
Coronavirus takes toll on Port of Los Angeles cargo volumes
The Port of Los Angeles moved 544,037 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in February, a 22.9% decrease compared to last year. “While cargo ...
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Increased volumes destined for Iraq contribute to strong ACT performance
Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), the preferred gateway to Jordan and beyond, showed strong resilie...
Abu Dhabi Ports and Robert Allan to develop unmanned autonomous tugboats
Abu Dhabi Ports announced its collaboration with a global commercial vessel designer and tugboat...
Phillips 66 and Trafigura form JV to develop deepwater port
Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd announce they have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Bluewat...
DP World acquires Fraser Surrey Docks
DP World, the leading enabler of global trade, and one of the world's largest port operators,...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
Wartsila to supply cargo handling system for a new 18,000 CBM LNG bunkering vessel
The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply the cargo handling system for a new 18,000 cbm LNG bunkering vessel. The ship i...
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Performance Shipping agrees to acquire an aframax tanker vessel
Performance Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of vessels, an...
SCF Group expands LNG fleet and strengthens partnership with Total
On 4 February 2020, a naming ceremony was held for SCF Group’s latest LNG carrier, SCF La P...
BW LPG declares option for additional four LPG dual-fuel engines
BW LPG announced that it has exercised an option for the delivery of four additional LPG dual-fue...
Diana Shipping announces sale of a capsize and time-charter for a kamsarmax
Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, ...
Safety
Maersk links $5bn credit facility to better CO2 performance
A.P. Moller - Maersk secures a new sustainability-linked revolving credit facility of $5.0bn through a syndicate of 26 selected banks. This is the ...
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DNV GL awards MSC new container ship fire safety notation
At DNV GL's recent annual London press briefing, DNV GL - Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nil...
Hapag-Lloyd to lower CO2 emissions using biofuel
Hapag-Lloyd is bunkering “bio”: To reduce the CO2 emissions generated by operating sh...
Bamboo Airways passes IATA operational safety audit
Bamboo Airways was added to the IOSA Registry. The IOSA Registration Certificate Awarding Ceremon...
Bahri Joins Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, has become an official member of the Mari...
Featured News
A.P. Moller - Maersk launches door-to-door insurance solution
Provided by Zurich, this new service will offer customers the synergy of world-class logistics and insurance solution. Maersk has teamed up with ...
UPS enhances Singapore healthcare supply chain capabilities
UPS announced that its freight forwarding operation at Changi Airport, Singapore, has received IATA CEIV Pharma Certification for pharmaceutical lo...
MSC adds new calls to improve USA-South America East Coast service
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to announce an enhancement to its USA-South America East Coast (USA-SAEC) service, starting in April ...
CEVA Logistics mega airlift keeps supply chains moving
As part of a strategic initiative to keep customer production lines moving around the world during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, CEVA Logist...
Golar Power to develop LNG import terminal in the Port of Suape, Brazil
Golar Power Limited signed on March 13 a Protocol of Intentions with the State Government of Pernambuco to develop an LNG import terminal in the Po...
MarCoPay Inc. realizes world's first onboard use of digital currency
The world’s first onboard use of digital currency has occurred through the MarCoPay fintech platform, which is operated by NYK and the Philip...
Neptune Pacific Line acquires Pacific Direct Line
Neptune Pacific Line (Neptune) announced it has acquired Pacific Direct Line (PDL) from PDL’s parent holding company, Pacific International L...
Kerry Logistics moves into new London Heathrow facility
Kerry Logistics Network Limited has moved its air freight division in the UK into a new facility close to London Heathrow Airport as it continues t...
DACHSER is expanding premium charter flight rotation to and from China
DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics is starting the next wave of its charter flight rotation service to China and back. The charter route has initially...
Tigers Netherlands expands collaboration with Asendia Benelux
Tigers is set to enhance its abilities within the European B2C market, particularly for customers with low value orders, by adding a competitive Po...
Airlines - Freighter
Silkway West Airlines starts scheduled cargo service to Dallas Fort Worth
Silk Way West Airlines announced, that it plans to introduce weekly flights to Dallas Fort Worth Airport from April 06, adding to its already exist...
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Etihad Cargo expands digital portfolio with mobile tracking app
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has expanded its digital port...
Shailendar Kothari appointed Managing Director, Jettainer Americas
Shailendar Kothari is the new Managing Director of Jettainer Americas Inc. The Jettainer daughter...
Turkish Cargo adds Quito to its cargo flight network
Turkish Cargo, the fastest growing global air cargo carrier, continues to expand its flight netwo...
Emirates SkyCargo and Accuity set new standards in Global Trade Compliance
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, announced that it is working with Accuity, t...
Airlines - Passenger
Brussels Airlines suspends all its flights to and from Italy between 12 March and 3 April
Due to the announcement made by the Italian government to implement further quarantine restrictions to contain the further spread of the Coronaviru...
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COVID-19 hits January passenger demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for Ja...
Air Charter Service expands US operations by opening a new office in Chicago
Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has invested further in its US operatio...
[Coronavirus]Ryanair to cancel up to 25% of Italian short haul flights
Ryanair (Mon 2 Mar) notified passengers that it was reducing its short haul flight program (mainl...
AerCap delivers the first new Airbus A320neo aircraft to EGYPTAIR
AerCap Holdings N.V. announced it has delivered a new Airbus A320neo aircraft on lease to EGYPTAI...
Ship Operation
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract with Oldendorff
Diana Shipping Inc, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned su...
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Diana Shipping announces the cancellation of the sale of capsize dry bulk vessel
Diana Shipping Inc, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, ...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract with BHP
Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, ...
Qatargas signs long term SPA to supply LNG to Kuwait
Qatargas announced the signing of a new, long term Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Sale and Purchase ...
AET wins long term time charter deal with Petrobras
AET has been awarded long term time charter contracts for three Suezmax class Dynamic Positionin...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Airbus set for strong presence at India’s flagship civil aviation show – Wings 2020
Airbus will highlight its class-leading products, technologies and services at India’s largest civil aviation show – Wings India. The b...
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AEI to provide Allied Air with up to 4 B737-800SF freighters
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce the company has entered an agreement to...
Swiss International Air Lines takes delivery of its first A320neo
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has taken delivery of its first A320neo aircraft at a deliv...
Airbus reveals its blended wing aircraft demonstrator
Airbus has revealed MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovati...
Batik Air receives its first A320neo
Batik Air, the full service wing of Indonesia’s Lion Group, marked the arrival of its first...
Ship Building / Shipyards
OOCL orders five 23000 TEU container vessels
OOCL is pleased to announce that they have signed newbuilding contracts with shipyards Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS) and Dal...
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BC Ferries reveals names of two new Damen-built vessels
BC Ferries held a naming ceremony for the first of its two Island Class Ferries at Victoria&rsquo...
Samsung Heavy receives order to build three shuttle tankers
Samsung Heavy Industries disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had won a contract to build thr...
Polaris Shipping delivers its 7th 325K DWT VLOC ‘M/V Sao Joy’
Polaris Shipping, the world’s largest VLOC owner, has delivered a 325K DWT VLOC ‘M/V ...
Wartsila LPG Fuel Supply System the first ever to undergo engine testing
The technology group Wärtsilä’s LPG Fuel Supply System (LFSS) has successfully co...
Insurance / Finance
FRO raises cash to finance 10 Trafigura Suezmaxes
Frontline Ltd. announced that it has signed a sale-and-leaseback agreement in an amount up to $544 million with ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.. ...
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Seaspan acquired four 2,000-teu container ships
Seaspan Corporation announced that it has agreed to purchase a fleet of four containerships for a...
PSA Marine achieves exciting milestone with acquisition of Tramarsa Flota
PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd had completed the 100% acquisition of Tramarsa Flota S.A. and its subsidiari...
Diana Shipping cancels the sale of panamax dry bulk vessel, the M/V Calipso
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,...
SFL Corporation announces the sale of older VLCC
SFL Corporation Ltd. announces that it has sold and delivered the 2002-built VLCC Front Hakata to...