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The core business activities at Rodair involve international freight forwarding, project logistics, courier, warehousing and distribution, 3PL serv...
Read MoreHapag-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...
Scorpio Bulkers announces sale and leaseback agreements for 7 dry bulk vessels
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced that it has agreed to sell and leaseback three Ultramax vessels (SBI Pegasus, SBI Subaru and SBI Ursa) and four Kams...
CEVA Logistics expands in eCommerce services
CEVA Logistics has further expanded its eCommerce services with the implementation and go-live of significant new business wins in the UK, Turkey, ...
The CMA CGM Group upgrades its Europe / Indian Ocean & Australia service
The CMA CGM Group, a worldwide leading shipping group, reinforces its Europe / Indian Ocean & Australia offering by upgrading its NEMO service,...
Freight & Logistics
GAC India sharpens focus on project logistics & breakbulk
GAC is tapping into growing project logistics and breakbulk business potential in India. “The country’s burgeoning energy and infrastr...
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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 ...
CEVA Logistics renews partnership with Fincantieri in Italy
CEVA Logistics has renewed its partnership with Fincantieri in Italy for an additional three year...
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...
dnata strengthens position in freight forwarding industry
dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, strengthens its position in the U...
DWC welcomed 900,000 customers in 2018
Dubai World Central (DWC) welcomed a total of 900,000 passengers in 2018 (-0.5%) following a surg...
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
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 was the third busiest February at the Port, it repr...
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New Moín reefer hub connects Costa Rica with Europe and Asia
Costa Rica made its way onto the world port map. The inauguration of APM Terminals Moín wi...
APM Terminals Barcelona increases reefer capacity and reduces CO2 emissions
In response to rapidly growing customer demand, APM Terminals Barcelona, Spain has increased reef...
Etihad Rail in deal to connect Khalifa Port to network
His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council, Chairman of Et...
Jaxport posts record January container volumes
During the 2019 State of the Port event, Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) CEO Eric Green ann...
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
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 additional containers. The crew of 8 officers and...
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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...
Genco Shipping implements comprehensive fleet plan ahead of IMO 2020 regulations
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced that it plans to install exhaust gas cleaning syst...
Featured News
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...
Hyundai Heavy Industries acquiring Daewoo Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group and Korea Development Bank (KDB) have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding...
Panalpina Brazil invests in cold chain logistics solutions
With extensive expertise in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals market and being recognized as one of the leading logistics operators in the country...
UECC signs newbuilding contract
United European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct t...
Singapore bans Boeing 737 Max aircraft over its airspace
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is temporarily suspending operation of all variants of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft into and out of...
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announces the sale of two Kamsarmax Vessels
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. announced today that the Company has entered into agreements to sell two Kamsarmax vessels for $48 million and provided an upd...
Diana Shipping enters time charter contract for m/v Salt Lake City 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...
MSC enhances Asia-Latin America network through new VSA
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is optimising its Asia-South America east coast network through a new vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) with two ot...
XPO Logistics launches XPO Connect in Europe
XPO Logistics, Inc., a leading global provider of transportation and logistics solutions, announced the launch of XPO Connect in Europe. XPO Connec...
DP World to invest in new Kazakhstan infrastructure
The potential of DP World investing in new infrastructure in Kazakhstan’s ports and logistics sectors was the focus of discussions between gl...
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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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...
Ethiopian Takes Delivery of Its 8th Freighter
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, Africa’s Largest Cargo operator, has taken delive...
Airlines - Passenger
Qantas launches direct flights from Melbourne to Queenstown
Qantas will launch new seasonal flights direct from Melbourne to Queenstown to meet the growing number of Australians seeking winter holidays in Ne...
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Air Partner opens Houston and Singapore offices
Air Partner plc, the global aviation services group, is pleased to announce the opening of two ne...
JetBlue Increases International Flights with New Guayaquil Service
JetBlue announced that new flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood international Airport (FLL) ...
Etihad upgrades Kuala Lumpur, Brussels To 787 service
Etihad Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 on its daily scheduled services from Abu Dhabi to ...
flydubai inaugural flight lands in Helsinki
flydubai has inaugurated its new daily service to Helsinki becoming the first national carrier fo...
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
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 paves the way for converting large ships to LNG / 1...
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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...
Samsung Shipbuilding delivers newbuild to Nordic American Tankers
The third 2018 suezmax newbuilding from Samsung Shipbuilding in South Korea was delivered today, ...
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 ...