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Most Recent News
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. hosted the naming ceremony of a brand-new 24,188 TEU vessel container today at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engine...
Read MoreDP World and Standard Bank partner to expand trade finance in Africa
Standard Bank, the largest bank in Africa by assets, has partnered with DP World, a global leader in supply chain solutions, to offer trade finance...
HALO concludes financing of a 737-800SF freighter aircraft for Nauru Airlines
HALO Air Finance, a joint venture between GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation closed financing for Nauru Airlines, the flag carrier of the R...
APM Terminals Bahrain to become region’s first fully solar energy-powered seaport
APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has officially announced the launch of a ground-breaking solar power project worth ...
GSBN welcomes Ocean Network Express to further expand collaboration and digitalization in shipping
Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an independent, not-for-profit technology consortium building a blockchain-enabled operating system design...
Freight & Logistics
Maersk and Barry Callebaut to open new cocoa bean warehouse in Malaysia
A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) and Barry Callebaut Group, the world leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, have entered ...
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Bollore Logistics Delhi welcomes its first commercial electric vehicle in India
The last mile delivery industry has seen a surge in demand in recent years. With this growth, com...
Maersk expands its warehousing footprint to over half a million sq. ft. in Bangladesh
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) announced the expansion of its warehousing footprint in Chat...
CEVA Logistics to grow EV Ground fleet to 1,450 by 2025
CEVA Logistics announced today during the 2023 Transport Logistic show in Munich that the company...
Saudia Cargo and Cainiao extend partnership
Saudia Cargo, has signed a new 12-month "space and service commitment" agreement with C...
Airports
Swissport refines cool chain solution and cooling capacity at its air cargo center in Nairobi, Kenya
Swissport, the world's leading provider of airport ground services and air cargo handling, continues to invest in upgrading its air cargo facil...
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WFS and DSV extend growing global partnership with new European gateway contract in Liege
DSV has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a long-term European Gateway cargo handling contr...
Abu Dhabi International Airport welcomes first SF express flight
Abu Dhabi Airports, the owner and operator of five airports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, welcomed...
Wincanton announces multimillion-pound investment in electric vehicles for IKEA
Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, announces that it has made a multimill...
Swissport wins seven-year extension for Geneva airport ground handling
Swissport has been awarded once again the license to provide airport ground services at Geneva In...
Container
DP World launches direct freight service between UAE and Iraq
DP World, a leading provider of global supply chain solutions, has launched the first direct freight service between the UAE and Iraq to make the f...
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Hapag-Lloyd updates MIAX service port rotation
Hapag-Lloyd has announced their Middle East India Africa Express (MIAX) service will be adding th...
Ocean Network Express adds new call to AIM service
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce that AIM weekly service will change its port r...
Maersk announces ‘Al Maha’ ocean service connecting the Middle East and Europe markets
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) announced ocean shipping service, ‘Al Maha’, that...
ZIM invests in Spinframe
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., along with other investors, announced the initial closing ...
Sea Ports / Terminals
AD Ports Group, Karachi Port Trust (KPT) ink MoU for economic development
A senior delegation from United Arab Emirates (UAE) visited Karachi and met with H.E. Faisal Sabzwari, Federal Minister For Maritime Affairs, Gover...
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Port of Los Angeles handles 688,000 container units in April
The Port of Los Angeles processed 688,110 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in April, down 22% ...
APM Terminals pledges EUR962 million investment in Brazilian Terminals by 2026
As part of a Dutch trade delegation to Brazil this week, APM Terminals’ CEO Keith Svendsen ...
PSA BDP announces full ownership of established offices in Saudi Arabia
PSA BDP, a leading provider of globally integrated and port-centric supply chain, transportation,...
Port of Halifax welcomes first EC5 upsized vessel
The first of the upsized EC5 vessels has arrived at the Port of Halifax. The ONE Stork, with carr...
LNG / Bulk / Tanker
Berge Bulk & ABS retrofit bulk carrier with methanol power
Berge Bulk and ABS have signed a joint project agreement to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the conversion of methanol-fuelled propulsion ...
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World's 2nd pure battery tanker "AKARI" enters service
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd. announced that the AKARI, the world's se...
Hyundai LNG Shipping: Delivery of three eco-friendly VLGCs
Hyundai LNG Shipping announced on March 21 that it has delivered all three VLGCs ordered to Hyund...
NYK and FueLNG achieve first LNG bunkering of PCTC in Singapore
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), a leading Japanese shipping company, and FueLNG, a joint ven...
Shell and Hapag-Lloyd sign multi-year LNG supply agreement
Shell Western LNG B.V (Shell) and Hapag-Lloyd today announced the signing of a multi-year agreeme...
Safety
HMM has cut carbon emissions by half in last decade
HMM has accelerated its efforts to become an eco-friendly shipping company, reducing carbon emissions to less than half of 2010 levels. Accordin...
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Maersk and Carbon Sink sign strategic partnership to accelerate green marine fuels production
As part of the strategy to decarbonise its customers’ supply chains, A.P. Moller - Maersk (...
DB Schenker launches global CO2-neutral air freight offer
DB Schenker extends its portfolio of climate-friendlier logistics solutions by opening the next c...
Sonoco ThermoSafe and LATAM Cargo sign global master lease agreement
Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco and one of the largest global providers of temperature assura...
The CMA CGM Group and Ifremer sign a partnership agreement to protect the oceans and marine life
CMA CGM Group and Ifremer, the French national institute for ocean science, signed a framework ag...
Featured News
WFS opens air cargo terminal in India’s Bengaluru Airport
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a Member of the SATS Group, has opened its air cargo terminal and cold chain facility at Kempegowda International ...
ONE upgrades IBESCO service (IBC)
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce an upgrade of their IBC service where they will add a direct call to/from Gdynia to the service...
Qatar Airways Cargo and Envirotainer unite to enhance customer experience
In a world marked by rapid change and an unprecedented demand for the safe and efficient transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, Q...
Future Proof Shipping launches first hydrogen-powered inland container ship
On 25 May, Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) officially launched the first hydrogen-powered zero-emissions inland containership, H...
Natilus selects ZeroAvia ZA600 hydrogen-electric engines for zero-emission propulsion
Natilus, a leading innovator in designing and developing new autonomous blended-wing body (BWB) cargo aircraft, and ZeroAvia, the leader in zero-em...
AD Ports Group & Vale to Jointly develop low-carbon mega hubs for steel Industry
AD Ports Group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics and industry, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
Nigerdock receives Federal Government approval for Snake Island Port
Nigerdock and Snake Island Integrated Free Zone have received approval from the Federal Government of Nigeria for the commencement and expansion of...
Korean Air earns IATA CEIV Lithium Batteries certification
Korean Air received IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Lithium Batteries certification. To celebrate the occasion,...
Scan Global Logistics launches SAF pilot project with Majid Al Futtaim Lifestyle
Scan Global Logistics announces a new partnership with Majid Al Futtaim Lifestyle, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by using SAF for airfreight shipm...
ICTSI Manila partners with Autosweep to improve gate process for trucks
(IETC), the subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation that manages Autosweep RFID, to enable a faster, more seamless gate process for trucks at the Port...
Airlines - Cargo
Air Canada Cargo begins Costa Rica freighter service
Air Canada Cargo operated its first freighter flight into San José, Costa Rica, with its Boeing 767. The flights will operate twice per week...
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CMA CGM Air Cargo launches a new destination in India
CMA CGM AIR CARGO will serve BOM with 4 weekly flights from May 12 with an A330F aircraft. Bom...
Virgin Atlantic Cargo partners with cargo.one
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and cargo.one announced a global partnership to bring the carrier’s p...
Menzies Aviation grows presence in Latin America with acquisition in Panama
Menzies Aviation, the leading service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, is plea...
Etihad Cargo launches AI-powered solutions to transform operations
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has launched an innovative artificia...
Airlines - Passenger
AerCap delivers four new airbus a321neo aircraft to air india
AerCap Holdings N.V. announced it has completed a mandate for the lease of four new Airbus A321neo aircraft with Air India, the flag carrier of In...
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CDB Aviation delivers first of two A321NX aircraft to Volaris
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Lt...
Avolon delivers 15 airbus a320neo aircraft to Vistara
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announces it has completed the delivery of 15...
Qatar Airways enhances services to Casablanca and Marrakesh
Qatar Airways flights to Casablanca and Marrakesh will resume on 30 June 2023, operating four tim...
New Saudi start-up airline Riyadh Air purchases up to 72 Boeing 787-9
Boeing and Riyadh Air announced that the new Saudi Arabian carrier has chosen the 787 Dreamliner...
Ship Operation
Diana Shipping announces time charter contract with Cargill
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a...
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ICTSI Motukea welcomes first gearless vessel
Motukea International Terminal (MIT), a unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (...
Stena Line boosts freight capacity on Irish Sea with two all-new NewMax hybrid vessels
Two all-new hybrid propulsion vessels designed to run on methanol and adding 80% capacity on the ...
Diana Shipping announces time charter contract with Cobelfret S.A.
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter...
OceanPal Inc. announces time charter contract with Louis Dreyfus
OceanPal Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of vessels, announced that...
Aircraft Manufacturing
Cargo Air places order for its 5th AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce that Bulgaria-based Cargo Air has ordered its fifth AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion. ...
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Icelandair and Airbus sign a MoU for the purchase of up to 25 Airbus A321XLR aircraft
Icelandair and Airbus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of 13 Airbus A32...
Aeronaves T.S.M. orders 6 additional AEI CRJ200 SF freighter conversions
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce that Saltillo, Mexico-based Aeronaves T...
AEI receives ETOPS 120 approval for the B737-400/-300SF
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce that it has received ETOPS 120 approval...
Greater Bay Airlines announces order for 15 737-9 airplanes
Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) and Boeing announced an order for 15 737-9 airplanes. The agreement al...
Ship Building / Shipyards
Wan Hai Lines holds ship naming ceremony for new vessels
Wan Hai Lines Ltd. held a ship naming ceremony for WAN HAI 363 accompanied by a charity donation at Japan Marine United Corporation KURE Shipyard. ...
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Yang Ming approves procurement of 5 dual-fuel container-ships
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) held the 383rd Board meeting that passed the Q...
Maersk to receive landmark green methanol boxship in Copenhagen
To celebrate the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol, A.P. Moller - Ma...
Wan Hai to deploy two newbuildings on Far East to US rotation
Wan Hai Lines Ltd. held a joint ship naming ceremony for WAN HAI A02 & WAN HAI A03 accompanie...
ZIM names new LNG container ships in South Korea
The Naming Ceremony of ZIM MOUNT EVEREST and ZIM MOUNT BLANC was held at SHI Shipyard in Korea. T...
Insurance / Finance
ONE opens new office in Ireland
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is excited to notify the opening of their first wholly owned Irish office, Ocean Network Express (Europe) Ltd, Ireland ...
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Scorpio Tankers exercises purchase options on five ships
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced that it has exercised the purchase options on five ships and that...
Hapag-Lloyd opens new office in Romania
Hapag-Lloyd opens a new office in Romania. Bordering five European countries and with direct acce...
AD Ports Group secures USD 2 billion corporate facility with syndicate of 13 banks
AD Ports Group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, announced the s...
SATS completes acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services
SATS Ltd. announced it has completed its acquisition of global air cargo logistics provider World...