Australian note air cargo moves toward structural recovery in June

PERSONAL protective equipment shipments volumes faded, but global air cargo volumes in June provided the first real indicators of the sector's...

TIACA launches second edition of air cargo sustainability awards

THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has announced that the second edition of the Air Cargo Sustainability Awards is now open for...

Ending the hurry-up-and-wait phenomenon in a quest to decarbonise

ENDING the hurry-up-and-wait phenomenon that bedevils world shipping is the quest of the Global Industry Alliance (GIA), dedicated to decarbonising...

BIFA offers free bitesize training for young forwarders

THE British International Freight Association's (BIFA) next event following the relaunch of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN) online will feature...

Ghana: First quarter cargo traffic rose by 12.6pc to 166,685 TEU

FIRST quarter laden container volume at Ghana's two seaports, Tema and Takoradi,increased 12

HK's appetite for scallops satisfied by charter services from Japan

DHL Global Forwarding (GH) has launched a thrice-weekly charter service from Chitose in Japan to Hong Kong in order to serve scallop producers in the...

HMM names world's largest box ship 'HMM Hamburg'

SOUTH Korea's HMM has held a naming ceremony for the world's largest container ship, the HMM Hamburg, at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine...

'Just-in-time shipping is the smart thing to do'

Communicating berth times earlier could reduce carbon emissions, advocates say

Schiphol needs more comprehensive look at slots for freighters

GATEWAYS like Amsterdam Schiphol Airport should secure sufficient slots for freighters as they are poised to shoulder a disproportionately high...

Melbourne welcomes largest capacity box ship to call at the port

THE Port of Melbourne (PoM) played host to the 10,662 TEU CMA CGM Ural, the largest container ship by maximum capacity to call at the port

Survey on Covid-19 impact on maritime workforce

LLOYD's Register (LR) in partnership with the UK Chamber of Shipping, the Mission to Seafarers, Safety at Sea and with the support of other...

Governments must protect trapped seafarers' human rights

As the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions put in place to attempt containment drag on, around 200,000 merchant seafarers are trapped...

Covid-19 pandemic expedites ANA Cargo's digital expansion

JAPAN's All Nippon Airways' (ANA) cargo capacity is now available on the cargo

DHL Express to open new US$79m cargo facility at Munich Airport

DHL Express Germany is planning to build a new cargo facility, covering more than 8,000 square metres, at Munich Airport

OOCL clinches fuel efficiency gong

HONG Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has been presented with the Fuel Efficiency Award at the Seatrade Maritime...

MSC introduces Instant Quote function for online cargo bookings

MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company (MSC) has upgraded its e-business platform myMSC with the addition of a new online Instant Quote function

Damen delivers custom RHIB to Naarden Lifeboat Brigade!

Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered a new lifeboat, a Damen RHIB 975 Inboard, to the Naarden Lifeboat Brigade (Reddingsbrigade Naarden)....

Qatar Cargo volume boosted by bellyhold and freighter operations

QATAR Airways Cargo has continued to head the market in April as volumes hit 900 million cargo tonne kilometres (CTK), according to IATA data,...

Air cargo weakened in May due to Covid-19: AAPA

PRELIMINARY May 2020 traffic analysis from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (PA) saw air cargo demand in May, measured in freight tonne...

Cosco about to complete planned scrubber installations

CHINA's Cosco Shipping Lines (Cosco) is about to complete scrubber installations, a plan that was announced in 2019