Owners dictate terms as ships head for retrofit ahead of IMO 2020

AVERAGE daily charter hire rates has soared 40 per cent since January while Shanghai Containerised...

DSV Panalpina sees acquisitions ahead after full Panalpina merger

DSV Panalpina is planning to make more acquisitions in 12-18 months' time, with its eye...

FAA gives the go-ahead for UPS drones to operate

UNITED Parcel Service Inc has won US certification to fly drones under regulations similar...

Davies Turner moves ahead with UK trainee recruitment programme

UK FORWARDER company Davies Turner & Co's trainee recruitment programme has entered its...

Qatar's Hamad port crosses 3 million TEU threshold ahead of schedule

HAMAD port in Qatar has reached a milestone after handling three million TEU on August 24

Carriers to boost Asia-Europe capacity ahead of early Chinese New Year

CARRIERS are adding capacity between Asia and Europe ahead of an early Chinese New Year, according...

UK government needs to press ahead with Heathrow expansion: FTA

THE UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling on the government to push ahead...

Sale of LB Container Terminal to Macquarie Group gets official go-ahead

THE transfer of ownership of Long Beach Container Terminal from Orient Overseas International...

US retail imports surge again ahead of more tariffs as inventories soar

IMPORTS through US major ports reached unusually high numbers just before new tariffs on goods...

Maersk says it expects choppy seas ahead for world economy

WITH a subtle warning about the outlook for trade and possibly weaker demand growth for containers,...

China makes good on vow to buy US farm products ahead of trade talks

CHINA's purchases of agricultural products from the United States are part of 'efforts...

US shops still stock up ahead of tariffs, but more slowly: Port Tracker

IMPORTS through US major retail container ports will remain at high levels this summer but...

Lululemon increasing air freight ahead of expected port congestion in Asia

CANADIAN clothing retailer Lululemon will increase its international air freight shipments...

US retailers still stock up to get ahead of ever-looming tariff threat

IMPORTS at US container ports are expected to continue to grow this summer as retailers stock...

US retail imports to increase ahead of goods tariff increase: NRF

THE Global Port Tracker from the National Retail Federation (NRF) says that with retail sales...

Becker sees high demand for its fuel saving duct ahead of IMO 2020

HAMBURG's Becker Marine Systems says the IMO 2020 sulphur cap is driving increased demand...

Panalpina elects Thomas Kern chairman ahead of expected DSV merger

SWISS forwarding giant Panalpina has elected Thomas Kern, a Swiss national, as chairman of...

US import trade starts recovery ahead of summer season

MAJOR container ports in the US are starting to see import traffic recover in the run-up to...

Kenya ports see 50,000 TEUers ahead as digitisation is introduced

THE Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) plans on digitising its primary services to sharpen its competitive...

CMA CGM gets go ahead to acquire major share in CEVA

THE European Commission has given the green light for French shipping giant CMA CGM to proceed...

Chinese Vice Premier Liu arrives in Washington ahead of trade talks

CHINESE Vice Premier Liu He has arrived in Washington ahead of crucial trade talks with the...

Container shippers likely to face a bumpy year ahead

IF there was ever a year when the outlook for reliability in the international logistics system...

Air cargo peak deflated after rush ahead of US-China tariff hikes

THE 2018 peak air cargo season proved a disappointment and volumes even fell between October...

US-Asia box space shrinks ahead of Lunar New Year

ASIA is suffering from tight vessel space following the second consecutive week of spot rate...

US heats up rhetoric targeting Chinese IP 'theft' ahead of G20 meet

THE US has accused China of a continuing a state-backed campaign of intellectual property...

Bumps ahead for logistics sector post Brexit: UK transport minister

UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling admitted during a recent keynote presentation at the...

Uncertainty ahead as Cathay's cargo dips 1.3pc in November

HONG Kong's Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic carried 185,135 tonnes of cargo and...

UK and Canada wrap up open skies agreement ahead of Brexit

CANADA and the United Kingdom have concluded an open skies agreement in readiness for the...