Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific must kow-tow to Beijing to survive

HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific Airways finds itself at odds with China's aviation authorities...

HKTDC's Belt and Road Summit Sept 11-12 at exhibition centre

THE fourth Belt and Road Summit, organised by the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Trade...

Cathay CEO Hogg, chief commercial officer Loo quit after Beijing rebuke

HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific CEO Rupert Hogg resigned after the carrier was rebuked by China...

Gap widens between LA and Long Beach as US tariffs bite

LONG BEACH July cargo was down 9

New deal paves way for US to triple beef exports to European Union

US beef exports to the European Union are expected to triple over the coming seven years thanks...

Trump's cheap drug import plan hits brick wall, pharma would be hurt

BECAUSE of Canadians' liberal use of generic drugs has driven down prices of American...

Re-flagging of ships is easy, but not in the crew's best interest

UNDER maritime regulations, each merchant ship has to be registered with one country

Peak season transpacific freight rates sink 25pc below last year's

Transpacific freight rates to the US West Coast are 25 per cent below where they were this...

Order book puts CMA CGM in 2nd place by fleet size behind Maersk

FRENCH shipping line CMA CGM ordered five 15,000-TEU containerships from Jiangshan Shanghai...

China Belt and Road power investments surge says Greenpeace research

SOLAR, wind and coal power Chinese Belt and Road investments have surged from 2014 to 2019,...

Malaysia restarts China's Belt and Road rail project with after cost reduction

MALAYSIA has restarted its East Coast Rail Link Belt and Road project with China after reducing...

CEVA moves into South Korean e-commerce market on behalf of iHerb

SWISS-BASED CEVA Logistics has begun offering its first express e-commerce services in South...

Namport's new box terminal to begin operations in late August

STATE-owned Namport's new N$4 billion (US$289

New ro/ro service between Muuga, Estonia and Finland's Vuosaari

FINNISH ferry company Eckero Line has started a service connecting Vuosaari in Finland with...

Malaysia stands to benefit from increased ASEAN-China trade

POSITIVE trade growth between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China...

Tariffs drag down Long Beach container volumes by 10pc

CONTAINER volumes fell by 10 per cent year on year at the Port of Long Beach as the ongoing...

CETA boosts two-way trade between Canada and the EU

CANADIAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for the full ratification of the Comprehensive...

Toronto needs to be a well-oiled machine to handle 45pc of Canada's air cargo

TORONTO Pearson is one of North America's busiest airports, after handling 45 per cent...

CMA CGM levies port congestion surcharge in Bejaia, Algeria

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM is to implement a port congestion surcharge in Bejaia, Algeria...

US-China trade dispute drags down box volumes at Port of Long Beach

THE Port of Long Beach suffered a 10 per cent year-on-year decline in container volumes, an...

LNG carrier to be designed by China and Lloyd's Register as demand rises

LLOYD's Register (LR) has entered into an agreement with Cosco Shipping LNG Investment,...

Kuala Lumpur seizes Beijing cash, threatening China's Belt and Road plan

CHINA's troubled Malaysian Belt and Road projects may have been derailed again after Malaysian...

British Airways to be fined US$230 million for failing to stop cyber hack

BRITAIN plans to fine British Airways (BA) GBP183

China's Belt and Road now expected to build 60-mile Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel

THREE Chinese companies are expected to build Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel across Bay of Finland...

Alphaliner: Box ship fleet will be dominated by mega ship orders

GROWTH of the global containership fleet will continue to be led by mega ships with demand...

Customs office to be developed as customs museum reflecting spirit of Goa

MANGALORE will be the site of an Indian Customs reflecting the spirit of the former Portuguese...

Towards autonomous shipping - Japanese test auto berthing/un-berthing

A JAPANESE R&D team from Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, MOL, Tokyo University of Marine Science...

Li & Fung sees much to be happy about in Sino-American trade war

LI & FUNG, the world's largest supplier of consumer goods from China, is strangely optimistic...

MSC 11,600-TEUer likely to be forfeited in biggest-ever US cocaine bust

THE 11,600-TEU MSC Gayane, loaded with 18,000 kilogrammes (20 tons) of cocaine, was seized...

Chinese foreign minister seeks Belt and Road friends in Eastern European

CHINESE Foreign Minister Wang Yi has started a week-long tour of Poland, Slovakia and Hungary...

Building has begun on Hapag-Lloyd's record-breaking 13,420 new reefers

HAMBURG-HEADQUARTERED Hapag-Lloyd has placed a record order for 13,420 refrigerated containers...

Scrubbers to be installed on 10 Cosco Shipping Lines box ships

COSCO Shipping Lines plans to install scrubbers on ten of its containerships this year, to...

Tianjin port to be transformed through the merger of three box terminals

THREE container shipping terminals at the northern China port of Tianjin have signed a consolidation...

Atlas Air CEO William Flynn retires to be succeeded by John Dietrich

ATLAS Air Worldwide Holdings announced that president and CEO William Flynn is to retire from...

Maersk looks beyond box shipping to boost turnover

MAERSK chief executive officer Soren Skou is aiming for half of the company's revenue...

CMA CGM awarded Best Ship Owner/Operator Award

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM Group has been recognised as the Best Ship Owner/Operator at...

Ports in China handle 5.5b tonnes of cargo between Jan-May, up 6.7pc

CHINA's ports have handled just under 5

Head of HPH Trust Gerry Lim retires to be succeeded by Patrick Lam

HONG Kong-based container terminal operator Hutchison Port Holdings Management has announced...

Mega boxship orders may be on the horizon for Hapag-Lloyd and Evergreen

HAPAG-LLOYD and Evergreen Marine have put in separate requests to Asian yards for the construction...

US combat ship strikes berthed dry bulk vessel in Montreal, crew safe

AN advanced US Navy combat ship has collided with a 665-TEU dry bulk vessel at berth in Montreal,...

Container ships to benefit from proposed Panama Canal toll changes

THE proposed changes to the Panama Canal transit tolls would provide further incentives for...

Colombo container terminal is named Asia's best for 3rd straight year

THE Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) in Sri Lanka has been honoured as the...

Cargolux completes beluga whale flight from China to Iceland

CARGOLUX has successfully completed the transport of two female former captive whales, Little...

CMA CGM awarded Best Global Shipping Line at Asian freight awards

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has been named the Best Global Shipping Line at the 2019 Asian...

Lighthizer to meet opposite number before Trump-Xi meeting June 28-29

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that he will be speaking with a Chinese official...

CP named Best Logistics Provider - Rail at 2019 at Asian freight awards

THE Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has been named Best Logistics Service Provider - Rail at...

APL scores a hat trick being the best shipping line on transpacific

FOR the third year in a row, Singapore's APL, part of the CMA CGM Group, has been named...

Port of Hamburg wins Best Global Seaport award at Hong Kong gala

THE Port of Hamburg was named the Best Global Seaport by readers of the Asia Cargo News trade...

Penang manufacturing could benefit from US-China trade war

MALAYSIA's manufacturing industry stands to benefit from the Sino-American trade war,...

Aeroflot is named Best Airline in Eastern Europe for the 8th time

RUSSIA's flag carrier Aeroflot has again scooped the title of Best Airline in Eastern...