Carriers failed to benefit from demand growth on Asia-Europe trades

HEAUL demand on the Asia-North Europe trade lane rose by 5

Cathay Pacific's B747-400BCF to be retired in modernisation drive

HONG Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific's B747-400BCF (B-HUS) has made its last revenue...

Modal shift from road to rail freight to be driven by sustainability goals

THE rail sector is using the argument that freight transport is more sustainable than road...

Imports in US spike as retailers seek to beat tariffs on Chinese goods

IMPORTS at the leading retail container ports in the United States are expected to hit their...

Ports of Long Beach, LA unveil zero-emission big rigs

THE ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will soon deploy new zero-emissions vehicles at some...

Japan and EU sign partnership deal to outdo China's Belt and Road

THE European Union (EU) and Japan have signed a deal to build infrastructure and set development...

Work begins on world's largest automated terminal in Singapore

SINGAPORE has broken ground on Tuas port that will become the world's biggest fully automated...

WTO: Outlook for international trade hasn't been this bad for a decade

THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) has warned that trade tensions are causing harm to the...

ICTSI named top Philippines best transport company in Asiamoney poll

MANILA's International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has been named the Philippines'...

Saudi crude exports unaffected, because reserves covered losses

SAUDI Arabia's crude exports haven't been affected by the drone strike three weeks...

Los Angeles and Long Beach seek collaboration to boost port efficiency

PORT of Los Angeles deputy executive director Mike DiBernardo says the proposed memorandum...

LAX warehouse upgrade on back burner, won't be shovel-ready for years

THE rebuilding of cargo warehouses at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has been shelved...

Six Singapore Boeing 737 Maxes to be parked near Alice Springs, Australia

AUSTRALIA has accepted a request to store Singapore Airlines' six Silkair Boeing 737 Maxes...

Shekou strives to become South China's leading port for fruit imports

CHINA Merchants Group's deputy general manager Chen Boqi has unveiled some of the future...

Cargo airline belonging to India's SpiceJet looks to list on stock exchange

INDIA's SpiceJet is planning to launch an initial public offering for its SpiceXpress...

THE Alliance falls behind rival alliances in mega box ship fleet stakes

THE Alliance will have 60 per cent less 18,000+ TEU containerships compared to rivals 2M and...

Telair develops loading system for A320 aircraft that can be adapted to fit cargo

TELAIR International has developed a modular cargo loading system (CLS) that enables the lower...

US DOT head probed for alleged abuse of power to benefit relatives

US Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao is to be investigated by the US...

Project completed to upgrade Belarus' Brest North railway container terminal

BELARUSIAN Railways has completed a US$10 million project to modernise the container terminal...

Port of Savannah's box handling capacity to be doubled to 11m TEU per annum

THE Georgia Ports Authority has unveiled plans to double the annual container handling capacity...

Long Beach port's Clean Air Action Plan lowers diesel emissions by 87pc

THE US port of Long Beach has cut diesel emissions by 87 per cent thanks to its ongoing efforts...

LATAM Cargo transports two bears across Brazil

LATAM Cargo Brazil has transported two bears from Fortaleza to Sao Paulo, where they will...

Hong Kong Export Index results to be presented by HKTDC

THE Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is preparing to announce the Hong Kong Export...

HK may be weak link for US technology, say Democrat and GOP senators

REPUBLICAN and Democratic US senators have banded together to ask the Trump administration...

Backlash risks Xi's Belt and Road costing US$800 billion: study

A NEW air of uncertainty hovers over President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road Initiative...

China's swine flu loss is South America's gain as beef export volumes soar

CHINA is expected to increase Uruguayan beef imports through the end of 2020 as it copes with...

Yuan's depreciation appears to be pushing up price of Bitcoin

BITCOIN has reached a record inverse relationship with the Chinese currency, according to...

LA port shatters records again while Long Beach continues slide

WHILE the Port of Los Angeles continued to shatter records for a fifth straight month, neighbouring...

Port of Beirut's box throughput slides 2.23pc to 740,030 TEU by July

THE Port of Beirut saw total container throughput, including transshipment volumes, drop by...

Safety study to stop easing of Hours of Service rules said to be flawed

FEDERAL regulators and the insurer lobby, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), have...

Boeing Max return faces delays over tiff between Europe-US regulators

CONCERNS are mounting among aviation executives that a widening split between regulators in...

Bangladesh scrapping costs 2 lives on Chattogram breaking beach

TWO men lost their lives and another 13 men have been injured during scrapping operations...

TIACA names Celine Hourcade project manager sustainability to be key

THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed Celine Hourcade as the new project...

California garlic farmers profit as never before from US-China trade war

NOT all American farmers are bemoaning their fate as losers in the US-China trade war, reports...

US ports in southeast benefit from sourcing shifts triggered by trade war

US shippers are using other low-cost nations to replace Chinese manufacturing as a result...

Ports of LA, Long Beach work on agreement to boost their competitiveness

THE Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach have been discussing ways to potentially enter...

Malaysian ports to benefit from US-China trade war

THE US-China trade war has benefitted ports in Malaysia, where greater cargo volumes have...

Work begins on Halifax Stanfield Airport's new logistics centre

WORK has started on a new logistics centre at Halifax Stanfield Airport (HI) in Canada, which...

Ocean shipping will be able to ride out a global recession: report

SIGNS of an impending global recession are piling up with a world map littered with potential...

Emirates SkyCargo named 'Best Customer Airline 2018' in Malaysia

THE freight division of Emirates - Emirates SkyCargo - has been presented with the award for...

Reforms needed to maximise aviation benefits in South Africa

OVER the next 20 years South Africa could double its air transport market, resulting in 23

MSC's 'green' box ship is rewarded for visiting Long Beach port

THE port of Long Beach has welcomed the cleanest containership to travel to the US, the 14,436-TEU...

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...