DSV completes acquisition of Switzerland's Panalpina for US$5.5b

DSV A/S has settled the public exchange offer for all publicly held shares of Panalpina Welttransport...

UK seeks company to maintain critical medical supplies if there's 'no-deal Brexit'

THE UK has put out for bidding a GBP25 million (US$30 million) contract for 'express freight...

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...

7th substantial US trucker pulled under by heavy compliance costs

ANOTHER substantial US trucker is out of business in this year's freight recession as...

Indian Commerce Minister's absence risks thwarting China's free trade deal

INDIAN Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, will not attend a scheduled ministerial meeting in...

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...

Lion City's SSA sets up new Digital Transformation Committee

THE Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has announced the formation of a new Digital Transformation...

HK needs a centralised port authority to cope with rising competition

HONG Kong's 50-year-old Kwai Tsing Container Terminal, which has undergone successive...

UK deploys warship to escort commercial shipping in Strait of Hormuz

A TYPE 45 warship has been deployed by the UK to help escort commercial vessels through the...

Amazon to construct major cargo complex at Lakeland Linder airport

AMAZON is to build a 285,000-square-foot cargo complex at Lakeland Linder International Airport...

Chinese companies pour US$1.7b in Khalifa industrial zone

THE China-UAE Industrial Capacity Cooperation Demonstration Zone Project located in the Khalifa...

India needs to modernise transport network to handle e-commerce

LOGISTICS networks in India and in developed countries suffer similar problems that induce...

ONE comes to the aid of cyclone victims in Africa

JAPAN's Ocean Network Express (ONE) has provided free transportation of two containers...

E-commerce drives shippers to add their own air cargo networks: Atlas

THE executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Atlas Air Worldwide, Michael...

Cathay Pacific completes acquisition of Hong Kong Express Airways

HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Hong...

Cathay Pacific appoints Lavinia Lau as director commercial

HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific Airways has announced the appointment of Lavinia Lau as director...

Beijing plans to penalise American companies for arms sales to Taiwan

CHINA's Foreign Ministry said it would sanction US firms that participate in arms sales...

OOCL's commitment to environment bags a Green Shipping Award in HK

OOCL has won the 'Green Shipping Award' at the Seatrade Maritime Awards Asia ceremony...

BIFA says UK customs' cross-border e-commerce VAT plan is unworkable

THE British International Freight Association (BIFA) has condemned the British Government's...

DHL report says most businesses fail to implement e-commerce strategy

GERMANY's Deutsche Post DHL, that claims to be the world's biggest logistics company,...

Higher Middle East shipping costs hits Asian oil companies and shippers

ATTACKS on tankers in the Gulf of Oman on June 13 have pushed up freight rates and insurance...

Kuehne + Nagel launches etrucKNow.com freight platform in Asia Pacific

SWISS global logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel has announced the further expansion of its suite...

UN's IMO gives NGO Nautical Institute role in regulatory compliance

THE Nautical Institute (NI) the London-based NGO concerned with compliance of maritime rules...

Box shipping rates come under pressure amid softer demand

UNCERTAINTIES in the trade environment and weak summer demand are being blamed for the decline...

Marseilles commemorates Jacques R Saade naming boulevard after him

FOLLOWING his passing last year, the city of Marseilles has paid tribute to the founding president...

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,...

Design completed on new 2,500-TEU eco fuel container carrier

GERMANY's HB Hunte Engineering in Oldenburg and Leer-headquartered Hartmann Reederei have...

Cathay faces 'tremendous pressure' on yield amid stiffer competition

CATHAY Pacific suffered a 3

Cargolux completes beluga whale flight from China to Iceland

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

Dimerco helps unnamed company to set up operations in Malaysia

TAIWAN-BASED transportation and freight forwarding specialist Dimerco has come to the aid...

LA harbour commission upholds APMT automation permit

DESPITE much pressure to deny Maersk terminal operator APM Terminals the right to lay in preparatory...

US Chamber of Commerce presses Congress to ratify USMCA before recess

THE US Chamber of Commerce is pressing House Democrats to ratify the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement...

IAG commits to buy 200 new 737 MAXes for US$24 billion

IAG, one of the world's largest airline groups has announced plans to build a future fleet...

Kerry Logistics and Spain's Correos to handle China's e-commerce exports

HONG Kong-based logistics company

Is e-commerce worth the candle in the air freight world? Doctors differ

AMAZON is slashing delivery times for its Prime customers from two days to next day, reports...

Container shipping faces challenges, pitfalls in coming months

THE container shipping industry is set to return to negative margins with forecasts of weak...

CP takes advantage of holdings to open Vancouver Automotive Compound

THE Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is using its strategic land holdings to support sustainable,...

New e-commerce service from Lufthansa Cargo for e-commerce clients

LUFTHANSA Cargo has set up a new wholly owned subsidiary, heyworld, which offers a range of...

Online service for shippers to compare air and ocean options via myDHLi

DEUTSCHE Post DHL subsidiary, DHL Global Forwarding, has launched myDHLi Quote & Book, an...

Hong Kong targets high value cargo, e-commerce in 'Airport City' vision

HONG Kong International Airport (HKIA) has identified high value cargo and e-commerce targets...

MOL 'Ballast Catch Viable Organism Sampler' ready for commercial release

JAPANESE shipping giant MOL Lines has announced that the Ballast Catch Viable Organism Sampler,...

Caspian Shipping Company to modernise its fleet to service oil fields

THE Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) says it will build 56 new vessels within 10...

Jotun comes up with new predictable, long-term antifouling protection

GLOBAL marine coatings supplier Jotun has unveiled the next generation of its popular SeaForce...

Japan Customs plugs into CHAMP platform to handle complete ACI data

LUXEMBOURG's CHAMP Cargosystems has added Japan Customs to its Traxon Global Customs platform,...

China-US west coast rates 6pc down, worse to come with tariffs

RATES from China to the US west coast continued to drop after a mid-month rates hikes were...

Amazon.com to spend US$100 million on new DC hub in Florida

E-COMMERCE giant Amazon is planning to make an investment of more than US$100 million in Lakeland...

Los Angeles docker killed, another in coma when tyre explodes

ONE docker was killed and another was in a coma at the Port of Los Angeles' Fenix Marine...

JNPT seeks bigger ships with completion of harbour deepening

TERMINALS at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) are encouraging their container carrier customers...

China Merchants' Colombo port commissions new quality hazmat yard

THE Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) has announced the commissioning of a US$1

Huawei CFO seeks to quash US extradition, citing Trump comments

HUAWEI's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou intends to seek dismissal of the US request...