Trade war blamed for first drop in US imports from Asia in 10 years

GLOBAL Port Tracker founder and CEO Ben Hackett expects a one per cent drop in US import volumes...

Dunkirk becomes the first French port to offer 'cold ironing' for box ships

THE channel port of Dunkirk has become the first in France to offer shore power to shipping...

DCT Gdansk lifts 2 million TEU, first on Baltic Sea to hit that mark

POLAND's DCT Gdansk container terminal loaded its two millionth container in December...

Bahrain's Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) celebrates first decade of operations

BAHRAIN's Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) has been celebrating ten years of operation over...

DB Schenker opens first solar-powered Dubai logistics centre

ESSEN, Germany-headquartered DB Schenker, a division of Deutsche Bahn AG, has inaugurated...

Euroseas suffers net loss in first three quarters on fleet expansion

GREEK containership owner Euroseas declared a third quarter net loss of US$200,000 as well...

Startup Zhongzhou Airlines takes delivery of first freighter

ZHENGZHOU-BASED startup carrier Zhongzhou airlines has received its first 737-300F from Shanghai-headquartered...

Hapag-Lloyd's profits soar in first 9 months of the year

HAPAG-LLOYD's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the first nine months of the...

UPS and CVS make first home drone delivery of prescription medicines

UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc (UPSFF) and CVS Health Corporation subsidiary CVS Pharmacy,...

Fraport's first 9 months net profit up 9.4pc to US$457.6 million

GERMAN airport operator Fraport AG's first nine months worldwide net profit increased...

Seaspan Q3 profit declines 46.3pc, but up 93.8pc in first 9 months.

HONG KONG's containership charterer Seaspan Corporation's third quarter net profit...

Durban docks first ship on Hapag-ONE new Mideast Asia-Africa service

SOUTH AFRICA's Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and Transnet Ports Terminals (TPT)...

Fraport's first 9 months worldwide net profit up 9.4pc to US$457 million

GERMAN airport operator Fraport AG's first nine months worldwide net profit increased...

NYK back in black after posting first half profit of US$146.7 million

JAPAN's leading ocean carrier, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) was back in the black...

China's first aerotropolis to be built within the Zhengzhou Airport

CHINA's Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone plans to a develop an aerotropolis with multiple...

LAX air cargo falls 12pc in September and 5.5pc in first 9 months of 2019

SEPTEMBER cargo volume through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) continued its steep...

VistaJet introduces the first fleet of Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft

DUBAI's Vista Global, short- or long-term business jet rentals, introduces Bombardier's...

Singapore's PSA International purchases its first US container terminal

SINGAPORE's PSA International has secured its first terminal facility in the US, with...

FedEx partners with Wing Aviation to trial first drone delivery service in the US

FEDEX Express has collaborated with Wing Aviation to execute the US's first commercial...

American Airlines celebrates 75th anniversary of its first cargo flight.

AMERICAN Airlines' long history within the cargo sector has been marked by industry firsts...

SF Airlines makes first cargo flight to Europe

CHINA-BASED cargo carrier SF Airlines has completed its first intercontinental flight from...

NYK completes first carbon-neutral voyage with a car carrier

JAPANESE shipping company NYK has achieved its first carbon-neutral voyage by offsetting 5,000...

ICTSI Ecuador launches first-ever transport banana insurance scheme

THE Ecuadorian unit of Manila's International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI)...

Qatar Airways Cargo first to use index-linked agreements

QATAR Airways Cargo is the first carrier to use index-linked agreements (ILAs) with customers,...

Black Sea Container market volume up 8.52pc in first half of 2019

BLACK SEA container terminals in the Ukraine, Romania, Russia and Bulgaria increased first...

China Air Cargo takes delivery of first MA600F cargo aircraft

THE AVIC XAC Commercial Aircraft Company has delivered its first MA600F cargo aircraft to...

Greencarrier deploys first all-electric trucks for deliveries in Shanghai

GREENCARRIER, a freight forwarding company, started making deliveries in Shanghai, China using...

Hamburg first half volume up 7.5pc to 4.7 million TEU, but bulk slips

THE Port of Hamburg's first half container volume 7

Best Transportation tests Port of NY-NJ's first electric truck for containers

THE Port of New York and New Jersey has put its first zero-emission drayage truck into service,...

China-wide first half port throughput up 5.1pc to 127 million TEU

CHINESE first half port container throughput was up 5

Cebu Pacific takes delivery of first of two converted freighters

PHILIPPINE airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) has received a converted ATR 72 freighter?the first...

China's crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia surge in first half

CHINA's crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia surged in the first half of the year, according...

Danaos first half profit up 17pc to US$34.3 million as revenue flattens

MAJOR Greek containership owner Danaos Corporation's first half net profit increased 17

Mexico tops China as No 1 US trading partner for first time since 2005

MEXICO has supplanted China as America's top trading partner of the United States in the...

XPO Logistics first half profit up 4pc to US$798 million as sales fall 2.4pc

XPO Logistics first half operating profit was up four per cent year on year to US$798 million...

Air France-KLM first half cargo revenue falls 0.5pc to US$1.2 billion

THE Air France-KLM Group's cargo capacity and volumes increased 0

Huawei Technologies first half revenues rise 23pc to US$58.3 billion

SHENZHEN's Huawei Technologies said revenue rose sharply in the first half of the year...

Gdansk lifts record 27.3 million tonnes in first half, closes in on Petersburg

POLAND's main Port of Gdansk announced that it beat last year's first half record,...

Cathay Pacific first to use ULD blockchain technology

HONG Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific is the first airline to introduce blockchain technology...

UPS wants to operate first revenue-generating drone operations in US

UPS has applied to the US Federal Aviation Administration (F) for Part 135 certification to...

Panalpina suffers slight decline in first half profit and revenue

SWISS global forwarder Panalpina recorded stable has a first half year-on-year 5

Cosco's Piraeus port enjoys 23.8pc first half surge to 2.56 million TEU

CHINA Cosco's Greek Port of Piraeus posted a 23

Hong Kong training produces first female chief engineer of seagoing ships

JOANNA Kwok has become the first woman in Hong Kong to qualify as a chief engineer of seagoing...

Shanghai box throughput increases 5.1pc in first half to 21.54 million TEU

CONTAINER volume through the Port of Shanghai has increased 5

Shipping sector shows mixed performance in first half: Clarksons

OVERALL the ClarkSea Index rose eight per cent year on year in the first half, and Clarksons...

FedEx adds its first B767F to its London-Paris-Dublin network

AMERICAN express delivery giant FedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flights...

CMA CGM unit first box ship to load LNG while loadin and unloading cargo

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM's subsidiary ContainerShips has performed the first LNG...

ANA Cargo is first Japanese carrier to deploy a Boeing 777 freighter

ALL Nippon Airways' (ANA) new widebody Boeing 777 freighter has made its first commercial...

Malta Freeport docks its first LNG-powered containership

The 1,400-TEU Containerships Polar, on its way from Asia to Rotterdam, was the first LNG (liquefied...

Kalmar unveils industry's first lithium-ion powered medium forklift

HELSINKI cargo-handling equipment giant Kalmar is to introduce a medium electric forklift...