Mexpress starts new bonded trucking service between US-Mexican airports

ROAD feeder service (RFS) provider Mexpress, which offers bonded trucking between US and Mexican airports, has launched a new service from Columbus,...

E-commerce airfreight volumes the 'saviour' for last-mile logistics firms

AS much as PPE shipments have become the mainstay for air cargo during the pandemic, e-commerce volumes have also broken records

Cargo-partner launches new Liege hub to cope with air cargo growth

LOGISTICS firm cargo-partner has opened a new office at Liege airport (LGG) to meet recent demand growth

DSME enhances status as leading smart ship builder, delivering largest box ship

SOUTH Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has recently delivered a 24,000 TEU super container ship equipped with its own...

ZIM starts new 'speedy' S China-LA service to cater for e-commerce

ISRAEL's Zim Line is to capitalise on the burgeoning e-commerce sector with a new, fast direct service connecting South China ports with Los...

Lufthansa Group obtains US$9.9b in financial support

LUFTHANSA Group has secured approval from the federal German government's economic stabilisation fund, WSF, for a EUR9 billion (US$9

Australia fears China will block its barley exports on bogus dumping rap

AUSTRALIA has annoyed China by calling for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, which has allegedly prompted...

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding inks US$78m container feeders contract

CHINA's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has signed a shipbuilding contract for four 1,000TEU container feeders worth a total of UD$77

Australian authorities detain APL England after dropping containers

THE Singapore-flagged containership APL England that lost at least 40 containers overboard off the coast of Sydney has been detained by authorities...

PIL seeks lifeline from Temasek Investment to stay afloat

SINGAPORE-BASED Pacific International Lines is in talks with an arm of the Lion City's sovereign-wealth fund Temasek Holdings over a potential...

Wen-Parker Logistics offers direct cargo flights from Vietnam to Ohio

MAJOR apparel and footwear solutions provider Wen-Parker Logistics has begun chartering Ohio's first direct flights from Vietnam through...

China's outbound airfreight rates are declining - but slowly

NEW figures for the past week from the TAC Index and Freight Investor Services (FIS) show airfreight rates out of China have continued to fall,...

Covid-19 could curtail express market growth this year to 4.5pc

THE global express and parcels market could contract by as much as 4

COVID-19 Outbreak causes serious risk for seafarers mental health

Harun Şişmanyazıcı, Vice President of the Maritime Safety Association, said that the uncertainty of the process affects the soul world of the...

Amazon aims to expand air cargo fleet to 200 planes by 2028

AMERICAN e-commerce giant Amazon is working on expanding its Prime Air cargo fleet to encompass 200 planes by 2027 or 2028, reports Bloomberg

Grim economic outlook for global box cargo shipping sector: Drewry

ANALYSTS from UK-based shipping consultancy Drewry have warned that the devastating disruption to trade and the subsequent shock to global economies...

FIRST GLOBAL STANDARD FOR SHIP HULL CLEANING ESSENTIAL FOR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has moved a step closer to finishing a global set of guidelines needed to protect the marine...

What has the industry done to tackle this? What else is needed?

Caitlin Vaughan, Project Manager at ISWAN, shares her thoughts on the maritime industry’s approach to seafarers’ mental health and why it is so...

China's vehicle production expected to decline 11.5pc in 2020: IHS Markit

CHINA's light vehicle production will drop 11

Hapag-Lloyd's box ship quarantined at Durban due to coronavirus

GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed reports that its 2,824 TEU Montpellier has been ordered by the authorities in Durban, South Africa to...