Cosco exec sees Northern Sea Route as a winner for Chinese shipping

CHINESE state-owned shipping giant Cosco group has confirms its readiness to increase transit...

Effects of trade uncertainty hurt southern California ports

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Southeast Shipbuilding goes to court to freeze assets of Antong Holdings

MAJOR domestic container shipping and logistics company in China, Antong Holdings, has had...

Drewry warns: Super slow steaming risks 'unintended consequences'

MARITIME research consultants Drewry has warned on the eve of the IMO Marine Environment Protection...

WISTA to put diversity and profit on centre stage at Nor-Shipping

WISTA (Women?s International Shipping & Trading Association) Norway has joined forces with...

LATAM suffers quarterly 10.9pc revenue loss as cargo yields fall 12.6pc.

MAJOR South American carrier LATAM posted a 10

Malaysia's AirAsia 3.0 moves to save costs and enhance revenue

AIRASIA has come a long way from the time it first used the Internet to sell low-cost tickets,...

Fire-struck 7,510-TEU Yantian Express arrives in Halifax at last

THE fire-damaged 7,510-TEU Yantian Express has arrived in Halifax, having been diverted to...

Major shipowners' associations stand united on free trade policies

A DELEGATION from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners' Association...

20pc more laden boxes transit Panama since expansion 3 years ago

THE Panama Canal has increased its laden container share by 20 per cent in the three years...

Panama Canal welcomes first Q-Flex LNG tanker, second biggest in world

THE expanded Panama Canal recently celebrated a milestone transit by the Qatargas' Al...

South Korea suffers while US-China trade war continues

THE trade war between the United States and China has led to South Korea undergoing a significant...

CMA CGM starts Reefer Pharma to snatch pills and potions from air cargo

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM's launch of its new Reefer Pharma division, is making a...

Shipping executives call for speed limit reductions to cut emissions

MORE than one hundred shipping industry executives have enlisted the help of the UN's...

US Secretary of State asks ecologists to see good in ice-free Arctic

THE US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looked on the bright side of 'global warming',...

Cargotec works with 7 start-ups to solve maritime industry inefficiencies

HELSINKI based Cargotec, a cargo-handling equipment maker, is working together on joint projects...

Zhonggu Shipping plans US$349 million IPO in Shanghai

CHINA's domestic container logistics operator Zhonggu Shipping is seeking to list its...

Air freight truckers have much to fear from Amazon, says Oz journal

FREIGHT companies have reason to fear that Amazon is a threat now that the online retail giant...

Avianca sees cargo fall following termination of Etihad partnership

AVIANCA suffered an air cargo revenue decline in the first quarter following the termination...

Weaker air freight market sees Manchester volumes fall in April

BRITAIN's second largest airport suffered an April cargo slump across its East Midlands,...

Mumbai braces for Friday dock strike at biggest terminal

INDIA's biggest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port (NJP) in Mumbai, prepares for strikes...

Rail to be enhanced at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao and Yangshan piers

A JOINT venture to enhance rail services has been established in the Port of Shanghai, reports...

Maersk loses man while taking on pilot in Gulf of St Lawrence

THE 2,890-TEU Maersk Patras lost a man overboard while taking a pilot on board at Les Escoumins,...

DP World buys Vancouver's Fraser Surrey Docks from Macquarie

DUBAI's DP World has acquired multipurpose marine terminal Fraser Surrey Docks in Vancouver...

Mega ships bring mega risks and mega losses, insurers' seminar told

NEW YORK's American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) seminar drew attention to...

China's new scrap rules mean trouble for recyclable importers

CHINA's scrap metal importers expect disruptions in shipments to start this month due...

NRF head slams US tariffs: 'Far too great a gamble'

THE president and CEO of the National Retail Federation, Matthew Shay, has criticised the...

CMA CGM starts first direct service between the Adriatic Sea and Algeria

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has launched on 13 May its new weekly short sea ADRINAF service,...

Singapore Airlines cargo revenues up 2.1pc in soft market

SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) Group posted 2

WFS ends Oslo seafood deal allegedly over too much capacity

THE future of a huge new seafood centre at Oslo airport is now in doubt after French groundhandler...

Seattle welcomes first shipment of wild Alaskan wild Copper River salmon

SOME 18,000 pounds of fresh Copper River salmon arrived in Seattle on a fish-filled Alaska...

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...

Seafarers enjoy Internet access, contrary to belief: owners' survey

THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners' Associations...

UK's Davies Turner says European haulage capacity meets demand

DESPITE a driver shortage, trucking has seldom been better with an abundance of work available,...

Japan eases up, says yes to imports of US beef regardless of age

JAPAN has given the go ahead for the import of American products from all US cattle, regardless...

Turkey loses GSP status while Trump halves tariff on steel exports

US President Donald Trump issued proclamations to end Turkey's status as a beneficiary...

Port of Salalah returns to full capacity in third quarter after cyclone

OMAN's Port of Salalah, near the Yemeni border, expects that its cyclone-damaged container...

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore open cyber security agency

SINGAPORE has opened the Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC) to enhance cyber...

Hapag-Lloyd to convert 15,000-TEU Sajir to burn LNG

GERMANY's Hapag-Lloyd has booked the HFO-to-LNG conversion of its 15,000 TEU 'LNG-ready'...

Becker sees high demand for its fuel saving duct ahead of IMO 2020

HAMBURG's Becker Marine Systems says the IMO 2020 sulphur cap is driving increased demand...

Yang Ming establishes Indonesian subsidiary to reshape regional reach

TAIWAN's Yang Ming Marine Transport has established a subsidiary in Jakarta to boost regional...

Karachi's major port more than doubles capacity, despite 2018 slowdown

HONG KONG's Hutchison Ports Pakistan, holds 90 per cent in the country's only deep-water...

Shenzhen's SF Airlines plans expansion to New York with 747 freighter

SHENZHEN's SF Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation to launch a...

FedEx Express launches industry-leading cold chain shipping solution

FEDEX Express has launched an industry-leading temperature-controlled cold chain shipping...

Adidas takes to the sky to overcome supply chain shortage

GERMAN sportswear giant Adidas is looking to air freight to overcome supply chain shortages...

MSC to cancel Shanghai, Gwangyang, Busan, LA sailing next week

THE Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has cancelled the sailing of the 8,566-TEU Hyundai Faith...

Larger ships with bigger payload call NY-NJ port after bridge elevation

AN increasing number of 13,000-TEU ships are calling the Port of New York and New Jersey,...

CSA scrubber lobby and 10 NGO eco lobbies do battle before IMO

SCRUBBER lobby Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA) has denounced a protest letter signed by...

Hapag-Lloyd Adria Express Service new Med rotation from May 20

GERMAN container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has announced that as of next week May 20 its...

Cargo screening matches barest info with hundreds of millions of data

A NEW cargo screening system using only the barest manifest and waybill data to identify prohibited,...