Westports sets new record by lifting 10m TEU

MALAYSIA'S Westports Holdings Bhd (Westports) has become the only terminal in the country...

Five nabbed in US$204m seizure of drug ice in chilli sauce in Australia

A SYDNEY woman and four men have been taken into custody in connection with the discovery...

All-cargo air service links Lanzhou in northwest China and Lahore, Pakistan

A NEW all-cargo air service has been launched between Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's...

China's port of Qinhuangdao adopts new rule to crackdown on pollution from ships

QINHUANGDAO, China's largest coal shipping port, has adopted a new regulation to prevent...

Hapag-Lloyd buys 10pc stake in Moroccan terminal

GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has intensified its activities in Africa with the purchase...

US-China trade war hits global container shipping as demand falls

GLOBAL container shipping demand growth slowed to one per cent during the first nine months...

China to remove trade war tariffs on US-imported soy, pork

CHINA plans to scrap retaliatory tariffs on imports of US pork and soy by domestic companies,...

PierPass succeeds in easing truck traffic at the port of La/LB

PIERPASS, which manages the system for the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreements...

Mediterranean Shipping Company world's second biggest carrier

FIFTY years ago, an Italian sea captain scraped up enough money to buy a ship and put to sea...

CEVA Logistics undertakes ground-breaking project in Europe for Ideal Standard

CEVA Logistics, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, has won a multi-year contract to provide...

UK's East Midlands airport reaches out to Chinese side to start direct cargo flights

THE UK's East Midlands Airport (EMA) has revealed that preliminary talks are ongoing with...

South Africa surrenders control of state airline to try save it

SOUTH Africa's government is to waive control of the loss-making national airline and...

AIR cargo volumes in Africa surged 12.6 pc in October, outperforming rest of world

ACCORDING to data compiled by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), globally...

Ship operating costs spike on repair maintenance, insurance

SHIP operating costs are forecast to increase at a similar pace next year on the 'hardening'...

Hapag-Lloyd acquires stake in Tangier terminal as strategic container hub

GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has purchased of a 10 per cent stake in Container Terminal...

Salvage industry struggles with shortage of income generating business

CONCERNS have been raised that the major corporates engaged in the salvage industry may exit...

Trump's solar panel tariff injuncted by US Court of International Trade

THE US Court of International Trade issued an injunction freezing the Trump administration's...

PANYNJ ExpressRail set record - 666,381 TEU, up 1.2pc in October

THE Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in October handled 1

Old Dominion Freight Line revenue advances despite softer market

OLD Dominion Freight Line, the big Nasdaq-listed North Carolina trucker, posted a quarterly...

Kong Hing Agency where communication is straight and to the point

IF a website is any indication of a company's substance and style, then Kong Hing Agency's...

Remote box management is a reefer game changer says Hamburg Sud

HAMBURG SUD, now a unit of the Maersk Group, now offers Remote Container Management (RCM)...

Globelink: Few as good at saying what they do and doing what they say

IN a field where useful websites are the exception and not the rule, Singapore's leading...

Hong Kong Airlines near bankruptcy as it seeks for rescuer to pay bills

HONG KONG's Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) has issued an ultimatum to Hong Kong...

South Africa washes its hands of its near bankrupt flag carrier SAA

THE South Africa's government will relinquish control of its loss-making flag carrier...

Oakland seeks turning basin expansion to boost competitiveness

THE Port of Oakland officials plan to expand the turning basins to accommodate ships of 18,000-TEU...

Oil refiners gear up to supply marine fuel compliant with IMO2020

GLOBAL oil refiners have revamped processing units and adjusted operations to boost output...

Sinokor once ferried goods on Yellow Sea - today it's the world

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Surprise! Surprise! Bunker fuel shake-up plays out in weirdest ways

THE UN's shipping fuel shake-up is not playing out the way pundits thought it would, reports...

Slow scrubber retrofits remove 3.6pc of box ship fleet from market

SOME 839,100 TEU of containership capacity, equivalent to 3

Negative shipping outlook for 2020 due to slow growth, trade rows

FITCH rating agency is forecasting a gloomy outlook for global shipping in 2020 on the back...

Auckland seeks to dredge harbour to dock 5,000 TEU plus ships

PORTS of Auckland (POAL) has applied to dredge 2

United joins AA, JetBlue in snubbing Boeing and buying Airbus

UNITED AIRLINES has ordered its first long-range Airbus SE A321neo jets, dealing a new setback...

Call for same work, rests for cargo pilots as for passenger jet pilots

FOUR US congressmen have tabled proposed legislation that that demands the same rules for...

Paris transit strike stymies freight movement in and out of city

THE travelling public is coping with a Paris transit strike by workers of the Regie Autonome...

ASA welcomes India's accession to HKC green ship scrapping

THE Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) welcomes the recent accession of India, and recognises...

China Shipbuilding bags US$4.2 billion contracts at Marintec China

CHINA Shipbuilding Group that has been newly created through the merger of the two largest...

Ex-Maersk men of Sea Intelligence blast other lines' C02 calculators

SHIPPERS are being misled by container shipping lines if they put any credit in CO2 calculators...

Sinotrans aims to deliver secure, speedy, cost-saving transport

SINOTRANS (Hong Kong) Ltd has been around in one form or another for 60 years and is still...

Kanway Shipping: Always in pursuit of excellence to serve customers

IN pursuit of its goal to provide excellence in services, Kanway Shipping Ltd has long obtained...

Globally airports report mixed air cargo results as volumes slide

WORLDWIDE air cargo industry performance posted a mixed results in October, with airports...

Crude price falls as Trump signals long wait for US-China trade deal

OIL slipped below US$56 a barrel US President Donald Trump said there may be a long wait for...

South Africa will still provide LNG despite environmental opposition

THE founder of an upcoming liquefied natural gas bunkering facility in South Africa is confident...

Canadian National Railway announces post-strike recovery plan

THE Canadian National Railway has announced a post- strike recovery plan, which addresses...

Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port and KIZAD men stage road show in Brazil

ABU BI's Khalifa Port now has a handling capacity of 2

London shipbrokers buy stake in Swedish green analytics data firm

THE world's largest privately held shipbroker SSY (Simpson Spence Young), has taken a...

World's biggest dual fuel use engine to power world's biggest ships

THE Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co has delivered the MET Turbochargers...

Wartsila & Silverstream to jointly offer ship air lubrication technology

TECHNOLOGY group Wartsila and Silverstream Technologies, an air lubrication solution provider,...

Maersk to sack 200 in face of 25pc fuel price hike result of UN edict

THE world's biggest shipping company, AP Moller-Maersk, will lay off some 200 people to...

China's PMI brightens in November, but analysts see darker side

CHINA's National Bureau of Statistics' manufacturing purchasing managers' index...

Trump: 'Pro-Hong Kong protest bill I signed did not help trade talks'

US President Donald Trump said American