Qantas Freight expects a 5% rise in Christmas volumes, driven by booming online shopping, with over 50,000 tonnes of freight anticipated.

QANTAS Freight volumes for the Christmas period are expected to be up 5 per cent compared to last year as online shopping continues to boom

ISRAEL's major shipping liner Zim has taken a US$3 billion punt that demolition and emissions regulations allied with a more flexible charter market and economic growth will create drivers that will bring a better supply and demand balance to the market in 2025

RUSSIAN Railways is continuing to overhaul operations as more sanctions take hold, and its first-quarter figures show the effort may be working, with it regaining some lost ground

VIETNAM National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) has set sights on joining a global shipping alliance by focusing on developing its port management, shipping, and maritime services

CHINA has made efforts to prevent the forced transfer of technology of foreign investors by submitting a draft law for Chinese legislators' review to protect intellectual property rights, reports the People's Daily

SINGAPORE's container shipping industry has not been spared the downturn in the global industry, with CEO Martyn Wade of Singapore-based Grindrod Shipping describing this year as the worst in the company's history, according to Channel News Asia.

Trafigura has applied to build a deep water port in Texas, United States, that would be able to load supertankers, the company said, supplying badly needed oil export infrastructure to the country

Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) confirmed that its strategy focused on converting its dry dock

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As Indonesia seeks to boost its shipbuilding capacity many other Asian firms are looking to get in on the act.

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THE Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has signed a contract with US-based EagleRail, which offers an all-electric 'overhead container transportation solution', and commenced a study to ascertain whether building out an automated overhead conveyor system for short-haul container moves would improve flow and reduce truck congestion at Bangladesh's leading port

THE Dutch government's out-of-the-blue decision to acquire a stake in Air France-KLM has raised concerns that competing national interests will upset chief executive officer Ben Smith's efforts to fat-trim the airline

FRENCH container shipping company CMA CGM is putting up its terminals division, CMA Terminals (CMAT), for sale

THIS was the first year in a more than a generation that every shipping sector has been simultaneously depressed with no rescue in sight, reports the American Journal of Transportation.

Navy looks to rein in carrier program costsNavyTimes.comBy Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer The new Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is the largest and most expensive ship in the service'sshipbuildingprogram, with a total price tag to develop and build the ship topping

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AUSTRALIAN flag carrier Qantas has welcomed the US Department of Transportation's (DoT) 'tentative approval' of its and American Airlines' plan to create a joint business to better serve the US to Australia/New Zealand market

BEIJING is looking to restructure the three ports in the Pearl River Delta focusing on transshipment and imports into the mainland with Guangzhou concentrating on domestic cargo and Shenzhen on exports and imports

THE relationship between the United Arab Emirates and several Asian nations has become increasingly dynamic over the past year as a result of both opportunity and need

THE Port of Long Beach had its busiest month ever in June, but an intensifying trade war could stunt the momentum