AMERICAN aircraft manufacturer Boeing says it has received an order for two 737-800BCFs from an unidentified customer while announcing that it had...
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Boeing to open new freighter conversion lines, receives two orders for 737-800BCF - Freight forwarders up in arms over Port of Felixstowe's congestion
THE Port of Felixstowe is facing severe congestion at the facility due to an increase in container volumes in the rush to beat China's Golden...
- FMC warns of court action if there are signs of 'collusion' on transpacific trade
US ocean regulator the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has fired a warning shot across the bows of container shipping lines, saying it will head to...
- 2M restores transpacific capacity and requests for return of empties
THE 2M Alliance has become the latest container shipping bloc to return more capacity to the transpacific trades after the two partners, Maersk and...
- South Korea struggles to lure factories home from China and Vietnam
SOUTH Korea is struggling to lure companies with operations overseas back to the country despite expanded incentives aimed at helping local factories...
- China winning trade war with US as trade surplus widens to over US$300b
CHINA's trade surplus with the US has grown almost 25 per cent since the start of the Trump presidency, exceeding US$300 billion on an annualised...
- Box throughput at eight major Chinese ports up 7pc in early September
STATISTICS released by China Ports and Harbours Association show that container volume at eight major Chinese ports increased 7
- Covid-19 supply chain disruption boosts hub port role: PSA executive
THE regional CEO of Middle East South Asia and head of business development at PSA International, Wan Chee Foong, says that the supply chain...
- Asia-Europe rates up US$27 to $1,082/TEU, USWC increase $53 at $3,867/FEU
SPOT rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending last Friday edged up US$27 to $1,082 per TEU, 69 per cent higher...
- Trump again raises idea of decoupling economy from China
US President Donald Trump again raised the idea of separating the US and Chinese economies, also known as decoupling, suggesting the United States...
- DP World collaborates with Israeli firm in bid for Haifa Port
DUBAI's DP World is partnering with an Israeli group to bid for one of Israel's two main ports and to examine opening a direct shipping line...
- OOCL cancels Asia-Europe sailings due to low demand after National Day holidays
HONG Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has announced Asia-Europe sailing cancellations over the next two months
- FIS Air Freight Report indicates continually rising prices per kilogramme
EXPORT prices kicked back into action on the last week of August, despite many seeing a lull in actual moved volumes until mid September, according...
- Warning on Xmas shipments, airfreight capacity crunch push e-commerce to sea
FLORIDA-BASED parcel delivery network for Latin America SkyPostal has sounded an alarm for disappointments at Christmas
- DHL Global Forwarding connects three continents with dedicated flights
THE freight forwarding specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, DHL Global Forwarding, has launched an air freight charter connecting Asia Pacific to...
- CMA CGM's stake sale of Mundra port to China Merchants under scrutiny
WITH the widespread anti-China sentiment throughout India the government is examining a proposal to transfer part-ownership of a container terminal...
- Carriers suspend trans-Pacific rate hikes after Chinese ministry comments
COSCO Shipping and Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have suspended planned September 15 general rate increases (GRIs) on the...
- Air cargo braces for Covid-19 vaccine capacity constraints: survey
AN Air Cargo News survey has shown that the air cargo industry is expecting to face capacity shortages when a Covid-19 vaccine is developed and needs...
- China's high tech and finance groups flock to Singapore to expand
CHINA's largest technology and financial services companies are stepping up efforts to expand in Singapore, as doors slam shut on mainland groups...
- OOCL cancels two more October transpacific sailings, restores six sailings
HONG Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced the cancellation of two more transpacific sailings in response to a reduction in...