APMT Alabama box shop's plan threatens US east coast rivals

MAERSK's APM Terminals Mobile plans to expand in Alabama to 1

Etihad Cargo hooks up with air cargo screening app for November debut

ETIHAD Cargo has formed a partnership with supply chain solution app E2open, that will help it to automate its cargo screening processes in...

Alaska Airlines launches 12 new destinations in 2020 from Los Angeles

ALASKA Airlines has announced seven new routes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to further connect its guests between Southern California...

Port of Marseille Fos to invest US$64.5 million to promote recovery

THE Port of Marseille Fos posted a 15 per cent year-on-year decline in overall cargo volume in the first half while container throughput fell 17 per...

Air freight rates rise to pre-Covid level as fuel prices increase to new levels

AIR freight rates have returned to mid-March levels as jet fuel prices continue to rise, according to London's Loadstar

Global Port Tracker reports lowest level US retail imports in years

MAJOR US container port volume is expected to be well below last year's levels as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues, according to the...

EU efforts to soothe transatlantic trade tensions with US have stalled

US elections mean any breakthrough in European will likely be delayed until after November, says the EU's trade chief Phil Hogan, reports...

U.S. warns of pirates in southern Gulf of Mexico!

The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a warning about the threat posed by pirates to boats and oil installations in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

US court quashes US Navy sailors' lawsuit in NYK collision

A NEW ORLEANS federal court ruled the sailors, either killed or injured aboard the USS Fitzgerald after a June 17, 2017 collision with the 2,854-TEU...

Canadian Pacific closes sale of Central Maine & Quebec Railway network

CANADIAN Pacific has completed the acquisition of the entire Central Marine & Quebec (CMQ) railway network, which was first announced in November...

US Asian imports fall in May after April dip, no pick-up seen till August

US IMPORTS from Asia fell 18

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou extradition hearings to continue into 2021

CANADIAN extradition hearings in Vancouver for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, wanted on fraud charges in the United States, are expected to continue...

TS Lines takes delivery of 1,096 TEU TS SHENZHEN

HONG Kong-based TS Lines (TSL) has taken in charge on May 29 the 1,096 TEU TS SHENZHEN, the third of four ships ordered in two steps at the Kyokuyo...

Qatar Petroleum signs $19 billion shipbuilding agreements with Korean companies

Exploration work in the expanded North Field mega project showed confirmed gas reserves there exceed 1,760 trillion cubic feet, Kaabi said in...

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...

JD.com re-introduces air cargo service from Shenzhen to Wuxi

BEIJING-HEADQUARTERED online marketplace JD

ASEAN hopes India rejoins trading bloc by offering new concessions

THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the 15-member trading bloc that includes China, is now courting India to re-join, offering...

Safety crackdown led to more ship detentions in 2019: report

SHIP detentions were up in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019 after seven years of decline, according to the annual report of the Tokyo MOU, an...

Hamburg's HHLA takes delivery of 2 gantry cranes from Shanghai's ZPMC

TWO new container gantry cranes have arrived at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) in Hamburg, reports Fort Lauderdale's Maritime...

Turkish-Russian rapprochement 100 years after Ataturk's first letter to Lenin