Experts say 'preighters'- all-cargo pax planes - are here to stay

THE introduction of passenger aircraft in dedicated freighter roles has been a key development during the coronavirus pandemic - one that cargo...

Air Canada renews fight with PM over Covid flight, travel restrictions

AIR CANADA has renewed its fight with Prime Minister Justine Trudeau over Covid-driven travel restrictions, threatening to suspend routes and cancel...

Hapag-Lloyd diverts 3,800-TEU ship from Montreal dock strife

GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd rerouted one of their ships as the Port of Montreal longshoremen's union continues to threaten to disrupt port...

ONE posts second quarter profit despite revenue, volume declines

JAPANESE owned but Singapore based Ocean Network Express (ONE) suffered a decline in revenue of 11

IAG Cargo passenger-freighter idea pays off as sales soar 33.1pc

IAG CARGO's strategy of setting up a scheduled cargo network of passenger-freighters while most of its aircraft are grounded has paid off,...

FedEx still tops in air cargo but Qatar and Turkish are rising: IATA

FEDEX remained the world's busiest cargo airline despite volumes remaining flat year on year while Qatar moved into second place and UPS was up...

Panama ports first half box throughput up 14pc to 3.8 million TEU

PANAMA's ports cargo volume grew by 13

100 dead, 4,000 injured in Beirut port ammonium nitrate blast

MORE than 78 were killed and 4,000 injured when a cache of ammonium nitrate in a Port of Beirut exploded, showering broken glasd city-wide over...

Employers: Montreal dockers behaviour threatens to non-strikers

THE Montreal local of the New York-based International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) have again resumed their recurring dock strikes that have...

Shipowners slow to sign long hires as charter market heats up

CONTAINERSHIP brokers are reporting 'brisk business', although owners are reluctant to fix for longer periods against rising daily hire rates

Le Havre, Marseilles recovering ground after strikes and Covid

France's two biggest ports - Marseilles and Le Havre are faring worse than regional rivals, risking future volumes that amount to EUR1

OOCL launches China Indonesia Philippines service from September

HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has strengthened its China to South-East Asia service network by introducing...

Shanghai port sees container throughput hit record high in July

SHANGHAI port's container throughput of Shanghai port exceeded 3

Covid-19 leads to more digital cargo bookings at Air France KLM

AIR France KLM Martin Air Cargo (AFKLMP) has noted an increase in the use of its digital booking services since the outbreak of the coronavirus

Air cargo market 'exceptionally challenging' despite improvement in June

THE latest IATA statistics show that there are some signs of improvement in the decline in airfreight traffic in June, but business remains...

Djibouti's new African shipping line launches first feeder service

EAST Africa-based Djibouti Shipping Company, a subsidiary of the Djibouti Port and Free Zone Authority, has launched its first container service in...

Alarm over discovery of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels near Galápagos Islands!

Ecuador has sounded the alarm after its navy discovered a huge fishing fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged vessels some 200 miles from the Galápagos...

Australia bans bulk carrier TW Hamburg for wage exploitation!

Overnight the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier TW Hamburg from Australian ports for 12 months.

Seventy per cent of Finnair's earnings driven by air cargo in Q2

FINNAIR Group's revenue in the first half of 2020 was mainly driven by cargo-only operations, as Covid-19 pandemic grounded the airline's...

Q2 cargo volumes at Anchorage post new high

TED Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) handled record volumes of 900,000 tonnes of cargo in the second quarter of the year as a result of...