TS Lines in search of new ships as Q1 profits soar 170pc to US$21.5m

CHAIRMAN of TS Lines, Chen Te Shen says controlling costs and services additions on routes with growing demand have led to the Taiwan carrier's...

China-Europe rail freight comes into its own during Covid-19 pandemic

RAIL freight from Xian to Europe have seen an increase in volumes this year in response to air cargo supply chains, reports London's Air Cargo...

HK Trade Development Council expects 10pc export fall

THE Hong Kong Trade Development Council predicts Hong Kong's export performance for 2020 will decline by 10 per cent due to the economic damage...

Cyprus shipping takes risk-based approach to sanction guidelines!

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) on June 5 issued guidance on sector-based sanctions regarding doing business with Iran contained in...

China Eastern to make Hainan home base for new airline

CHINA Eastern has joined with the country's biggest online travel agency Trip

US$23 billion loss risked 'if box carriers lose rate control'

IN planning their container shipment bookings for the third quarter, shippers and forwarders can expect a new wave of blanking announcements over the...

Port of Oakland names longtime shipping vet as maritime director

VETERAN shipping executive Bryan Brandes has been named maritime director at the Port of Oakland, replacing John Driscoll who left to manage the...

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...

APL England master charged over loss of containers

AUSTRALIA authorities have brought charges against the captain of the APL England and took actions to ensure that the owners and operators would take...

China's vehicle production expected to decline 11.5pc in 2020: IHS Markit

CHINA's light vehicle production will drop 11

Svitzer takes delivery of Sanmar tugs.

Sanmar Shipyards is delighted to announce that the first two tugs in a five tug order with Svitzer for ongoing operations in Oman have recently...

E-commerce faces increasingly severe shortage of air cargo capacity

INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have warned that the e-commerce sector is facing a shortage of...

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...

Asia-Europe container capacity could shrink by 38pc with May's cancelled sailings

BLANK sailings will peak on the Asia-Europe trades in the next three weeks, with carriers withdrawing close to 40 per cent of capacity in an attempt...

HMM Names World's Largest Container Vessel, HMM Algeciras

HMM held a naming ceremony for a 24,000 TEU-class containership ‘HMM Algeciras’, the world’s largest containership, at the DSME (Daewoo...

World's 1st 24,000 TEU to sail on THE Alliances' Asia-Europe service under HMM

HMM is to launch the world's first 24,000 TEU containership, the HMM Algeciras - one of twelve 24,000 TEU box ships that the carrier currently...

Collective crew changes at designated ports needed to relieve 100,000 'fatigued' seafarers, says Union

Nautilus is supporting calls for collective crew changes at designated ports, which it says are urgently needed to relieve tired Merchant Navy...

ABS Unveils Latest Trends and Projections for Future Fuels and Decarbonization 

ABS has published the latest trends and projections on carbon-reduction strategies for shipping as the industry looks to meet decarbonization...

ICS and IAPH urge seaports be kept open for trade and urgent supplies

INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) are calling on government to keep maritime...

China's southern factory hub faces supply shortage as fear grows

NEARLY a third of companies in China's southern manufacturing hub are facing a supply shortage as the coronavirus takes its toll around the...