MAJOR global ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has expanded its cargo handling operations at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International...
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WFS expands cargo handling operations at OR Tambo with new contracts - Airbus plans for zero-emission aircraft fuelled by hydrogen to operate by 2035
EUROPEAN multinational aerospace company Airbus has announced plans for the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft models that run on...
- Hyundai delivers world's first LNG-powered box ship, the CMA CGM Tenere
SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has delivered the world's first very large containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
- 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...
- Mike Duggan to steer Eastern Airlines' international cargo business
US carrier Eastern Airlines has appointed Mike Duggan as director of international cargo business development as it prepares to expand into freighter...
- Volga-Dnepr Group H1 revenue up 40pc
RUSSIA'S Volga-Dnepr Group reported that total revenue across its three airlines - Volga-Dnepr Airlines, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and ATRAN...
- DHL Express announces 2021 rate hike of 5pc for Hong Kong and Macau
MAJOR international express service provider DHL Express has announced an average price increase of 4
- 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...
- Halifax PSA docks biggest containership to call at Canadian port
THE Port of Halifax claims to have docked the biggest containership ever to call at a Canadian port, the 15,072-TEU CMA CGM Brazil, reports the...
- 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...
- 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...
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Ship banned for AUD $118,000 in unpaid crew wagesThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has today banned the Panama-flagged bulk carrier AC Sesoda for deliberately underpaying its crew by...
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Viking ship runs aground off Finland, all passengers evacuated!A ferry operated by Finnish company Viking Line has run aground in the Åland Islands waters between Finland and Sweden, Finnish authorities said.
- IATA's head of cargo Glyn Hughes takes voluntary redundancy
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has confirmed that head of cargo Glyn Hughes will leave the organisation as part of a wider...
- Starlux Airlines utilises IBS Software's iCargo platform
TAIWAN-BASED Starlux Airlines has deployed IBS Software's iCargo platform as it prepares to expand operations
- Amazon expands air fleet, narrowing gap with UPS and FedEx
AMERICAN e-commerce giant Amazon has rapidly increased its air cargo business in recent months while the airline industry may be reeling from the...
- 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...
- ZIM sets up ZKCyberStar with Konfidas to combat maritime cyber-attack
ISRAEL's major shipping carrier Zim is deploying its vast experience and long-standing cooperation with cybersecurity experts Konfidas to...