Baltic index rises further The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, stayed at over a two and half month high on Friday, helped by fresh cargo activity in Brazil and Australia.
Toll buys NZ freight forwarder for A$125m ASIA-FOCUSED integrated logistics provider Toll Group has acquired major New Zealand freight forwarder Express Logistics Group (ELG), giving it added scale and capacity in key trade lanes in Asia.
Sernam continues eco-driving training Sernam, a private operator of express multimodal transport services, has increased its teams' awareness of environmental issues, such as saving energy, recycling, etc., as part of ...
Sudanese cargo plane crashes in Sharjah A Sudanese cargo aircraft is reported to have crashed shortly after taking off from Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday, killing all six crew members on ...
Bombardier Aerospace chooses Amsterdam airport for European centre Bombardier Aerospace, the world's third-largest civil aircraft manufacturer, has selected Amsterdam Schiphol airport for its new European service centre, from where it will service...
MOL publishes environment and social report Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has published its environment and social report 2009, the 10th edition since 2000. It introduces an environment-friendly car carrier, the "Senpaku Ishin",...
Panalpina issues performance warning Panalpina, a global transport and logistics group based in Basel (Switzerland), has issued a warning that its performance remained significantly below expectations in the first nin...
Chronopost opens new Corsican branch Chronopost, the CEP subsidiary of the French state post office La Poste, recently opened a new branch office at Napoleon Bonaparte airport in Ajaccio (Corsica). Chronopost invested...
New government puts Japanese post office privatisation on hold The new Japanese government has put the privatisation of the Japanese post office on hold. Premier Yukio Hatoyama has fulfilled a central election promise by ensuring that the ente...
German logistics prize 2009 awarded to W'rth group The German national logistics association (Bundesvereinigung Logistik BVL) has awarded the German logistics prize 2009 (Deutscher Logistik Preis) to the W'rth group for a modular l...
Two vessels attacked by pirates Jolly Rosso, an Italian flagged roro ship, was attacked by two small skiffs 400 nautical miles east of Mombasa, Kenya, according to EU Maritime Security Centre. The pirates opened fire
Laptalo wants economic compensation The Croatian master Kristo Laptalo who was acquitted from all charges of drug smuggling in November last year, will seek compensation from Greek authorities after spending 17 months in jail
Nordic Tankers in take over negotiations The stock-listed Nordic Tankers in Copenhagen seems to be the target for another take over, according to the newspaper B'rsen. According to the newspaper the Clipper Group with headquarters
Finnlines to start up Ropax service to Rostock Finnlines will start up a service to Rostock with Star class Ropax vessels. The ships currently sailing from Helsinki via Gdynia to Travem'nde will instead have Rostock as their German
Nordic, Clipper talk merger NORDIC Tankers, the Denmark-listed product tankers group, is discussing a possible merger with Clipper
Suez revenues drop 24% REVENUES for the Suez Canal were down 24% in first nine months of this year from the 2008 figures, Egypt said today
Panama to expel detainees THE PANAMA Register will immediately cancel registration of any vessel detained by any member state of the Paris MoU before the end of this year
Navios junk bond grows NAVIOS Maritime Holdings has raised the amount of its new high-yield bond issue to $400M, from the $375M it specified just a few days ago
US to scrap 2 Suisun ghosts TWO CARGO ghost ships rotting in California's Suisun Bay are at last cleared for the scrapheap, in what will lead to 57 recyclings
Maersk to stay in Charleston MAERSK Line has reversed its decision to leave the Port of Charleston in a move that will have significant implications for container volumes up and down the US East Coast
No sequel for Alabama hero? Next month, at the New York Sheraton Hotel, Captain Richard Phillips will be presented with an Honored Seafarers plaque at the prestigious United Seamen's Service annual dinner, in recognition of his courageous contribution to the rescue of his ship, the Maersk Alabama, from pirate captivity in April of this year
Panalpina boosts efficiency with Chinese centralised services hub
Evergreen and CSAV Norasia sign Far East/Mediterranean deal
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