Dusseldorf welcomes UAE service expansion Air Berlin, now a member of the One World Alliance, began daily flights between Dusseldorf (Germany) and Abu Dhabi (UAE) on 28 March 2012. The carrier uses an A330-200 with a cargo...
Finland's national railway reports drop in freight volumes VR Group, Finland's state railway, only hauled 34.8 million t of goods in 2011, 2.7% less than in the preceding year. The company was also forced to post of loss of EUR 10.8 millio...
US market: German manufacturers see strongest March since 2007 German manufacturers noted that their sales of light trucks (SUV, CUV, vans and pick-ups) in North America grew faster than the US market in March 2012. Whilst sales overall jumped...
Denmark: police and transport industry start fight against crime The Danish police and the country's transport industry organisations recently had their first meeting in a new cooperation. The alliance's goal is to go on the offensive against cr...
Tarros restyling and upgrading Great Pendulum Service Tarros, a regional container carrier and multi-transport operator specialized in the Mediterranean region, recently completed the restyling and upgrading of its Great Pendulum Serv...
CMA CGM introducing peak season surcharge The French shipping company CMA CGM is introducing a peak season surcharge of USD 200/teu today (16 April). The rate hike applies to services between North Europe, the Red Sea and ...
Air China temporary reduces Dubai service From today (16 April 2012) until 1 July 2012, Air China is reducing its Beijing - Dubai service. The carrier is operating the link four times per week instead of five. The Monday s...
ABC awarded IOSA certification AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), Russia's biggest cargo carrier, has successfully completed an audit to be listed in the Iata Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) regis...
BLS Cargo hauled more goods in 2011 The Swiss freight railway BLS Cargo reported that its earnings before interest and tax came to CHF 4.2 million in 2011, CHF 1.8 million more than the previous year. The company's t...
New name for Zurich's forwarding association Zurich's forwarding association (Zürcher Spediteur-Vereinigung/ZSV) recently held its 89th annual general meeting, which was well attended by around 100 members and guests. During ...
Kandia Dulce Romania trusts in DB Schenker Logistics Kandia Dulce, one of Romania's leading confectionary companies, has awarded the German service provider DB Schenker a contract to manage its warehousing and transportation activiti...
Nobert Dentressangle launches new service Norbert Dentressangle Overseas - the fast-growing freight forwarding division of the French service provider Norbert Dentressangle - has launched 'Red Sky Connect', a managed, end-...
IJS Global appoints head of ocean freight for EMEA IJS Global has further expanded the senior management team of its ocean freight division by appointing Matthew Deer as head of ocean freight EMEA and senior vice-president. He repo...
New UK manager of sales for SBS Worldwide SBS Worldwide has named Richard Perriman as UK general manager of sales. He has been in the industry for 25 years, working for a variety of freight forwarders. Most recently Perrim...
Italian judgment looks set to be an antitrust milestone Fines imposed on cartel for fixing agency fees could be seen as authorities' opening salvo in a purge of anti-competitive practices
Brussels supports first non-ECA LNG supply project Ten-T funding for seven maritime projects has been revealed
Evergreen confirms 13,800 teu order Taiwanese line secures ships at bargain price
China and Germany sign MoU to build onshore power systems for vessels Countries agree to develop exhibition project in Shanghai and Hamburg
When Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller called in on Lloyd's List Said a personal thank you for his Lifetime Achievement award
Rasmussen and Andersen pay tribute to Mc-Kinney Moller Passion and vision an inspiration to workforce
Liverpool tug crews to strike next week Svitzer faces four-day walkout
Shanghai box throughput growth slows in first quarter Port performance in line with forecasts as Chinese growth slows
Abu Dhabi's Mina Zayed port sees 47% rise to 768,000 teu Container volumes have more than tripled since 2006 but chief executive says most exciting years are still to come
UASC fixes $150m loan facility from Burgan Bank Shipowner plans service expansion in key trades
Tighter maritime security pays off in Asia Fewer incidents in Malaysia, South China Sea and Straits of Malacca in first quarter
MPP vessel in sanctions row A GERMAN multipurpose vessel has been pulled from a voyage to Syria by its owner/manager in the Eastern Mediterranean due to fears over a sanction breach
Grounded ship refloated in Karachi TAIWANESE container ship YM North loaded with 1,740 containers which ran aground near Karachi Port was re-floated on Saturday
Canada boosts Churchill prospects CANADA'S government has created a C$25M ($25M) fund to support the diversification of shipping through the Port of Churchill
One dead, four hurt in breaking blast A MASSIVE blast killed one worker and critically injured four others at India's Sachana Ship Breaking yard on Friday
Indian companies put $300M abroad India's Mercator, Varun Shipping and ABG Shipyard decided to invest about $300M abroad in March, data released over the weekend by India's banking regulator, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has revealed
Freight hikes hit K+N earnings Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel today reported a considerable drop in first-quarter earnings due to soaring freight rates
New antitrust suit filed A major new antitrust action has been filed by 37 shippers related to alleged price-fixing in the US-Puerto Rico box trade in 2002-2008
Long Beach imports jump MARCH container imports to California's Port of Long Beach increased 18.3% year-on-year to 226,150teu, spurred by a post-Chinese New Year volume surge
Seadrill to expand Seabras for listing SEADRILL, the listed company in the centre of John Fredriksen's offshore business, plans to expand the operations of its Brazilian unit Seabras before listing the company
US scrappers plead guilty OWNERS of a US ship-breaking company have pled guilty to environmental crimes stemming from their scrapping business in Virginia
Bangladesh, China rule breaking game BREAKERS in Bangladesh and China upped their offers last week as both countries had an avid appetite for tonnage
Discounts prompt bulker purchases FALLING asset prices are spurring investments in the secondhand bulker market, despite the Catholic and Orthodox Easter holidays last week
Torm and banks agree temporary standstill DS Torm, the trubled Danish product tanker and dry bulk shipping group, and its bank group have extended the deferral of instalments and covenant standstill until 30 April 2012
Bulker scrapping up; fleet growth also up THE rate at which dry bulk carriers have been scrapped so far this year has been brisk, but analysts have mixed views about the future
Asciano, MUA agree to formal talks AN END to the battle between port operator Asciano and the Maritime Union of Australia appears close, after both parties agreed to a formal resolution process starting today
Puerto Rico Shippers Sue Sea Star, Crowley More than three dozen customers of Sea Star Line and Crowley Liner services have filed a triple-damage antitrust lawsuit against...
Diesel Prices Fall for Second Time in Three Weeks Diesel prices across the U.S. fell for the second time in three weeks, slipping 2.1 cents in the week ending...
US-Colombia FTA Set to Take Effect Next Month U.S. exporters and importers will be able to better tap the growing Colombian economy starting May 15 when the free...
UASC Completes $150 Million Financing Deal United Arab Shipping Co. has concluded a $150 million financing deal that includes a seven-year senior term loan facility with...
High-Tech Product Launches Lift Cathay Pacific The launch of electronic products by manufacturers such as Samsung and Apple gave a significant boost to air freight exports...
Emirates SkyCargo Boosts Dubai-Australia Capacity Emirates SkyCargo has doubled freighter capacity on its service between Dubai and Australia. The Boeing 777 freighter service will...
LA-LB Container Volumes Climb Container volumes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach bounced back strongly in March following a weak February....
Frankfurt Airport Cargo Declines 11 Percent Frankfurt airport handled 11 percent less freight in March than a year ago as a night flight ban aggravated the...
Intermodal Volume Inches Up 1.1 Percent U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending April 7 rose 1.1 percent year-over-year and fell. 4.7 percent from the...
TT Club Income Hit by Record Catastrophic Claims The TT Club, a mutual insurer of transport and logistics risk, reported a 90.6 percent drop in net income on...
House Likely to Vote Tuesday on Transport Bill Extension The House is expected to vote Tuesday on another 90-day funding extension for surface transportation programs, giving Democratic members the...
Kuehne + Nagel's Profit Slumped in First Quarter Kuehne+Nagel's first quarter profit slumped to $73.5 million from $167.5 million a year ago as the Swiss global logistics group...
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Dies at 98 Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the legendary Danish shipowner who helped build Maersk Line into the world's biggest ocean container carrier, died...
Ocean Carriers Ready Further Rate Hikes Ocean carriers are preparing a fresh round of rate hikes on the Asia-Europe trade, taking advantage of stronger-than-expected cargo growth...
Indian Authority Slashes Rates at PSA Chennai Terminal India's Tariff Authority for Major Ports ordered a 12.23 percent reduction in tariffs levied by Chennai International Terminals, a PSA...
Abu Dhabi Terminals Volume Rose 47 Percent in 2011 Abu Dhabi Terminals saw volume rise 47 percent year-over-year in 2011, reaching 767,713 20-foot equivalent units. ADT currently operates...
ANA, JAL International Cargo Volumes Soar Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume soared 24.5 percent in February from the same...
Evergreen Orders 10 Mega-Ships Evergreen Line said it will charter 10 ships with capacities of 13,800 20-foot equivalent units. The Taiwanese...
Growing World Demand Sparks the End of Cheap Oil All it took was the March 25 shutdown of a single North Sea oil platform to boost Brent crude oil...
ILA Talks Off to Quiet Start After a mighty bluster in the run-up to negotiations for a new contract at East and Gulf Coast ports, the...
Class 8 Heavy Truck Orders Decline Are trucking companies losing confidence in the recovery and slowing plans to upgrade or expand capacity? There are signs carriers...
YRC Freight Streamlines Operations YRC Freight streamlined its nationwide network last week, implementing changes to reduce freight handling and focus the $3.2 billion less-than-truckload...
FMCSA Cracks Down on Fraudulent Brokers When the gavel finally came down on convicted scam artist Kulwant Singh Gill on March 28, it came down hard....
Potholes Scar Road to US Highway Bill The curtain is nearly drawn on Congress passing a surface transportation bill this year, but a positive House performance could...
Senators Want Mexico to Drop Poultry Probe A bipartisan group of 16 senators, led by Tom Carper, D-Del., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., have sent a letter to...
Holt Completes Rooftop Solar Power Plant Gloucester Marine Terminal in New Jersey is one of the nation's largest dockside refrigerated warehouse facilities. Now it is also...
Purfresh Expands Latin America Staff Purfresh Inc., which provides ocean transportation and supply chain management technologies that optimize the quality and safety of fresh produce,...
New Pharma Service for TNT Express TNT Express has started a service it says will simplify and secure the international movements of pharmaceutical products such as...
Growing Cold Train Gets Drayage Partner Rail Logistics-Cold Train and Interstate Distributor forged a partnership in which Cold Train will use a dedicated fleet of trucks...
Kuehne + Nagel Starts Pharmaceutical Service Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has introduced a new product for the pharmaceutical and health care industry. KN...
Klinge Unveils Blast Freezer Box Refrigerated equipment manufacturer Klinge has introduced a lower-cost version of its blast freezer container, which quickly freezes cargo to minus-76...
Refrigerated Warehouses See Growth in Profits The outlook for growth in profits improved for North American public refrigerated warehouse companies in the second half of 2011...
Savannah Expands Reefer Capacity The Georgia Ports Authority added 20 refrigerated container racks at the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal. Each...
Wilmington, Del., Sets Cargo Records The Port of Wilmington, Del., handled 5,084,478 tons of cargo last year, up 26 percent from 2010, and achieved the...
Family Dollar to Expand Reefer Product Line Family Dollar Stores plans to add about 1,000 items to its stores this year, including more frozen breakfast, lunch and...
Target Set to Break Ground on Food Distribution Center Target Corp. is ready to begin construction of a $103 million refrigerated distribution center in central Ohio that will employ...
Trade Blocks Often Protectionist in Nature Bilateral negotiations to end agricultural trade disputes failed with 46 nations, the European Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the...
Agriculture Trade a 'Risky Business' Analysts and economists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are full of good news about sales prospects for U.S. farm...
US Food Safety Regulations Come at a Price First came the Facebook posts that got shared and reshared. Within a few days, "pink slime" was a trending topic...
Reefer Truck Shortages Boost Rates There will be more Florida oranges coming out of the groves and onto refrigerated trucks this year - good news...
US Agricultural Foods Whet Chinese Appetites China's consumers spent $962.8 billion in grocery stores last year, pushing the country to the world's top spot in grocery...
Food Exporters Note PierPass Flaws Refrigerated shipments are expected to grow along with the world's middle class, but a representative for U.S. food exporters warns...
US Exporters Hope for Bigger Piece of Korea's Market A month after the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement took effect, U.S. pork producers, cattle ranchers and fresh fruit and...
In Mexico's Trade Complaint: Parts Ain't Parts Take 30 seconds to relive part of the 1980s when fast food chain Wendy's spent millions of dollars...
On Container Shipping: Where's the Logic? Just when it looked as if ocean carriers were nearing a recovery of some sort, with rate increases taking hold...
US Auto Production Revving Up Exports Saratoga Honda's parking lot is full of new cars, a sharp contrast to last summer, when the auto dealer's supply...
The Shift to a Cleaner, Cheaper Fuel Is a Slow One Booming natural gas production isn't just giving the truck industry extra loads to haul. Low natural gas prices are providing...
K+N takes knock in Q1 12 Despite further cargo growth, Kuehne + Nagel suffered a reduction in profitability in Q1 12 due to lower margins in forwarding and its fine of CHF65 (USD70.2) million ...
Savannah port move closer to harbour deepening The US East Coast Port of Savannah is a step closer to realise its ambition to deepen its harbour as after 15 years of study. The United States Army Corps of Engineers ...
Transpac rate hikes off the agenda? In its weekly US logistics market review, Wall Street's Wolfe Trahan, has provided more evidence that the rebound in ocean freight rates on the Asia to USWC tradelane ...
Yusen expands ISO coverage in Europe Yusen Logistics can now boast 12 countries and 35 individual facilities as compliant under its ISO 14001 quality control certification as it strives to improve ...
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller: R.I.P Denmark's greatest businessman - the driving force and figurehead of a global transport and energy business employing 108,000 people across 135 countries - Maersk ...
Northport orders more equipment from Cargotec Northport (Malaysia), which operates one of the main container-handling complexes in Port Klang, and Cargotec, a leading supplier of container-handling equipment, ...
China boosts yuan The chief of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] Christine Lagarde, has welcomed the People's Bank of China's decision to allow its currency to move up or down ...
Mina Zayed powers ahead Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, posted a massive 47% jump in its box throughput in 2011, with a total of 767,713 TEU handled. The rise in traffic volumes was attributable ...
Heavy claims hit TT Club Liner shipping mutual manages to hold on to profitability despite natural disasters, port damage and containership casualties.
Drunk master jailed Russian captain found asleep at helm of Danica Hav banned from vessels for a year by Danish court.
NSCSA brushes off downturn Saudi tanker owner defies the gloom to post huge first quarter profit.
Tanker raided off Singapore Robbers board Vietnam's Great Fish, threaten crew and steal cash before escaping.
Seadrill IPO delayed again Fredriksen drilling company focuses on new structure for Brazilian spin-off ahead of listing.
'Demanding but inspiring' AP Moller CEO and chairman add their voices to those lining up to honour Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller.
Tributes flood in for legend Current and former employees remember Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller the businessman and the gentleman.
Farstad sheds two more Oslo-listed owner accelerates disposal of 1980s-built tonnage.
Sell-offs back on agenda? Renewed speculation over Danske Bank disposal after death of Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller.
Bumi confirms Caspian deal Hassan Basma-led outfit seals $200m pipelaying contract with Russian giant Lukoil.
Mc-Kinney Moller dies Grand old man of Danish shipping passes away three months short of 99th birthday.
ASL Marine seals big win Singapore-listed shipbuilder inks deal for five offshore support vessels.
"Arms ship" diverted German government to check Bockstiegel vessel accused of carrying Iranian weapons to Syria.
Sungdong cuts deficit Korean shipbuilder hopeful of new orders as big annual loss is reduced in 2011.
CGGVeritas wins Angola job Paris-based seismic outfit nets five-year deal to gather data off Africa's largest oil producer.
DSME to win Q2 duel Deutsche Bank backs Daewoo to win the most orders among Korea's big three in the second quarter.
Prices go downward across the board Low sulphur avails tight in Rotterdam.
Prices falling in Fujirah and Suez Average bunker demand in Fujairah.
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller dies aged 98 Speculation that A.P. Moller-Maersk Group could be split.
Combined SOx and NOx emission removal 'up and running' Removing SOx and PM by dry scrubbing and then reducing NOx by SCR 'is an ideal combination,' says EGCSA.
US port predicts 'new market for biofuels by 2015' Cruise ships will be 'leading the conversion to biofuel-based energy.'
Russian fuel oil tax set to fall May export duties could be $8 pmt below the April figure.
WWL 'on track' with 30% CO2 reduction target Maintains it global low-sulphur fuel policy and says environmental performance is 'a key success factor' for the future.
Week opens with lower bunker prices Traders mixed about demand levels across most of the key Asian ports on Monday.
Chinese port in LNG supply deal Player says joint venture will boost prospects for LNG being supplied to ships as fuel.
New Indian port plans competitive bunkering service Developer of port between Mumbai and Goa in talks with public sector oil firm to offer Fujairah price levels.
Shipyard diversifies with bunker tanker order Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding building bunker tankers to 'fill up its berth slots'.
Norden CEO reiterates company's focus on climate Emphasis on fuel efficiency 'essential' for its long-term business, says Carsten Mortensen.
Hong Kong bunker sales up 7% in March Deals completed generally small on high bunker prices, local players say.
Torm gets further reprieve Secures further extension to defer debt installments and covenant standstill as it works on its financial restructuring.
Bunker tanker owner mulls cancelling newbuilds contract Following 'significant' delivery delays from the Chinese shipyard, says Yujin.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
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