Laurels for Palau in US port state control examinations 
The United States Coastguard (USCG) targets flags for additional port state control examinations if their detention ratio scores are higher than the three-year rolling average detention record. The Palau International Ship Registry (Pisr) has recorded a zero percentage... more
Atran providing Hangzhou - Riga capacity
Atran Airlines has launched a new route between Hangzhou and Riga (Latvia) that guarantees cargo capacity for the Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group. Atran Airlines is the Russian air express carrier within the Volga-Dnepr Group. Hangzhou is an emerging... more
Honold satisfied with past business year
The Honold Group reported a turnover of EUR 265 million in 2018, a 9% increase compared to EUR 243 million in 2017. The German service provider achieved the upsurge through organic growth. The result does not include Honold’s acquisition of the company Eiltrans, with... more
Matthijs van Doorn takes seat on BDB board
Matthijs van Doorn, the port of Rotterdam’s logistics manager, has been awarded a seat of the board of Germany’s federal association of inland navigation (BDB). He is the first Dutchman to become a BDB board member. Van Doorn stated: "The port of Rotterdam has expanded... more
Launch of direct Vienna - Trelleborg rail service
Stena Line is augmenting the rail-based logistics services it offers on land. Since May, the ferry operator, in collaboration with RCA and Green Cargo, began offering fixed slots on train ferries to transport direct freight trains from Vienna to Trelleborg (Sweden). The service... more
World's biggest cargo airport waves good-bye to growth
Airport Authority Hong Kong has reported that cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) dropped by 8.1% year-on-year to 394,000 t in April 2019. Cargo traffic remained weak due to uncertain global economic conditions. The decrease in cargo throughput in... more
Hamburg Süd reshuffles Latin American coverage
Hamburg Süd, in cooperation with its new parent company Maersk, is remodelling its services on the Europe–Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast trade lanes. The companies said there is a new stand-alone service - SAWC1 - covering Europe to/from Central... more
Peel Ports augments logistics services
The UK-based Peel Ports Group has acquired Quality Freight, a company that provides chartering and a range of port services from a 16.2 ha multimodal facility at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. Commenting on the acquisition, Mark Whitworth, CEO of Peel Ports Group said: “Our... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The British singer Morrissey did not allow his autobiography to be translated into other languages. more
New members of International Maritime Hall of Fame
The International Maritime Hall of Fame awards were established in 1993 when the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey created them to honour, every year, a group of maritime visionaries who best exemplified the qualities of futuristic thinking guiding... more