Big Brown lands in Vietnam 
UPS made its inaugural flights into Vietnam last week to cater to the country's growing import and export demands. Since 15 September, a new B767F service into HCMC begins and ends in Shenzhen, China, home to UPS’s largest facility in Asia. It operates four days a week and... more
Finnlines' second new ro-ro unit underway
The next steps in the production of Finnlines’ second new hybrid ro-ro vessel have begun at the Chinese Nanjing Jinling shipyard. The first steel plate was cut in the traditional steel cutting ceremony in mid-September 2020. The liner’s ongoing EUR 500 million newbuilding... more
Boeing responds to strong demand for freighters
Boeing has announced a firm order from an unidentified customer for two 737-800 Boeing converted freighters (BCF), as well as agreements to open additional conversion lines in Guangzhou, China and Singapore to meet strong market demand. The new B737-800BCF line at Guangzhou... more
Cargolux, Fracht Italia and Fomas did it again
While Covid-19 impacts the heavylift logistics sector, three partners just repeated another big project. Twelve months after a similar piece was sent from Italy to China, Fomas Group from Osnaga together with freight forwarder Fracht Italia, sent another jumbo piece onboard a... more
UN: Improve intermodal coordination across borders!
Eight UN bodies - the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca), the UN Economic Commission for Europe (Unece), the UN... more
Converting Koreans choose Columbus
In partnership with global airfreight forwarders and Korean Air Cargo, Columbus Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) recently became the world’s only airport serving Korean Air Cargo’s new fleet of cargo-converted passenger aircraft. In these uncharted times, Korean Air... more
K Line names LNG princess
The naming ceremony for Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel (“LBV”) was held at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries recently. The LBV's name, "Kaguya", derives from Princess Kaguya in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," which is said to be Japan's... more
56% of ports back to pre-pandemic levels
Several trends are outlined in the Covid-19 Port Economic Impact Barometer for H1/2020 published by the IAPH. The report, which was compiled by a dedicated Task Force operating under the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), summarises responses from 85 ports from around... more
VTG expands presence in Russia
After many years of an indirect presence relying on cooperation with agents, VTG will now take sole responsibility for managing and implementing all its tank container operations in Russia and the Baltics as from September 2020. Specifically, the company will use the... more
CBP identifies stowaways from Thailand
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists in Cincinnati were inspecting large bags of dried chili peppers imported from Thailand in April (the news was only made public last week), when they noticed something strange.The specialists took a closer look, and... more