New Mediterranean loops operational 
The AEM6 is an Ocean Alliance's weekly liner service connecting South Korean, Chinese and SE Asian ports with the Adriatic, including stopovers in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, has started its amended loop. Evergreen's first vessel sailing according to the new rotation... more
Chinese RHI buys Cargotec out of JV
The ownership of the joint venture in China that Cargotec and Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries (RHI) have been running since 2012 has been reshaped. Since then, Rainbow-Cargotec Industries (RCI) has manufactured port and offshore cranes for Kalmar and MacGregor business areas at... more
U-Freight strengthens presence in Malaysia
The U-Freight Group is seeking to increase its presence in cross-border logistics between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and has confirmed the appointment of Ong Boon Seong as a director of U-Freight Logistics Sdn Bhd to spearhead the expansion programme. Based at... more
Train brings Russian chicken to China
Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) is sending frozen chicken products per train to China for the first time, using the agro-express container trains that were introduced in 2019 to offer rapid food transports from Russia to China. A refrigerated container with Russian chicken... more
Kerry Logistics forms JV in Sri Lanka
Kerry Logistics has set up a new joint venture, Kerry Logistics Lanka, with IAS Holdings in Sri Lanka to strengthen its international freight forwarding capabilities in South Asia. Headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Kerry Lanka sits at the strategic crossroads of East... more
From CFO to CEO
In 2017 Tim A. Hartnoll returned to his role of CEO of X-Press Feeders when Tristan Howitt felt that he needed to step down after his cardiac surgery. Now Hartnoll said: "Since then Francis Goh has ably taken over the role of COO and Shmuel Yoskovitz of CFO, allowing me... more
Strengthening trade lines to Scandinavia and France
Qatar Airways Cargo is now serving Copenhagen with eight (+ five) weekly A350 freight-only passenger aircraft, exceeding 500 t of total weekly cargo capacity each way. In Oslo, two B777F and A330F flights have been added to the existing six weekly freighter flights and three... more
Significant decreases in port throughput now over?
The international association of ports and harbours (IAPH) and the world port sustainability programme (WPSP) conduct weekly surveys on the impact of Covid-19 to monitor the current situation in world ports and trends compared to previous weeks. Compared to last week, the... more
Greek shipping company inks charter contract
Greece-based Diana Shipping, a shipping company specialising in dry bulk vessels, has entered into a time charter contract with Pacbulk Shipping, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the MV "Seattle". The gross charter rate is USD 12,300 per day, minus... more
TRT service keeps cargo moving across Asia
Ceva Logistics has designed an innovative truck-rail-truck (TRT) service to keep freight moving across Asia during the Covid-19 crisis. The China-Vietnam road border crossing point between Pingxiang and Lang Son currently causes backlogs of two to four days. To avoid this,... more