Yang Ming keeps fleet size up 
Keelung-headquartered carrier Yang Ming decided to extend its charter on five Seaspan neo-panamax containerships. They belong to the Hong Kong-based company Seaspan. The Taiwanese shipping group has announced an option on Seaspan's five 14,000 teu units. Currently, Yang Ming... more
Humanitarian air bridge for flood victims
Since last Friday, 2 September 2022, Emirates has been offering cargo capacity on all its 53 weekly passenger flights to Pakistan for organisations based at the world’s largest humanitarian hub, International Humanitarian City (IHC), to transport critical equipment and supplies,... more
How to push furniture expansion worldwide
Maersk has entered into a partnership with Castlery, a Singaporean furniture retailer. The aim of the agreement is to reduce waiting times for orders to one to two months, approximately three times less than the industry average of three to six months. As Castlery expands... more
Future Port starts operations
Tuas Port‘s first three berths are now operational. PSA inaugurated the new facilities after the completion of the first development phase, a milestone in Singapore’s maritime strategy. The port is located on Singapore's western seaboard. Planned as the nucleus of... more
Time to create a privatisation strategy
Only 15 days left! All interested applicants to develop a strategy for the privatisation of the JSC Uzbekistan Airways, which in 2021 generated net profit of UZS 53.7 billion (EUR 4,4 million) by providing air transport services including for cargo, are invited to submit their... more
Shorter transit times to Romania and Turkey
In response to increasing demand, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is introducing a new non-stop service: containers (20 to 45 feet), swap bodies and craneable semi-trailers, including hazardous goods, now travel non-stop by rail from Genk (Belgium) via the Ruhr region in Germany to... more
The gods hold their breath
In July 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) remained stable at 126.2 points, unchanged (seasonally adjusted) from the month before. According to the... more
Finnair Cargo partners with Wisetech Global
Finnair Cargo, one of the largest air cargo carriers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, and Wisetech Global, provider of the logistics execution platform Cargowise, have joined forces to enable freight forwarders to efficiently choose, book, confirm and change shipments, in... more
A new integrated terminal at the Maasvlakte
Hutchison Ports and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the terminal branch of MSC, are working on a joint project to develop a new container terminal at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. It will be built in the Europahaven, which already houses the Hutchison Ports ECT Delta terminal... more
Chinese bird flies to Austria
At the Airpower air show which will take place tomorrow and the day after, 2 and 3 September 2022, in Zeltweg, Austria, the Chinese military transport aircraft Xian Y-20 "Kunpeng" (named after a large bird from Chinese mythology) will be seen up close for the first... more