An appetite for Philippine air freight
The Philippine company PSI Air 2007 began commercial cargo operations on 28 March 2020. The start-up cargo specialist based in Clark operated its first flight using B737-300(QC). Its fleet also includes two converted passenger aircraft, one B727-200 (photo) and one B737-300... more
MOL unifies tankship companies
MOL has announced that its wholly owned management companies for tankers, MOL Tankship Management (Asia) (Molta; managing director: Toshihiko Ota; headquarters: Singapore) and MOL Tankship Management (Europe) (Molte; managing director: Ikutoshi Kato; headquarters: London) will... more
Dachser: new weekly train service along Silk Road
The first train was loaded with 42 containers carrying BASF chemical products and has now arrived in the central Chinese city of Xi´an. Dachser took care of all organisational aspects — including coordination with train operator RTSB, customs clearance and distribution of the... more
Fiji's first freighter flight on Sunday
Fiji Airways will operate its first freighter flight this Sunday, 5 April 2020, between Nadi and Sydney. One of the airline's two A350-900 will carry 41 t of fresh produce across to Australia. On the return sector, the airline will assist the Fijian ministry of health by... more
The time of the tankers
Vitol Marine Fuels, a subsidiary of the Vitol Group headquartered in Rotterdam and Geneva, has acquired the Singapore-based bunkering specialist Sinanju Tankers Holdings (“Sinanju”). The Singapore bunkering licence holding entity has been renamed Vitol Bunkers and from 1... more
Cosco Shipping: 2019 results meet expectations
Cosco Shipping looks back on a satisfactory performance in 2019. During the reporting year, the group handled 25.74 million teu in container shipping, +18.1% compared to 2018. Of these volumes, Cosco Shipping Lines carried 18.78 million teu, while Orient Overseas Container Line... more
Geodis and Bolloré bring masks to France and Spain
In order to respond to requests from the French Government, Geodis is planning 16 flights over the coming weeks, representing in volume terms approximately 2,400 cbm of capacity weekly. This schedule could be extended into May with up to 1 billion masks being shipped. For... more
Indian Register convoys vessel conversion
International ship classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has classed its first vessel under the Lebanese flag. The vessel - which is named "Jouri" - was converted from a vehicle carrier to a livestock carrier under the survey of IRClass which... more
Csafe: Jeannette Wong for life science sales in Singapore
Csafe Global, a provider in active temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, has announced that Jeannette Wong has officially joined the company as director of life science sales – Singapore. Csafe has been building its... more
Kyrgyz cargo carrier to take to the skies this month?
Kyrgyz business people have commenced with the process of breathing life into the airfreight segment in their Central Asian home market, by deploying an Airbus A300F that was previously operated by the Georgian enterprise Global Charter Services. The freighter, which was built... more