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Teleport converts two A320s into air freighters
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd's cargo and logistics unit Teleport has operated its maiden freighter flight with a dedicated B737-800F aircraft, reinforcing its...
Maersk's ‘technical challenges’ with booking system not a cyber-attack
Maersk Line has confirmed that a failure of its booking systems was not due to a cyber-attack, but rather the result of a technical failure. The Danish carrier&rs...
Higher Shipping Fees Hurt Smaller Firms
Vietnamese exporters are struggling to send goods abroad despite high demand because of a nearly five-fold year-on-year surge in container shipping costs. Shipping...
South Korea opens new container shipping route to Vietnam
On May 24, Incheon Seaport Corporation announced that it has begun operating a new container route from Incheon port to ports in Thailand and Vietnam. Notably, th...
Yokohama crowned worlds most efficient container port
The Japanese port of Yokohama has been crowned as the world’s most efficient box facility in a new study launched by the World Bank and data firm IHS Markit. A...
Hapag-Lloyd Places Huge Container Order to Combat Global Box Shortage
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for 150,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers amid the pandemic-fueled container crunch in Asia and around th...
‘Madness’ at the Port of Los Angeles as Cargo Surge Breaks March and Year-to-Date Records
The Port of Los Angeles processed 957,599 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) last month for a 113% leap compared to March 2020 when global trade slowed to a crawl a...
An ‘aggressive’ fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%
SINGAPORE — A critical shortage of containers is driving up shipping costs and delays for goods purchased from China. The pandemic and uneven global economic r...
Shippers and forwarders claim carriers breach contracts to demand higher rates
As Asia-Europe container spot rates continue to skyrocket, shippers and freight forwarders are accusing carriers of breaching short- and long-term contracts to &ldqu...
Freight forwarders feel the US$10k heat, in red-hot Asia/Europe market
Freight forwarders say that with Asia-Europe rates rising at least fivefold year-on-year, and total rates for some cargo having topped US$10,000/FEU, shippers are de...
The Port of Halifax receives the largest container vessel to call at a Canadian port
Thursday morning, the largest containerized cargo vessel to call at a Canadian port arrived at the Port of Halifax. The CMA CGM Brazil, 366 metres length,...
Booming of E-Commerce, Reliable Shipping Services Are Needed
The development of e-commerce in the world and also in Indonesia shows the trend of rapid increase. Two main factors that support the growth of e-commerce are the lo...
MTL Investment in Taicang Terminal Pays Off
Hong Kong-based operator Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) is enjoying the results of its investment in Taicang International Gateway, a deep-water terminal, as manufacture...
MOL selects Descartes to manage Customs filings
MOL has selected Descartes Systems Group, a global logistics solutions provider, to help manage its container division’s European Union (EU) Import Control Sys...
Dock strike in Australia over death
Hundreds of Western Australian wharfies and more than 1500 around Australia, have walked off the job for 24 hours in protest at a death at Melbourne Port yesterday m...
03 November 2024
‘It’s all happening again.’ The supply chain is under strain
08 November 2024
Global Freight Rises But Shows Signs of Weakness in U.S.
23 Oktober 2024
Arctic Shipping Route to See First-Ever Panamax Containership
18 Oktober 2024