Geneva-based carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) will receive new box ships with a total capacity of 473,000 TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units) from 2009 to 2016…
HKIA’s AAT logs double-digit cargo volume rise, has new GM
Asia Airfreight Terminal Co. (AAT), Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) second cargo terminal handler, reported an 11 percent rise in tonnage throughput to 63,114…
Hapag-Lloyd will implement a general rate increase (GRI) on all dry, reefer, flat-rack and open-top containers from East Asia, India, and the Indian Sub-Continent…
APEC economies urged to adapt to new business realities
Amid the global economic uncertainty, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies should continue deepening economic integration for resilience and sustained growth even as they should…
Zim expands Asia-Europe service, Wan Hai restarts Asia-WCSA loop
Zim Integrated Shipping Services has extended the port coverage of its Asia-Europe service, AEX1. Added are calls to the Asian ports of Dalian, Qingdao,…
Asian cargo airlines facing ‘challenging’ second half
Weak demand persisted for the Asia-Pacific air cargo industry in June, preliminary traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed. International…
Separate I/E ports for Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok port pushed
Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok Port in northern Jakarta should have separate seaports for imports and exports to solve the worsening traffic jams at the country’s…
Cathay Pacific to launch first LatAm freighter service
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways will launch its first destination in Latin America with a new scheduled freighter service to Guadalajara, Mexico, in the last quarter…
Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has received its newest 13,208-TEU container ship and named it NYK Hermes at a christening ceremony held…
