South Korea’s largest shipping line, Hanjin Shipping, is introducing new services to its Indonesia network to take advantage of the rising demand in the…
The “Open Skies” policy will bring about real and spill-over benefits to various industries in Southeast Asia if constraints to their implementation in the…
Hanjin Logistics stretches network in Vietnam, India
Hanjin Logistics, the logistics arm of Hanjin Shipping, has opened new offices in Vietnam and India to expand its third-party forwarding service. Hanjin Logistics…
Hong Kong’s port container throughput reached 5.6 million TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units) in the fourth quarter of 2012, a decrease of 9 percent year-over-year, according…
Ocean freight rates on the key East-West trades registered marginal increases in January 2013, but airfreight rates for the month went in the opposite…
Philippines’ AirAsia (PAA) Inc has acquired 49% of local budget airline Zest Airways, Inc in a “strategic alliance” that would “complement the strategies for…
The freight forwarding division of Norbert Dentressangle has established a representative office in Vietnam as it seeks out more emerging markets. The office in…
Geneva-based ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has temporarily halted bookings for cargo on the North Europe-Asia trade. In a media release on March…
Study: Asia needs to band closer together even post-crisis
Asia has become increasingly integrated over the past decade as the region faced down the global financial crisis and subsequent euro zone crisis. But…
Watchdog to track Indonesia’s Kalibaru Port development
Indonesia’s state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II has established an independent supervisory committee to ensure transparency in the construction and operation of…
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on March 7 signed into law a measure that exempts international carriers from payment of the common carriers tax…
Bonn-based Deutsche Post DHL reported operating earnings of EUR827 million (US$1.07 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 38.1 percent increase from EUR599…
Mitsui to build, run Indonesia’s Kalibaru container terminal
Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC) has picked Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Japan to operate the first container terminal in Kalibaru, north Jakarta, Indonesia. Mitsui…
A 25-year veteran in the logistics industry has been named the new senior vice president of DHL Express’ network operations and aviation for Asia-Pacific.…
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently lifted its significant safety concerns (SSC) rating on the Philippine aviation industry, opening the door for local…
Contract logistics company DHL Supply Chain opened a new 17,000-square-meter-warehouse in Cimanggis, Indonesia, which it said is part of its EUR40 million (US$52 million)…
