DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight division of Deutsche Post DHL, has launched a direct less-than-container-load (LCL) service between Malaysia’s Port Klang…
Increased global throughput, bigger ships pose challenge to port industry
The global port industry faces many challenges such as capacity expansion, improvement of safety and security level, and logistics and environment issues, according to…
Low sulfur component now part of US-Asia container lines’ bunker charge
Oakland, CA — Member container shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) will add a new component to their bunker fuel charges,…
Joseph Emilio Abaya is the new secretary of the Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), following Manuel Roxas II’s transfer to the Department…
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman Roberto Garcia said he will form a task force that will mainly market facilities of the freeport, two…
Global air freight markets remained depressed for the month of July, traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed. International air…
Wan Hai Lines is to restructure its Asia-Mexico/West Coast South America (WCSA) route by dropping its own new service and providing three separate services…
The Philippine accreditation system for the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program has been released by the Bureau of Customs, three years after the scheme…
Global freight forwarder Yusen Logistics has expanded its services from Asia with the launch of its first weekly direct less-than-container-load (LCL) service from Malaysia…
TSA bunker charge to include low-sulfur fuel component
Oakland, CA – A new international protocol, requiring vessels to reduce sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions by burning low-sulfur fuel within 200 miles of U.S.…
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus covering more than 50 aircraft consisting of single-aisle A321s and widebody A330-300s. The first…
Qantas Airways books net loss, scraps order for 35 B-787 Dreamliners
Suffering its first annual loss since 1995 when it was privatized, Australian airline Qantas Airways cancelled an order for 35 Boeing 787 Dreamliners to…
Two ocean carriers are implementing higher rates over the next two months. German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd announced rate increases for its Japan-East Asia…
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a new multimodal gateway at the Port of Busan in South Korea to provide additional less-than-containerload (LCL) services from…