The G6 Alliance is ceasing its ABX service covering the Far East-Black Sea trade effective from week 36. The last sailing for the ABX…
G6 Alliance replaces Black Sea network with feeder service
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ZIM adds new Asia-West Coast Central America sling
Israel-based Zim Integrated Shipping is introducing a new Asia-West Coast Central America service, connecting the ports in the West Coast of Central America with…
Sri Lanka opens $500-M box port
Sri Lanka’s new $500-million Colombo South Container Terminal at the Port of Colombo, the first phase of the Colombo Port expansion project, has been…
Malaysia’s MASkargo introduces money-back premium service
MASkargo, the air cargo division of Malaysia Airlines, has launched MASlift, a premium airfreight service that offers guaranteed uplift with a money-back provision, according…
Weiss-Röhlig opens 2 Vietnam offices
European freight forwarder Weiss-Röhlig has opened its first two branches in Vietnam as it moves to expand its Asian operations. The two branches, in…
Cargolux upgrades freighter service to Ho Chi Minh airport
Cargolux has launched its first weekly Boeing 747-8 freighter service to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, after…
MCC introduces feeder service to Myanmar
Intra-Asia carrier MCC Transport has launched a new Yangon feeder service to improve connectivity between the growing economy of Myanmar and the global marketplace…
Move to repeal cabotage law in PH gains shippers’ support
MINDANAO businesses have welcomed Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s call to amend the cabotage law. “Mindanao’s business community has long been clamoring for the amendment…
Volume slips at Mindanao box terminal, but recovery under way
CARGO throughput at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Misamis Oriental, southern Philippines, declined 1.84% to 17,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in June from…
Resignations at PH Customs agency
TWELVE of the 17 port collectors ordered by Philippine Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon to vacate their positions submitted courtesy resignations on July 27,…
Privatization of PH ports urged
BUSINESSES in Southern Luzon in the Philippines seeking a level-playing field in the ports business are urging government to end the conflicting roles of…
PH expressway projects move forward
EXPRESSWAY projects are moving as the government addresses Metro Manila’s traffic congestion problem. Philippine construction giant D.M. Consunji Inc. (DMCI) will take on the…
P83.5M earmarked for PH airport, port projects
A TOTAL of P83.5 million worth of airport and port development projects are being lined up by the Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications…
State of the Nation’s Logistics: The Road to ASEAN 2015
By Arnel Gamboa Today we have another guest columnist. Arnel Gamboa is the incumbent president of Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines. He…
MSC holding world’s largest orderbook
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…
Global airfreight volumes expanded in June
Global air cargo demand rose 1.2 percent year-on-year in June, an improvement over the 0.9 percent year-on-year growth in May and 0.1 percent growth…
APM Terminals Yokohama tops global productivity ranking
A new study of the most productive terminals in the world has placed APM Terminals Yokohama in Japan at the top of the list.…
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…
Geodis fills key posts in US, India, Southeast Asia
Global freight manager Geodis Wilson has made management appointments in its offices in the United States, India, and Southeast Asia as part of its…
Changing buying trends impact peak season volumes
The third quarter will still be the peak season of the east-west trades for ocean carriers, but there will be no big surge in…
