Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) has added a new weekly service from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia as a slot operator effective November 3,…
“K” Line launches China-Philippines-Indonesia route
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DHL activates direct Asia to Slovenia service
DHL Global Forwarding has added direct export services from Central Eastern Europe to Asia via the port of Koper in Slovenia. The new export…
PAL aims to win back lost cargo volume
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is going on a massive sales blitz to take back cargo volume that landed with competitors because of PAL’s ongoing labor…
PH high court recalls ruling on union retrenchment
The Philippine Supreme Court (SC) has recalled on a technicality an earlier decision declaring with finality the illegal retrenchment of some 1,400 flight attendants…
PPA misses income target by 6%
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) fell short of its income target for the first eight months of the year by 6.48%. From January to August,…
Drewry: Overcapacity-related losses for ocean carriers in 2011
Despite a global demand forecast of 7 percent, ocean carriers will still lose money in 2011 due to a structural overcapacity across the core…
OECD indicators hint at global economic slowdown
Global composite leading indicators (CLIs) for August 2011, designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, continue to point to a…
DHL Express imposing rate hikes in 2012
Global express service company DHL Express will implement rate increases from January 1, 2012. “The price change applies to all discounted rates and agreements,…
PH cargo throughput up 1.45% from Jan-July
Philippine cargo throughput grew 1.45% in the first seven months of the year, thanks to the strong performance of domestic containerized cargo. According to…
MCC Transport Phils excited about business prospects
MCC Transport Philippines, Inc (MCCP) remains excited about prospects for the country’s domestic shipping industry as they launch their newest vessel, M/V MCC Luzon.…
PH rolls out five-year, P565B infra plan
PHILIPPINE Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas II last week unveiled a five-year P565-billion infrastructure plan, which includes development of ports in Davao, and…
PH Customs 2011 collection target slashed by 13%
THE Philippine government cut by 13% and 13.7% respectively the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) cash revenue collection target this year and next due to…
Manila North Port Terminal 1 design approved
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) board recently approved the detailed development design for North Port submitted by operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc (MNHPI).…
PH ro-ro project to be renegotiated
French firm Eiffel Matiere S.A. has agreed to renegotiate the P15-billion GMA (Greater Maritime Access) Ro-Ro port project contract it entered into with the…
Airline industry gears shift downward — IATA
The international freight market dropped 3.8% in August from the same month last year, but was an improvement from the 1.8% decline reported in…
Delayed Victory
Conference Notes SCMAP wound up activities in this year’s annual conference and exhibit last September 23 at the cocktails. While this year’s event did…
Asia logistics leaders most optimistic about 2012—survey
Asia-Pacific had the most number of logistics companies that said they either met or exceeded their revenue growth projections for 2011, and had the…
TNT Express 3Q revenue slides
Global express delivery firm TNT Express will present its third quarter results at the end of October 2011 yet, but it is already forecasting…
CMA CGM declares new rate hikes and surcharges for October
French container transportation and shipping company CMA CGM is imposing a new round of rate increases and peak season surcharges from October 2011 as…
Maersk schedules U.S.-Asia freight rate hikes
Maersk Line, the world’s biggest cargo shipping company, announced general rate increases (GRIs) from the U.S. to Asia starting November 15, 2011. The Copenhagen-based…
