Singapore: Commodities giant Noble Group will start selling marine fuels in May having taken delivery of its first fuel oil cargo last week in Malaysian waters. The cargo, about 100,000 tonnes of high-viscosity fuel oil from the Caribbean, completed discharge operations onto Noble's 270,000-tonne floating storage facility. The tanker "Hercules" began ope...
UPS has become the first carrier to offer its customers an assessment of their shipment packaging based on environmental standards. Under the Eco Responsible Packaging Program, UPS will evaluate a customer’s packaging processes in three areas of sustainability: damage prevention, right-sizing and packaging materials. UPS’s rigorous assessmen...
CTL Logistics has commenced intermodal transport connections from Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports to Poland, Euclid Infotech reported. The number of movements is expected to increase fourfold in the coming months. Currently CTL Logistics operates connections from Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports to Katy Wroclawskie twice per week. However, a direct service t...
The US Inland Waterways Users Board has adopted a final report accompanied by a new package of recommendations formulated by an industry and US Army Corps of Engineers working group to improve the continued vitality of the US inland navigation system over the next 20 years. The report and recommendations are being sent to Congress and if adopted, wi...
UNITED Airlines has opened a new codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines between extending its reach in Europe and Africa, the company announced. "We are focused on strengthening our world-class network and adding more destinations for our customers through alliance opportunities," said United vice president Mark Schwab. Said Brussels Airlines vice p...
CHINA Southern has started a scheduled chartered service to South Korea's Jeju city the provincial capital of the country's one autonomous province, Logistics Week reported. The service provides two flights a week on Monday and Friday, taking off at 0900 hrs from Zhengzhou's Xinzheng International Airport, reaching Jeju at 1120 hrs, returning at 1200 h...
THE International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have jointly selected an electronic air waybill to serve as the industry standard. Both organisations are urging carriers to adopt the new system, which can legally serve as a replacement for paper waybills on flights between sign...
FLAG carrier Korean Air has announced its highest increase ever in operating profit - up 33.3 fold - to KRW220.2 billion (US$198.07 million) from a loss of KRW673.9 billion in the first quarter of 2009. Cargo capacity increased 10.8 per cent to three billion tonne kilometres and traffic was up by 21 per cent to 2.3 million tonne kilometres. Freight revenu...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi