MITSUI OSK Lines (MOL) has separated its Singapore Mumbai-Nhava Sheva Karachi service (NKX) into two new loops: the NCX linking China and Nhava Sheva, and the KPX connecting Singapore with Pipavav and Karachi. The NCX will be MOL's first direct service linking Shanghai and Shenzhen and Nhava Sheva on India's west coast, while the KPX will serve Karachi,...
DUBAI International Airport saw its air freight volumes fall 3.7 per cent in March to 185,921 tonnes year on year as growth slowed in the wake of last year's global downturn, according to Dubai Airports. Passenger numbers rose 5.8 per cent year on year in March to 4.2 million. "Passenger traffic growth continues to be robust," CEO Paul Griffiths said. "A...
eBAY has announced the launch of the 'e-Express' shipping service for its Hong Kong-based sellers to ship merchandise in lightweight packages to the US, offered in partnership with Hongkong Post and the United States Postal Service (USPS). "We attach great importance to the growing e-commerce business between Hong Kong and the United States, and are de...
TWO ex-Air France cargo executives, former vice presidents Marc Boudier and Jean Charles Foucault, have been charged with price fixing from 2004 to early 2006, and now face million dollar fines and 10 years in jail if convicted, say US Justice Department prosecutors. Each has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on charges of conspiracy to re...
NEW ZEALAND's Commerce Commission has withdrawn charges against Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines Cargo for failing to supply information ahead of their court date involving allegations of air cargo price fixing. The airlines now have supplied further information after the commission alleged that they had not fully complied with statutory notices, re...
INTERNATIONAL Registries Inc (IRI), the Marshall Islands' Maritime and Corporate Administrators, has announced the opening of a service office in Taipei, Taiwan, in line with the group's plans to continue the expansion of its global network and to provide a range of maritime services to local ship owners and operators. The Taipei office is located in th...
METSO Minerals (Tianjin) International Trade, a global supplier of technology and services for the construction and mining industries based in Finland, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract for the planning, implementation and management of a new distribution centre in Shanghai. Metso decided to open an additional distribution centre in Shanghai after Tia...
EMIRATES Shipping has announced its participation as a vessel provider in the NIS service alongside Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and STX Pan Ocean (STX), with its first sailing on May 21 from Incheon. The port rotation will be Incheon, Busan, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Jakarta, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City and back to Incheon. NIS will pro...
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