MOL is upgrading its ARN trade to a fixed-day weekly service between Europe and West Africa, with connections via Antwerp for Asian and North American cargo, Cargonewsasia reports. The new service will launch from Hamburg on April 6l, calling Thamesport, Antwerp, Dakar (Senegal), Tin Can (Nigeria), Tema (Ghana), Antwerp, Hamburg. Abidjan will also be incl...
FLORIDA's Charter Logic Holdings Inc, a private jet charter company, has announced its launch into the air freight business with the start of its Worldwide Air Cargo Division. Having already serviced air cargo flights to Haiti and Europe, Charter Logic felt there was an opportunity to add a complementary service to its existing portfolio, a company state...
INDIA's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered against seven customs officials across the state of Gujarat which implicate a Ahmedabad-based freight forwarding company. Following raids by the CBI, customs officials were identified as KC Suresh, Akhil Barot and Chandubhai Kalal from Air Cargo at Ahmedabad, OP Pandey from Mundra port, and Dev...
TANZANIAN President Jakaya Kikwete has announced a joint plan with neighbouring Rwanda and Burundi to raise US$3.5 billion to build a railway through the three countries to boost regional investment and trade through Port of Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam is closer to the Indian Ocean for Burundi, Rwanda and the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of...
SHIPMENTS to Bahrain are subject to delays because of continuing civil strife in the country hobbles supply chains and consignments are subject to severe delays. Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa successfully called on military support from neighbouring Gulf State monarchies and 1,000 troops from Saudi Arabia crossed into the island kingdom, repor...
An agreement to purchase 17 Caterpillar generator sets powered by Tier 4 Interim certified Cat® C15 ACERT™ engines has been signed by the Georgia Port Authority (GPA) as part of an ongoing effort at the Port of Savannah to upgrade older rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes with cleaner technology. The conversion of the machines will be carried out ...
Evergreen Line has launched a weekly Japan-Taiwan-South China Sea (JTS) service, starting todayc, CTL reports. Three container ships of 900-TEU will be deployed in the service with the following port rotation: Tokyo - Yokohama - Nagoya - Osaka - Keelung - Kaohsiung - Shekou - Hong Kong - Hai Phong - Zhangjiang - Hong Kong - Shekou - Tokyo. Evergreen L...
The Cap Palmerston became the first vessel on Hamburg Sud's newly expanded North America West Coast service (WAMS) to reach the Port of Hamburg this week, with the extended route also including some other ports in northern Europe, Fruitnet reports. The WAMS service has been linking the North American west coast and Central American west coast, including ...
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