Delta Cargo said Friday it is expanding service to destinations in Africa, Europe and Asia at the beginning of June. On June 1, the airline will introduce new daily, widebody service from Atlanta to Johannesburg using a Boeing 777 aircraft. On June 3, Delta will start Boeing 767-300ER flights from Atlanta to Nairobi via Dakar. In ...
A new river container shuttle service has begun between the city of Wuzhou and the Shekou and Chiwan container terminals in the Port of Shenzhen. Wuzhou is an inland city in Guanxi Province, which borders Guangdong. The weekly service, operated by Hong Kong-based Classic Logistics, departs from Wuzhou’s river port Saturday and returns on Wednesday...
Westbound container volume from Asia to Europe fell 12 percent in March compared to the same month in 2008, according to data from the European Liner Affairs Association. Actual volume fell from 1.1 million TEUs to 963,000 TEUs for the month. In the first quarter of the year, volume plummeted 20 percent to 2.56 million TEUs, including...
The International Maritime Organization is concerned that the arming of crews on commercial vessels could escalate violence in the pirate-infested waters off of Somalia, a Reuters report Monday said. The IMO, a body of the United Nations, has catalogued 81 pirate attacks between Jan. and April 20 of this year, and it cognizant of the fact that commercial ...
Hanjin Shipping said Tuesday it is increasing rates on westbound services between Asia and Europe, including the Mediterranean. Between Far East-Southeast Asia and Mediterranean ports, Hanjin is seeking an increase of $250 per TEU and $500 per FEU starting June 1. Between Far East-Southeast Asia and northern European ports (including Baltic and Scandina...
Hamburg Süd, CMA CGM and Hyundai Merchant Marine saw the largest percentage growth in container volume last year among the world’s largest ocean carriers, according to a report last week by the Dutch maritime consultant Dynamar. The German carrier increased its volume 26 percent in 2008, to 2.7 million TEUs, while French line CMA CGM, the world...
Not certain industries but specific competitive project should be financed, Sergei Ivanov, Vice PM of the Russian Federation thinks. In his interview to information channel Vesti he said that the state does not just provide money for all shipyards in the country. We provide money for designing, construction and sale, or marketing research of certain cla...
Royal Caribbean International launched new deals for family vacations in the Caribbean this summer, offering savings up to $200 per stateroom on select sailings and onboard credits for select categories. The savings is $50 per person, up to $200 per stateroom, for 31 seven- and nine-night summer Caribbean sailings. Those booking an outside stateroom with ba...
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