Enter title here The Russian Railways will invest in infrastructure development projects in the Far Eastern region of the country valued at 246 billion rubles ($7.48 billion), said Valeriy Reshetnikov, the railroad s senior vice-president in Khabarovsk during the plenary session of the Fifth Far...

DHL has announced the launch of its direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from Shanghai to Seattle. The new direct weekly LCL service, operated by Danmar Lines, will cover freight moving from China to Seattle and Portland on the West Coast in the US and can reduce the overall transit...

APL Logistics has extended its footprint in the Middle East with two agency appointments in Iraq and Kuwait: Iraq Transcontinental Shipping Co and Kuwait Transcontinental Shipping Co. The appointed agencies have offices in Basrah, Bagdad and Umm Qasr in Iraq and Ardiya in Kuwait. APL Logistics'...

Damco - one of the world s leading providers of freight forwarding and supply chain management solutions - has announced that it has released an app for all of the major mobile platforms; iPhone/iPad, Android and Blackberry. The new app is aimed at providing customers a fast and simple way to...

ce & Exhibition Ho Chi Minh City, June 22, 2011, the 9th ASEAN Port and Shipping 2011 Vietnam Conference & Exhibition will take place at Windsor Plaza Hotel. This is the second time SPCT attending the conference and exhibition with participation of around 350 Senior Executive Delegates from...

UPS boosted its cargo capacity 50 percent on flights to Central and South America last week, saying it is responding to solid growth in Latin American demand. The carrier replaced a Boeing 757 narrow-body aircraft with a larger B-767 widebody freighter on 19 weekly flights to markets in Central...

Japan and Peru have a new free trade agreement to eliminate import tariffs on almost all products traded between the two countries within 10 years. The FTA, reached after nearly two years of negotiations, is expected to take effect by the end of this year or early next year pending ratification...

Maersk Line announced a piracy risk surcharge on containers shipped between India and the Middle East region. Effective June 1, the surcharge is $70 per 40-foot equivalent unit. The intra-Gulf region primarily includes ports in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and...

DHL Express said it has established an additional daily intercontinental route from Hong Kong to Cincinnati in response to increasing demands for services from South China and Hong Kong to North America. Customers will have a later pickup time out of Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta, and...

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. plans to lease up to 10 new mega-ships from Seaspan Corp., Reuters...

Hapag-Lloyd has announced a general rate increase effective July 1 for all cargo and container...

Cargolux is launching two new freighter services connecting the U.S. with Australia and the west...

IAG Cargo announced that it will be able to offer 40 percent more freight capacity between London...

The Grand Alliance - a consortium of the shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL - has...

DHL has launched new direct LCL services from Seattle to Singapore, which serves as a gateway to...

Swiss ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it is raising rates on container shipments from...

THE Port of Charleston's two container terminals posted a nine per cent year-on-year increase in...

Etihad Airways has launched twice-weekly A320 Abu Dhabi-Erbil services, saying Iraq is a key market...

Containers handled at Sri Lanka's ports fell 1.8 percent to 1.71 million TEUs in the first five...