Aramex has launched a specialist road freight service between the UK & Ireland and Scandinavia. The door-to-door service offers twice-weekly guaranteed departures to all major cities across Scandinavia and Finland, as well as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The neutrality of the service will...

DHL launched a direct less-than-container-load service connecting Cochin, India, to Europe, North America and other markets via the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. DHL Global Forwarding said the weekly service, to be operated through its in-house carrier Danmar Lines, will help cut transit times on...

Heavy-lift, over-dimensional, 3PL specialists, the Project Professionals Group, has oiled its transportation wheels in the Middle East and Africa with the appointment of new members in Egypt and Syria. PPG general manager Kevin Stephens said the appointments recognised the importance of the...

UPS launched its new intra-Asia air hub in Shenzhen, China, marking a shift in operations from the Philippines that reflects the changed balance of trade within Asia. We want to be where our customers need us most, Dan Brutto, president of UPS International, said in a statement. Given the...

Hiep Phuoc near Ho Chi Minh City operating since October DP World said on Sunday its new container terminal at Hiep Phuoc, near Ho Chi Minh City, had opened last year. The Saigon Premier Container Terminal, which is operated by DP World, began operations in October 2009. The first phase of the...

BA RIA-VUNG TAU - SP-PSA International Port yesterday successfully handled a trial call by a Maersk Line 352m-long container vessel, the Albert Maersk, the largest ship ever to call at a Vietnamese port, whether by length, deadweight tonnage or container capacity. The Albert Maersk has a...

In early June 2009, Vietnamese export companies and shipping firms heard the good news that the Cai Mep deep water port complex in Ba Ria-Vung Tau was open. Cai Mep opening applauded Cai Mep port is capable of receiving medium-scale container ships of 3,000-7,000 TEU. A lot of shipping firms...

Saudi Arabia said it will increase oil exports to Indonesia to 325,000 b/d from 200,000 b/d in 2010, underling a rising trend in exports that analyst BMI sees taking place elsewhere in Asia. The move highlights the growing energy relationship between energy-rich Saudi Arabia and fast-growing...

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

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

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

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

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

Indian Railways reported freight traffic from April to December 2012 was 735.1 million metric tons,...

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

Cargolux has launched weekly freighter service between Atlanta and Munich, routed through...

MARSEILLES shipping giant CMA CGM has inaugurated the world's largest containership of 16,000 TEU...

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