Hamburg Sud christened the first of two identical container ships, both of which have a slot capacity of 4,600 20-foot equivalent container units, in Mexico.
Container volume through Hong Kong rose 9.7 percent in July after growing by double digits in each of the year’s first six months, the Hong Kong Port Development Council reported.
Hong Kong Airlines has become the first operator of the new A330-200F freighter in East Asia, following the delivery of the first of three aircraft on long term lease from global aircraft lessor Aircastle Limited. The three A330-200F freighters will be operated on services linking Hong Kong with destinations across Asia, as well as to the Middle East and Europe.
American Airlines, a founding member of the oneworld(R) alliance, has announced it will begin three days a week service between Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GIG) starting Dec. 16.
Effective November 1st, NYK Line (Japan) will change its name to NYK Container Line, upon a transfer of business from Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha to Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.
Three foreign shipping companies have stopped their operations at Belawan port, North Sumatra, over the past two years following the high congestion rate at the port and a decline in export productivity in the region
The volume of container cargo handled at South Korea's seaports rose sharply in August thanks to the worldwide economic recovery that fuelled trade, a government report showed