THE Port of Tacoma posted a 35 per cent increase in container volume during the first four months of the year to 617,076 TEU year on year, reflecting the arrival of Grand Alliance carriers last July. The port authority said laden container imports were up 48 per cent to 226,676 TEU in the same...

THE Port of Charleston's two container terminals posted a nine per cent year-on-year increase in April to 134,718 TEU, and a 17 per cent increase from April the year before in 2011. "Our volume continues to grow above the market, and we must continue our aggressive sales efforts as we heavily...

PORT of Shanghai posted a four per cent increase in container throughput of 2.82 million TEU in April, while overall tonnage went up 4.6 per cent to 66.28 million tonnes. Import container volume grew 5.8 per cent to 1.37 million TEU while export boxes throughput increased 2.3 per cent to 1.46...

NYK UNIT Yusen Logistics has announced the expansion of its direct less-than-container load (LCL) service with the addition of two routes, a twice weekly service from Shanghai to Los Angeles and a weekly multi-nation consolidation service from Singapore to LA. Cargo is consolidated at Yusen...

NANNING-Guangzhou railway's Guangxi section has completed track laying and is expected to be open for traffic in November this year, Xinhua reports. The railway, capable of handling double stacked unit trains, is said to become the most convenient traffic means of connecting Guangxi and...

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) moved 2.4 million tons of cargo in April, a 4.7 percent increase -- or 108,532 tons - over the same month a year ago. Our total tonnage makes April the highest volume month on record, said GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz The GPA handled 258,951 TEU, 10,040 TEUs...

Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started new services from Batam, Indonesia to global destinations. Many Indonesian and multinational manufacturers operate on the small island of Batam, which is located 20 kilometers southeast of Singapore. All...

HONG KONG's Kerry Logistics has secured a majority stake in Tin Thanh Express, to offer "one-stop-shop" logistics and supply chain solutions for multinational and local companies across Vietnam. The new JV company branded Kerry TTC Express combines the international freight network of Kerry...

PROVIDER of air, sea and road freight services in Europe and Asia, DHL Global Forwarding, has introduced a second routing option for customers keen on capitalising on its existing road/rail multi-modal overland service connecting Asia and Europe. A company statement said Chengdu-based customers...

Iberia has begun direct flights to Brussels and extended its Madrid - Gran Canaria route to...

Luxury brand Rolls Royce has teamed up with Apple to develop a new app for the iPhone which lets...

Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started new services from...

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has extended its delivery network in Russia with the launch of a new...

Delta Air Lines will expand its international schedule with new and expanded service to cities in...

Germany's Lufthansa boosted its freight traffic in November by 18.2 per cent from a year ago,...

The Qantas Group is seeking to expand its freight network using budget subsidiary Jetstar's flights...

Horizon Lines has instituted a 15-day transit schedule for containerised cargo shipped from...

Malaysia Airlines will deploy its new A330-300 aircraft on the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Brisbane,...

CMA CGM has upgraded its EPIC service between India, Pakistan, the Middle East and North Europe...