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Swire, Rickmers-Linie form India, Mideast partnership Swire Shipping, the liner shipping division of China Navigation, is teaming up with Rickmers-Linie, the breakbulk and heavy-lift carrier, to enhance services in India and the Mideast. A connecting carrier partnership will allow Swire to link breakbulk and project cargoes in India and the Middle East, through Rickmers-Linie operations, […]

Sanctions, oil price drop rattle Russian container shipping industry ST PETERSBURG — Western sanctions and the fall in oil prices that devalued the rouble have devastated Russian container volume and sent shockwaves through the sectors dependent on the business. But there is some hope that fortunes will begin to improve in the coming months. Container volume […]

Airbus ships first components by sea to Mobile port Airbus is using multipurpose ships to transport large components from Hamburg, Germany, to Mobile, Alabama, for production of the European aircraft manufacturer’s first U.S.-built planes. Traditionally, Airbus has used air freight for transportation of components between its European plants. The company began moving some components by […]

China’s JLL head bursts talk of warehouse supply bubble HONG KONG — The head of China research for real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle has dismissed a market perception that rising investment in the logistics property sector over the last few years has created an oversupply bubble in mainland warehousing.Stuart Ross, head of industrial China […]

CaroTrans launches new US-Japan export service CaroTrans is launching a new weekly less-than-container-load service between Southeastern U.S. and Japanese markets, cutting out transshipment and avoiding congestion at ports in Los Angeles and Busan. The New Jersey-based non-vessel operating common carrier said Wednesday the new service will take cargo from Atlanta, Georgia to a slew of […]

Car carrier operator to pay 0,000 in pollution case Car carrier operator AML Ship Management GmbH was sentenced to pay $800,000 in fines and community service payments for illegally discharging oily bilge water off the Alaskan coast and presenting false records to the U.S. Coast Guard. The company admitted that its vehicle carrier City of […]

DHL investing 8 million to expand Cincinnati Americas hub LONDON — Global delivery company DHL Express will invest $108 million to expand its Americas hub at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky airport to keep pace with rising demand in international e-commerce and trade.The expansion, scheduled for completion in late 2016, will involve adding more gates to handle additional […]

APL Logistics ready for trading under Kintetsu flag HONG KONG — Kintetsu World Express’s $1.2 billion acquisition of APL Logistics was finalized on Friday, May 29, after the deal secured all the required legal, regulatory and shareholder approvals in Singapore and Japan.It was the same day Toll Group began trading under the umbrella of its […]

New board for Toll Group under Japan Post umbrella Toll managing director Brian Kruger and Japan Post CEO Toru Takahashi announce the new board.HONG KONG — Toll Group began operating under the Japan Post flag today as president and CEO Toru Takahashi announced the new board that will provide governance to the Melbourne-based logistics company. […]

DHL infographic outlines integrator's disaster response in Nepal Deutsche Post DHL Group has wrapped up its disaster response team deployment in Kathmandu, Nepal, just over a month since the first earthquake devastated large parts of the mountain nation. The infographic summarizes the activities and challenges onsite by the logistics company. Activated by a request from […]