MOL seeks oil in Mexican waters 
Modec and MOL have joined forces in a long-term charter business to provide a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) for use in the offshore Area 1 block on the coast of Mexico. A loan agreement for the project was entered into on 12 April 2019. Mitsui... more
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo offers dynamic prices
The air freight platform “WebCargo” operated by Freightos already boasts one of the world’s largest real-time air cargo rate databases. It now enables real-time pricing, capacity and e-booking for leading airlines, including Air France KLM Martinair Cargo. If capacity is... more
Rail service between St Petersburg and Vladivostok
Fesco Transportation Group and Sea Fishing Port Terminal have agreed to develop a regular rail service to move containers between St Petersburg and Vladivostok (both Russia). The parties signed the relevant agreement of intent at Trans Russia. The companies intend to launch... more
Golden anniversary for TFG
The TFG Transfracht story began with the start of intermodal transport in the port of Hamburg in 1969. The company has been a partner for transporting containers for just over 50 years, and has once again proven its ability to promote innovation with the recent market launch of... more
DNVGL approves Chinese offshore units
The maritime classification company DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with approval in principle (AIP) certificates for two new offshore units: an arctic single column drilling unit and a wind turbine shuttle. The certificates confirm that DNV GL has... more
Fifth Taiwanese satellite flown with China Airlines
For the fifth time, China Airlines recently transported a Taiwanese national satellite to the US. A B747-400F assisted the National Space Organization (NSPO) with flying the Formosat-7 to Miami, from where it will be transferred to the Kennedy Space Center for launch.... more
Logistics Property signs lease for Southport logistics park
Logistics Property Company (LPC) continues its growth in the Dallas market by leasing an area of 102,200 sqm at Southport Logistics Park, a master-planned logistics destination covering more than 1 million sqm within the South Dallas submarket of Dallas-Fort Worth (TX,... more
HFW promotes new shipping partners
The British law firm HFW has elected partner Paul Dean as the new head of its global shipping practice and a member of the firm's global management board. HFW has also promoted four new shipping partners and three new shipping legal directors across its international network... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Although seen as a Scotland vs England affair, at the Battle of Culloden (1746) there were more Scottish soldiers fighting on the English side than there were in the entire Scottish Army. more
New direct train service between Germany and Poland
Kombiverkehr recently added an important onward connection to its direct train service between the Duss terminal in Duisburg (Germany) and Swarzedz (Poland). The new intermodal rail offer runs from the Clip terminal, which is about 10 km east of Poznan, to and from Katy... more