Greek shipping company inks charter contract 
Greece-based Diana Shipping, a shipping company specialising in dry bulk vessels, has entered into a time charter contract with Pacbulk Shipping, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the MV "Seattle". The gross charter rate is USD 12,300 per day, minus... more
TRT service keeps cargo moving across Asia
Ceva Logistics has designed an innovative truck-rail-truck (TRT) service to keep freight moving across Asia during the Covid-19 crisis. The China-Vietnam road border crossing point between Pingxiang and Lang Son currently causes backlogs of two to four days. To avoid this,... more
New truck service between Turkey and Croatia
Austrian forwarder Cargo Partner has introduced a new direct road groupage service between Istanbul in Turkey and Zagreb in Croatia with five weekly truck departures in both directions. In Turkey, the company’s offices in Istanbul, Mersin, Bursa, Izmir and Gaziantep in... more
ONE to Oakland
The Japanese container condominium ONE has started operating its new weekly service called the Far East-Pacific 2. The first ship in the service, the ONE Aquila, just called the US ports Long Beach and Oakland International Container Terminal for the first time. Each of the... more
Ifco sets up production plant in China
Ifco Systems, a provider of reusable plastic containers (RPC) for fresh food, has opened a production facility in China, in cooperation with the Polytec Group. The company has been manufacturing reusable Steco 6421 containers for the Chinese market in its plant in Tianjin since... more
MCTC opens new Singapore Office
MCTC has opened an office in Singapore to service its growing client base in this important international maritime hub. The experienced team at MCTC Singapore will support local clients as well as the galley crews through regular vessel visits in the port. Christian Ioannou,... more
Big dream seems worth coming true
Maskargo has flown a Malaysia Airlines' A380 to London carrying only cargo. The flight departed Kuala Lumpur on 28 April 2020 with 26 t of cargo made up of mostly e-commerce goods originating from Guangzhou. CEO Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh: "With the volume of cargo... more
Rail frequency from and to China reaches historic level
Normally, between 35 and 40 trains travel between Duisburg in Germany and various destinations in China every week. This number had declined in February and March. But since the lock-down was lifted in some provinces, China’s economy has quickly started up again. Last month,... more
Tigers launches PPE portal on its eShop
Tigers has launched a new dedicated personal protective equipment (PPE) section on its eShop, powered by its freight portal Smarthub:Connect. The global logistics and transportation company has also released new software updates for Smarthub:Connect, giving customers shortcuts... more
ONE invests in reefer fleet
The container shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) generated a profit of USD 105 million by the end of its financial year 2019, ending March 2020. Singapore-based ONE, which originated from the merger of the container business of the three Japanese shipping lines K Line,... more