Bleak year ahead for carriers says Drewry 
Drewry’s 2Q14 Container Forecaster highlights that there is a widening gap between the positive financials of the few carriers really focused on cutting costs and the rest of the top 20 lines, as they battle with the pressure of falling freight rates. Drewry forecasts that... more
Concerted push to develop automotive solutions
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and two of its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Monohakobi Technology Institute and NYK Business Systems, have agreed to team up with Weathernews Inc and Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc to jointly develop next-generation solutions using... more
NYK orders world's first LNG-bunkering vessel
The Japanese carrier NYK has signed a contract with South Korea-based Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co to build the world’s first liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel built for the purpose of providing the gas to LNG-fuelled vessels. In a joint... more
Transaero to fly to Taipei
From today (2 July 2014), Russia based Transaero Airlines is starting scheduled nonstop flights between Moscow and Taipei (Taiwan). The weekly flight, operated with Boeing 767-300 aircraft, will depart from Vnukovo international airport. Transaero Airlines flew its maiden... more
UWC and RZD enhance maintenance partnership
Research and Production Corporation United Wagon Company (RPC UWC) and Russian Railways (RZD) have signed a maintenance agreement for freight cars with advanced technical and economical features. Under the agreement, the maintenance centre for UWC’s freight cars, equipped with... more
Air Canada adds Tokyo's central airport
As of today (1 July 2014), Air Canada Cargo has more options to ship freight to and from Japan with its new year-round, daily direct service to and from Tokyo's Haneda airport. A central hub close to downtown Tokyo, Haneda is the second busiest airport in Asia and one of... more
JAL cargo surcharge decreases once again
Japan Airlines (JAL) has applied to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to revise its international cargo fuel surcharge for flights departing from Japan from today (1 July 2014). On 1 April 2009, JAL started adjusting its cargo fuel... more
Air China ends B747 domestic operations
As of today (30 June 2014), Air China is temporarily ending Boeing B747 operations on domestic routes. The Beijing - Shanghai Hongqiao route will be the last one operated with B747-400 equipment. From tomorrow and until 25 October 2014, Air China's B747 will fly once daily on... more
Singapore Sports Hub's grass is green thanks to VD
Two 9 t artificial grass machines used to create sustainable sports stadium pitches recently arrived in Maastricht (Netherlands) onboard a Volga-Dnepr Airlines' IL-76TD-90VD. The machines were flown in from Singapore where they were used at the Singapore Sports Hub, the... more
GW with new LCL route from Singapore to Tbilisi
The Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss (GW) is expanding its service portfolio in the air and sea sector by offering a weekly groupage freight transport container service (LCL) from Singapore to Tbilisi (Georgia). With the new LCL route, GW is connecting the... more