Archive for February 2018 - page 2

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Box shipping lines earn US$7 billion in 2017, outlook looks brighter for 2018 source: shippingazette.com CONTAINER shipping lines worldwide are estimated to have collectively earned US$7 billion last year, and Drewry forecasts 2018’s results may be even better. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES London Gatwick cargo up 29.6% in January source: aircargonews.net London Gatwick Airport saw airfreight throughput rise by 29.6% year on year in January, driven by the UK gateway’s growing long-haul flight network. Total cargo throughput for January […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Lufthansa Launches New Branding source: news.airwise.com Lufthansa officially unveiled its new brand image on Wednesday at company events in Frankfurt and Munich. The presentations included new all blue aircraft liveries on Boeing 747-8 and Airbus A321 aircraft, […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Container terminal operator DP World handled a record 70.1m teu at its global facilities last year – 10.1% more boxes than in 2016. source: theloadstar.co.uk On a like-for-like basis, the world’s third-biggest operator increased its container throughput […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Singapore Air To Introduce Blockchain For Frequent Flyers source: news.airwise.com Singapore Airlines will use blockchain technology for a new airline loyalty digital wallet expected to be rolled out in the third quarter of the year. The airline […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Montreal Port Authority expansion project underway to compete with U.S. source: canadianshipper.com Montreal, QC – The Montreal Port Authority says it has crossed a key milestone in its plans to grow its container handling capacity in order […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Maersk Line to enhance Trans-Atlantic routes source: ajot.com In order to improve the reliability and transit times of their TA5 service, Maersk Line will be instituting network enhancements in the upcoming weeks. Effective from the below mentioned […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Balancing capacity and demand?— TIACA ?looks ahead to 2018 source: aircargonews.net TIACA chairman Sebastiaan Scholte has presented his New Year outlook for 2018 which sees continued revenue growth as e-commerce drives volumes. He also observes that, while […]