Foreign Trade
Logistics

      Port of Vladivostok cargo up 47pc in February

      03-19-2010
    • Vladivostok Commercial Seaport of Russia handled 40,223-TEU between January and February showing a leap of 47 per cent year on year according to Russia's Portnews agency. In the month of February from Vladivostok Contai..
    • China Eastern launches Kunming-Dubai line

      03-19-2010
    • China Eastern Airlines has started a new international service from south western China city of Kunming to Dubai, Logistics Week reported. The line offers three flights a week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, using 26..
    • First Yantai-Seoul air cargo charter service inaugurated

      03-18-2010
    • A new international air cargo charter service from South Korean capital Seoul via Yantai, across the Bohai Sea and then on to Qingdao, has started operation, Logistics Week reported. Being the first air cargo chart..
    • Carrier January volumes peak on Asia-Europe routes

      03-18-2010
    • Container volumes from the Far East to Europe rose in January to the highest monthly figure since the economic crisis 18 months ago at 1.126 million TEU higher than the spike in westbound monthly figures in December 2009..
    • Fujian ports' throughput up 14.7 pc in first two months

      03-18-2010
    • Ports in southeast China's Fujian province posted a year-on-year 14.7 per cent increase in throughput to 46.67 million tonnes in the first two months, contributing to 14.6 per cent of the expected annual volume of 2010. ..
    • After rising, India box volume falls in February, but uptick e..

      03-18-2010
    • Container traffic fell 8.7 per cent in February from January across India's major ports after posting month to month gains in the previous two months, reported LiveMint The Wall Street Journal. But year-on-year containe..
    • Bahrain port marks milestone in cargo handling

      03-17-2010
    • Bahrain is establishing itself as a regional transhipment hub through Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP), with January recording the highest number of transhipment containers on record, reported Gulf Daily News. According t..
    • Singapore box volumes up 18% in February

      03-17-2010
    • The number of containers handled at Singapore ports shot up 18 per cent last month from the same month a year earlier - the fourth straight monthly year-on-year rise as trade continues to improve. A total of 2.18 millio..
    • DHL: Asia-Pacific ahead of the recovery curve

      03-17-2010
    • The recovery under way in global economic growth has encouraged logistics firm DHL to launch an investment plan that earmarks Hong Kong as a key distribution centre for the region, Paul Graham, the chief executive of DHL..
    • Singapore port to catch first wind of recovery, says minister

      03-16-2010
    • While "2009 was a tough year with our port recording a steep 13 per cent drop in containers handled, we maintained global leadership in bunkering, vessel tonnage and overall container flows," said Singapore's junior tran..
    • FedEx fights to kill pro-union clauses in bill re-funding FAA

      03-16-2010
    • If passed by the US government, the pro-union provisions secreted in an otherwise routine bill refunding a federal agency, would cause FedEx to "stop growing" according to its chief executive Fred Smith. The provision t..
    • New containerline linking Southeast Asia and Australasia

      03-16-2010
    • A Malaysian backed shipping line is set to link distant parts of Southeast Asia with Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific and Australasia. Starting next week, MBF Carpenters Shipping will deploy a 910 teu ship, Osnabruck,..