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Port Everglades Sees Investment

Business opportunities at Port Everglades are expanding with the construction of two warehouses that will offer distribution and logistical services. Seagis Property Group reported that it's 75% complete with its 199,624-square-foot speculative development at 1700 Eller Drive in Hollywood, Florida. It expects construction to be complete in September. The building sits just outside Port Everglades' security entrance allowing for prompt entry to the seaport's cargo terminals, Port Everglades International Logistics Center ... [+]

SATS completes acquisition of WFS

SATS Ltd.  announced it has completed its acquisition of global air cargo logistics provider Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for €1.3 billion (equivalent to approximately S$1.8 billion) from an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, representing an enterprise value of €2,250 million as previously announced. The acquisition received ... [+]

‘More Common Ground’ in stabilizing air cargo market

Longer-term contracts between shippers and freight forwarders may signal ‘more common ground’ in a stabilizing global air cargo market which saw demand dip at a slower -3% year-over-year in March, according to the latest weekly market insight from industry analysts CLIVE Data Services, part of ... [+]

Oceanus Line service links Florida and Texas to Mexico

A new direct liner service of Oceanus Line is now providing an efficient all-water link between key seaports of Mexico and Colombia and the dynamic U.S. ports of SeaPort Manatee on the Florida Gulf Coast and Port Freeport on the Texas Gulf Coast.With inaugural calls ... [+]

APM Terminals announces partnership in Vietnam

APM Terminals recently announced that it is engaging in a strategic partnership with Vietnamese HATECO group for a project to develop two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong City located in the north of Vietnam.The project entails the investment into and development ... [+]

MSC brings new European container service to JAXPORT

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is now offering direct container service with seven destinations in North Europe through the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT). MSC’s ScanBaltic to USA rotation is Jacksonville’s only direct container service to/from Scandinavia.The bi-weekly service begins calling the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) ... [+]

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Amsterdam join forces with Routescanner

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Amsterdam are offering Routescanner’s ‘Direct Connections’ on their websites. This service shows all available connections from the ports. Routescanner is the route planner for container shipping and shows not only the fastest container routes, but also the most sustainable. Since ... [+]

Ports of Stockholm explores autonomous shipping

Ports of Stockholm and its collaborative partners have been awarded funding from the Swedish Transport Agency maritime transport research and innovation portfolio. Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) is coordinating the research project, which has the name PLUZ Policy Lab Urban Zjöfart. Other actors participating in ... [+]

SAUDIA to grow long-haul fleet with up to 49 B787s

Boeing and Saudi Arabian Airlines announced on March 14 that the national flag-carrier will grow its long-haul fleet with the selection of up to 49 787 Dreamliners. SAUDIA is set to purchase 39 787s, with a further 10 options, utilizing the outstanding efficiency, range and ... [+]

A.P. Moller – Maersk launches Europe-China air freight service

A. P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) announced the inaugural flight of the logistics company´s new air freight service with scheduled flights between Billund, Denmark (BLL) and Hangzhou, China (HGH). The new service is responding to increasing customer demand.The scheduled Eurasia operation commenced March 20 with ... [+]

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