»Damen Shiprepair & Conversion reinforces its commi2015-10-08

With the aim of further improving the quality of the service towards its customers, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has taken over Dutch repair yard D. van de Wetering in Rotterdam, one of the oldest ship repair companies in North West Europe having been operational since 1880.

»Panama builder GUPC to fix seepage, 'no delay in e2015-10-08

Water seepage through the third set of locks on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal was the result of a lack of steel reinforcement where they were was subject to stress testing, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Cosco Pacific slips 1.3pc2015-09-28

Cosco Pacific throughput fell 1.3 per cent to 5.88 million TEU in August, its first month of decline in 2015 for the global port operator of the Cosco group.

»Volga-Dnepr builds up presence in Russian logistic2015-10-08

Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group's growing 3PL logistics division has organised the delivery of over 190 tons of shipments for the project engineering company Telekom-Zapad, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Air Cargo Carrier Moves into Freight Forwarding an2015-10-08

RUSSIA ¨C CIS ¨C The Moscow headquartered Volga-Dnepr group has of course always been primarily known for its airline division which ships project cargoes and heavy lift items around the world on a daily basis. In 2014 however, like so many other freight providers, the company established its own logistics division as part of the company¡¯s evolving ¡®Cargo Supermarket¡¯ strategy and service offering. The division is charged with providing in-house ground logistics support for Volga-Dnepr Airlines and AirBridgeCargo Airlines, and also offers direct third party logistics services to outside organisations using all modes of ground transport as well as air transport services contracted from other airlines.

»Boeing opens advanced manufacturing research cente2015-09-28

Boeing opened its research and technology center in South Carolina, which is devoted to current and next-generation technology development.

»GEODIS appoints new Head for its Industrial Projec2015-09-29

GEODIS Freight Forwarding, the international transport division of leading global logistics group, GEODIS has announced two new appointments in its Industrial Projects arm.

»DB unit to offer parcel service as GLS expands fre2015-09-29

Germany's DB Schenker Logistics and the GLS Group have signed a strategic partnership agreement on European level, the company announced.

»CEVA wins major new contract with Continental2015-09-29

CEVA Logistics has been awarded a major new contract to provide UK warehousing and transportation services to Continental, one of the world¡¯s leading tire manufacturers and distributors.

»Hiab receives an order for 60 MOFFETT truck-mounte2015-10-08

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has received an order for 60 MOFFETT truck-mounted forklifts from a US-based customer. The value of the order is approximately USD 3 million and it has been booked into Cargotec's 2015 third quarter order intake.

»Savannah container volume up 16.6pc since January2015-09-28

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has posted a 16.6 per cent year-to-date container volume increase to 2.55 million TEU through the Port of Savannah, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Qatar to spend US$40 billion on air, sea port and2015-09-28

Qatar's new port of Hamad that is scheduled to open at the end of next year plans to increase its annual container handling capacity to six million TEU by constructing two more container terminals by 2020, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Mozambique economic overview2015-09-29

As a frontier market, doing business in Mozambique is not without its challenges. In addition to those usual considerations the elections scheduled for late 2014 create another layer of uncertainty in the country, though the dominant FRELIMO party is expected to retain power, meaning no major change of direction in government policy.

»Agreement reached in MyFerryLink dispute2015-09-29

An agreement has been reached to end the long-running MyFerryLink dispute, France's Transport ministry has announced following a meeting of all the interested parties in Paris yesterday.

»More cross-Channel freight delays today2015-09-29

Eurotunnel¡¯s truck shuttle service is subject to disruption again today following ¡°an unplanned Tunnel inspection¡±, the operator said without giving any further details.