Joining efforts underway in Congress to address the nation’s infrastructure deficit, tonight, in his inaugural State of the Union address, President Trump called on Congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion “for the new infrastructure investment we need…
Egypt's United Arab Stevedoring Co. reported a H1 net loss after tax of EGP 13.7 million ($775,000) versus a loss of EGP 12.8 million ($724,000) a year ago.The company’s H1 revenue was EGP 7.6 million ($430,000) versus EGP 5.3 million ($300,000) a year ago.
Supply chain management company CEVA Logistics has appointed Eddie Aston to the position of Managing Director, UK, Ireland and Nordics (UKIN). Aston joins CEVA from Northgate the commercial van hire and leasing organization where he was UK Managing Director…
GAC Logistics Sri Lanka and Hemas Transportation have opened a new 30,000m² container yard with a capacity of 6,000 TEUs at their joint integrated logistics facility in the Muthurajawela Industrial Zone, Wattala. It is the latest development in the partnership between the two companies…
French container shipping giant CMA CGM has set up a new global startup incubator to drive its digital strategy. Based in Marseilles, France, the incubator Ze Box is set to house a dozen of startups from around the world, starting in June this year…
Increasing vessel supply will keep LNG charter rates under pressure in 2018, despite strong growth in trade, according to the latest edition of the LNG Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry’s short-term…
Euronext said on Tuesday it will extend its Large-in-Scale (LIS) trade facility to commodity futures in response to interest in block trades. Euronext's most active commodity futures contracts, wheat and rapeseed, will be available on LIS Trade…
Finnlines said it is continuing capacity expansion efforts in response to growing volumes. The Baltic Sea ro-ro and passenger vessels operator has purchased MS Europalink as reports further progress in its vessel lengthening program. Finnlines Plc’s fully owned Swedish subsidiary…
APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd), has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2017.The company reported a net profit of INR 500 million ($7.8 mln) for Q3FY18 as against INR 645 million ($10 mln) in Q3FY17…
Cosco Shipping Holdings Co Ltd says it expects net profit of about 2.7 billion yuan in 20117 versus net loss of 9.9 billion yuan a year ago. (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom)
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index fell for the second straight session on Tuesday, weighed down by lower rates across vessel categories. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize shipping vessels that ferry dry bulk commodities…
The ailing U.S. coal industry is ramping up its political and legal offensive to win approval for West Coast export terminals that could provide a lifeline to lucrative Asia markets. Coal producers filed two recent lawsuits against governments…
Ivory Coast exported 701,034 tonnes of natural rubber in 2017, up more than 31 percent from the previous year, provisional port data showed on Tuesday. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, is also the leading producer of natural rubber in Africa…
Dubai-based Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (GulfNav) is in discussions to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based Atlantic Navigation Holdings, a provider of offshore marine logistic services. Atlantic is an integrated offshore supply operation…
Ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd will commence a new weekly service between the Port of Jeddah and the east coast of Africa in April. With the East Africa Service (EAS), the liner shipping company will be calling at the ports of Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) for the first time…
