The Elbe deepening project finally got under way yesterday, following years of delay which saw the port of Hamburg tumble down the European port rankings.
The two-year project involves dredging the lower and outer sections of the river to a …

FIATA is willing to embrace the “new world order” and consider taking a leading position in uniting the fragmented forwarding industry in the face of competitive threats.
Last week, ex-DSV executive Steve Walker called on the forwarding association to “become …

The European Union and the Mercosur trade pact have come a long way: after 20 years of talks, the two sides have finally agreed to phase out tariffs on most goods over the next 10 years.
The trade agreement was …

There were mixed fortunes for North American railroads in the first half, those north of the US border faring better in a hostile market than their southern neighbours.
First-half revenues for Canadian National showed substantial intermodal gains, and chief executive …

Singapore has made its largest-ever seizure of smuggled ivory, impounding a haul of nearly nine tonnes of tusks from an estimated 300 elephants, authorities said yesterday. The illegal cargo, discovered in a container from the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

Belgian groupage operator and freight forwarder Transuniverse Forwarding has launched a project with Turkish multimodal operator Ekol Logistics to build a 40ha multimodal facility at the North Sea Port.
The port is a stretch of 60km of cargo handling facilities …

Ocean freight is keeping Kuehne + Nagel on target as its other divisions continue to struggle in a difficult market.   
Ocean turnover rose some 11%, with ebit up 12% to Sfr235m, as group first-half revenue increased 5.3% to Sfr10.6bn ($10.8bn), …