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ENNA acquires an additional stake in compatriot port operator Luka Ploce. 

The project bond was issued for the FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24, currently in operation offshore Brazil.

Cathay Pacific’s chief executive officer, Rupert Hogg, and chief customer and commercial officer, Paul Loo, have both resigned on the back of the airline’s involvement in recent events in Hong Kong. Augustus Tang has been appointed the new CEO while Ronald Lam will be the new chief customer and commercial officer, effective from next Monday. […]

DHL completed a US$4 million expansion and upgrade of its service center operations in Hartford, Conn., the company announced yesterday. The move is intended to accommodate growing cross-border e-commerce trade.  With the investment made earlier this year, DHL added 16,000 square feet of warehousing space to bring the facility’s total space to 38,000 square feet. With this expansion, the […]

As noted in this year's Freight 50 feature, DHL reported the strongest y-o-y growth during 2018. The second-fastest grower on the list, Vietnam Airlines, made its first appearance on the Freight 50 list at the No. 46 spot thanks to year-over-year growth of 170.2% during 2018. Although many Chinese carriers have struggled to maintain growth […]

The common features for all involved: an ever-increasing flood of packages combined with greater pressure on profits.

The character and definition of parcel shipping is undergoing significant change, driven by e-commerce and the demands of the omnichannel, says Ken Fleming, president and chief supply officer of Logistyx.

Welcome to the age of the "personal supply chain," a necessary response to the growing demands of consumers and the requirements of e-commerce.

A seasoned logistics executive returns to the U.S. and finds a market that’s familiar in some ways, and sharply different in others.

Iceland continues to act as a proving ground for the use of drones in package-delivery services.

The common features for all involved: an ever-increasing flood of packages combined with greater pressure on profits.

A seasoned logistics executive returns to the U.S. and finds a market that’s familiar in some ways, and sharply different in others.

Challenge: In 2017, a global third-party logistics provider’s more than 400 distribution sites and warehouses were purchasing labels and other consumables from multiple sources — often incurring excessive shipping costs and chargebacks due to poor-quality, unscannable labels. The company needed a cost-effective solution to contain increasing costs, plan budgets, ensure consistent quality and improve customer […]

Portugal declared a civil order to ensure that truck drivers, who began a strike on Monday, deliver enough fuel to stop airports and gas stations from running dry at the height of the country’s tourism season.