DACHSER Transport of America has announced the signing of an agreement to become a member of Lufthansa Cargo’s global partnership programme. The logistics provider said in a statement that the programme’s mission is to increase cooperation to work closely together in planning capacity, reducing transaction costs and promoting key industry issues. “Lufthansa Cargo’s closely meshed route network and frequent, excellent service makes the company a strong partner for our intercontinental…

Throughput of Frankfurt airport dropped 16.8 per cent in January to 141,340 tonnes due to fewer imports from Asia and night flight ban. Airport owner Fraport was cited by Newark’s Journal of Commerce as saying the decline in Asian imports was mainly owing to “the shuttering of factories during China’s two week-long New Year’s festival. And the night flight ban, which has been introduced to reduce aircraft noise since last October,…

LUFTHANSA Cargo’s volume dropped 11.4 per cent to 122,000 tons in January shrinking revenue 12.9 per cent, Poor performance was attributed to economic slump, seasonal decline from the Chinese New Year and the ongoing night-flight ban at its Frankfurt hub. The German carrier forecasts an annual revenue loss of US$52 million in re-routing should the blanket night-flight ban become a permanent fixture in 2012 particularly for its express cargo shipments…

Lufthansa Cargo has been flying a tonne of red roses to its hub in Frankfurt, Germany from South America and Africa in time for Valentine’s Day at high-street florists across Europe. The cargo carrier said it is shipping a total of 1,100 tonnes, equivalent to 30 million, Valentine roses in 13 dedicated MD-11 freighters. Growers in Kenya, Ecuador and Colombia are served by several weekly freighter services operated by the airline…

Asia will provide over half of Lufthansa Cargo business along with its European market which will ease a gloomy start to the year in capacity cuts and forecast three per cent growth second half of 2012. “Despite the bad news in the papers over the future of the euro, the European market has been performing quite well for us in recent times. Interestingly, Italy has proven to be one of…

Lufthansa Cargo has launched weekly service from its home base at to the US automotive metropolis of Detroit, using an MD-11 aircraft from January 23. Initially the route is being operated from Germany every Monday, and will switch to every Sunday with the commencement of the summer schedule. The airline said that the return flight will stop off in New York on the way back to Frankfurt, in a statement….

Friday, November 21 ,2003 HMM opts for Shanghai as Chinese HQ HYUNDAI Merchant Marine (HMM) has chosen Shanghai to be its Chinese head office. HMM initially set up four representative offices in China in 1993 and, after experiencing 10 years of rapid development, it expanded to five branch offices and ten representative offices. J I Noh, president of HMM, said: “China is on course to become the world’s logistics hub,…

Saturday, November 15 ,2003 New vessel added to Straits ports trades GENIKI Lines is adding a new vessel to the containerised service for the Straits port of Pasir Gudang and east Malaysian ports. The deployment of the 250 TEU new building, Geniki Johor, will lift the quality of service in the trade, the company said. Geniki Lines is deploying three vessels to serve the trades. Twice weekly sailings to Kuchhing…

Monday, October 27 ,2003 New Australian Customs house opens AUSTRALIA’s new Customs house in Gladstone will provide state-of-the-art surveillance of local wharves and lend support to customs officers working to ensure Australia’s borders are safe and secure, Senator Chris Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs, said at the opening of the facility. Senator Ellison said the new Customs house was part of an unprecedented investment in border protection in Queensland…

Monday, October 20 ,2003 PSA operations handle more boxes in September PSA handled a total of 2.31 million TEU in September, both in Singapore and at its other global terminals, a rise of 6.9 per cent over the same month last year. According to company figures, the total can be broken down into 1.53 million TEU for Singapore, an increase of 8.5 per cent year-on-year; and 790,000 TEU for its…

Tuesday, October 14 ,2003 Freight News PTP Phase 2 berths to increase capacity next year THE Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is set to increase its capacity further with the scheduled completion of the first two berths of the port’s Phase 2 project. Phase 2, which began at the end of last year, consists of two main thrusts – dredging and reclamation, for an additional eight berths of 2.88 kilometres…

Tuesday, September 16 ,2003 Delmas and Gold Star strike Asia, West Africa partnership GOLD Star Line (GSL) is to terminate its West Africa Express Service (WAX) joint venture with CMA CGM and CSCL at the end September.As a consequence, GSL and the French line, Delmas, have decided to join forces and operate a joint service between Asia and West Africa. This agreement is an operational agreement and both carriers maintain…