‘Gateway Hamburg’ fair stand displays diversity of services in universal port of Hamburg

“MSC Fantasia” plans 21 north Europe cruises from Kiel

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) issued a statement to contribute to the Commission’s Maritime Year and to follow up on the Valletta Declaration, the ministerial declaration on maritime transport, adopted on 28 March focusing on competitiveness, digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Drewry’s outlook for dry bulk shipping remains positive given the shrinking supply-demand gap, according to the latest edition of the Dry Bulk Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

State President Albig approves EUR 9.9 million in funding

Indonesia is poised to finally take a premier position on global trade flows following the recent opening of the New Priok container terminal in Jakarta last August, delegates at the TOC Asia Container Supply Chain event in Singapore heard this week.

70 percent of German logistics companies are in favor of looking into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to see if it offers them any market opportunities. 64 percent of specialists and executives consider self-driving cars in particular important to their future business success. However, managers also feel that AI may be associated with risks when it comes to acceptance—both among customers as well as their own employees. Those are the results of the LOGISTIC Trend Index 2017, a survey conducted on behalf of the world's leading trade fair transport logistic in Munich from May 9 to 12, 2017.

Intermodal Asia took place 21st-23rd March 2017, welcoming a record number of visitors to its 4th edition in Shanghai, China. With more than 8,500 visitors, 160 global exhibitors and 85 expert speakers, Intermodal Asia successfully brought together the senior decision makers from the container and intermodal industry to network, learn and do business with new and existing customers.

The chances of a creating a fourth container transhipment hub in south-east Asia appear to be growing increasingly slim, delegates at this week’s TOC Asia Container Supply Chain event in Singapore were told.

Expo F has gone into strategic partnership with industry authoritative partners including Central America Data, the region’s largest well-known platform providing specific market statistics. Meanwhile, more and more promotional activities are driving up the numbers of exhibitor brands and visitors from worldwide.

• Record number of participants: 2,160 exhibitors at transport logistic in Munich from May 9–12, 2017 (increase of 5.4 percent)
• Several new international pavilions and well-known companies
• Trending topics: Digitalization, metropolitan logistics and international growth opportunities in an age of “America First”

The full press release is available online and for download here.

Customers can choose from seven levels of guaranteed bandwidth ensuring availability of broadband communications for business needs

After much deliberation, the two juries have selected four candidates for each of the shortlists for the 2017 Energy Efficiency and Next Generation Awards.

Seoul - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged aviation safety stakeholders to reinforce their commitment to a safety framework based on global standards, cooperation and dialogue, and effective use of data.

Baltic Sea region LNG cluster and the LNG Competence Centre will be established in order to enhance international cooperation in the field of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Agreements on these cooperation platforms will be signed during the conference in Vilnius to be held on 26-27 April.