The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Lithuanian Airports have signed a 15-year loan agreement totalling EUR 29.6 million to co-finance upgrades to three of Lithuania’s airports: Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga.

APN, DP World and APM Terminals confirm support for the industry's main maritime and port event on the continent

On 1 and 2 June, the European port industry gathered in Barcelona for ESPO’s annual conference entitled “Ports in a changing Climate, a Changing world”.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments in Latin America to maximize the many benefits aviation generates by addressing critical infrastructure deficiencies and applying Smarter Regulation principles.

TO MANAGE GLOBAL A.O.G. AND URGENT SPARES

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that leaders of the global air transport industry are gathering in Cancun, Mexico for the Association’s 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The AGM will feature keynote addresses on Monday by Mr. Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico’s Minister of Communications and Transport and Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 8.5% in April 2017 compared to the year-earlier period. While this was down from the 13.4% year-on-year growth recorded in March 2017, it is well above the average annual growth rate of 3.5% over the past five years.

New features support account management and cost control

Recently, some freight forwarders members of PANGEA LOGISTICS NETWORK have successfully managed air freight shipments of motorbikes around the world, a not at all easy task accomplished with professionality and in accordance to all delivery terms. Below we detail few of these cases.

Mike King

Maersk Line is to target ‘premium perishables’ and pharma customers that need greater visibility on shipment status when it begins making advanced monitoring data available to customers from the third quarter of this year, with customers in Asia Pacific especially expected to benefit.

Quote of the week:
"The best way to afford a suit is to work."
Emmanuel Macron (born 21 December 1977) - President of France, former civil servant and investment banker.

Port Finance International returns to Rio on 21 & 22 June 2017 

Real exchange platform for decision-makers in the railway industry, TransRail Connection is a major event for the actors of the sector (operators, constructors, equipment manufacturers, infrastructure managers, subcontractors and engineers).

AMI – the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler – has helped prevent a major pollution incident by successfully shipping urgent supplies needed for the containment of an oil spill, following the sinking of the freighter MV Southern Phoenix in Suva Harbour, Fiji.

In the first quarter of 2017, the Port of Hamburg’s total throughput was up by 1.7 percent at 35.4 million tons. Growth in Germany’s largest universal port was therefore slightly above the average 1.6 percent for the other major North Range ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen/Bremerhaven.