April 29th, 2012:

Southern Air is adding two new Boeing 777 freighters to its fleet.

Tony Tyler, IATA’s CEO and Director General

With these additions, the carrier’s fleet will include four B777F aircraft, the world’s largest and most advanced twin-engine freighter.

Southern Air has already taken delivery of its third and fourth planes.The new aircraft will be dedicated to DHL Express for its new round-the-world service from Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Leipzig and back to Hong Kong.

Southern Air CEO Daniel McHugh said, “The addition of two new 777Fs to our fleet is another critical step forward [...]

Dredge deepening new Canal channel

The first postpanamax dredge in the world according to its operator, the Belgian company Jan De Nul, is in Panama for almost four weeks.

Its job is to work on the navigation channel of the Atlantic entrance of the Canal expansion in Colon.

As well as widening and deepening the navigation channel it also served for a maneuverability test to see how post-Panamax vessels will enter the Canal. In the future vessels of this size, [...]

Better collaboration key to success in Asia

Better collaboration between cargo owners, shipping lines and logistics operators is key to making the most of Asia’s growing economies and robust markets.

This was stated by Mark Holloway, APAC Customer Service and Logistics Director for liquor giant Diageo, at the recent TOC Container Supply Chain Asia 2012 conference in Hong Kong.

Holloway told an audience of shippers, carriers, port representatives and other Asia container supply chain professionals that better partnerships should aim to improve [...]