February 3 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) has made a number of management changes, appointing current ceo of "K" Line Offshore, Tomoyuki Okawa, as an executive officer with effect from April 1, 2017.
Meanwhile senior managing executive officer, Kazutaka Imaizumi, has been named chairman of "K" Line India, and current executive officer, Ako Hiraoka, will take on the role of counsellor at "K" Line Logistics.
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Antonov Airlines and First Class Freight (FCF) transported oversized equipment, including an Azipod thruster, from Hong Kong to Houston, USA.
Bouke Laan will take over from Thomas Malecki as managing director of a. hartrodt nederland, commencing January 1, 2025.
Project freight forwarder Fracht Group has transported seven transformers, weighing 340 tons (308.4 tonnes) each, from İzmir, Türkiye, to Medicine Bow in Wyoming, USA.
The carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) sector is on the radar of many project logisticians and multipurpose carriers. This nascent market is facing headwinds, however, with many CCUS projects deemed too expensive to work on a commercial basis. Still, some firms are pressing ahead, despite technical and financial pressures.
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) said that negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, opening up the possibility of more industrial action at US ports.
Silk Way Group will develop a new airport and cargo village in the Alat Free Economic Zone, Azerbaijan.
