The globally operating logistics cooperative for air and sea freight, Tandem Global Logistics Network, has announced its new network strategy. Until the end of 2020, the 14 shareholding members and 68 cooperative partners will focus on quality, growth, value, and innovation. Tandem’s Executive Board...

Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a new AOG service to manage the delivery of urgent spare parts to aircraft stranded around the world. Supported by a 24/7 team of aviation professionals, it will offer the fastest and most cost-efficient solution using either air charter or...

PD Ports, one of the UK’s major port groups, has achieved Gold status in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Awards, the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK. Awarded Silver at last year’s awards, led by the Royal Society for the Prevention of...

Engro Corporation, and Excelerate Energy, working together with the Government of Pakistan, have inaugurated Pakistan’s first LNG import terminal in Port Qasim. This project uses Excelerate’s floating storage and regasification vessel (FSRU), the Exquisite. The vessel loaded its first LNG cargo in Ras Laffan,...

A new direct weekly service to and from the port of Karachi, Pakistan, is now calling at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT) in Abu Dhabi. Operated by Taiwan based Wan Hai Lines, the Pakistan Saudi Express Service (PSX) will offer importers and exporters the...

Pakistan’s Gwadar port has at long last started container handling operations with the berthing of the Hong Kong-registered Zi Jing Song, at the deepsea port. It is expected that the container business will focus initially on the export of local fish to international markets....

Part of the global HPH group, Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP) has started to carry out test operations in advance of its official opening in January 2017. The first container ship to visit the Karachi port facility, which has a design draft of...

In a move designed to significantly enhance services on the China -Indian Subcontinent trade, Evergreen Line is teaming up with K Line, COSCO, Wan Hai and PIL to offer two new joint services from early September. Both will provide direct calls at Karachi and...

A state-run Chinese company will operate Pakistan’s strategic Gwadar port for a period of 40 years following a recently awarded lease contract. The Ministry of Ports and Shipping announced that China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) would also carry out all the necessary development...

A new record cargo volume of 52.49 million tonnes was handled at Karachi Port during 2016-17, it has been declared. This throughout was almost 5 % higher than in the previous year. Bulk cargo imports were up by 24%, at 10.05 million tonnes, while...

Pakistan Customs has taken delivery of two Damen Stan Patrol 1605 FRP patrol boats from the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) shipyard. The patrol boats will be used for monitoring and enforcement activities in Pakistan’s territorial waters. The vessels were built by KSEW...