News

The latest industry news and PSA BDP Happenings from across the globe.

August 6, 2018

The merger of Orient Overseas (International) Limited and COSCO Shipping Holdings offers ‘tremendous opportunities’ for both businesses, especially when it comes to combining strengths in the duo’s liner sectors.

August 1, 2018

The effective date of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Trans-shipment Regulations 2018 has been shifted to 15 April 2021

August 1, 2018

Ninety-eight percent of shoes are manufactured abroad, with nearly three-quarters of those imports coming from China, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association.

July 31, 2018

One of the provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, known as CETA, was a mechanism to handle disputes between governments and investors. The International Court System (ICS), a new EU-Canadian permanent court, was created to help resolve such disputes.

July 31, 2018

With about 40 percent of Europe’s market value having reported second-quarter figures, the region’s profit growth has accelerated to 6 percent for the latest quarter from no growth at all in the prior three-month period.

July 30, 2018

Chinese state-owned shipping conglomerate COSCO announced Monday that its North American operations have "totally recovered" from last week's cyber attack

July 30, 2018

Negotiations with Mexico on an update to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are going well and may be close to wrapping up, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said.

July 30, 2018

The container shipping companies are faced with the perfect storm with the ever tighter environmental regulations coming into force and oil prices jumping.

July 30, 2018

Malaysia’s new government has called into question the future of multibillion-dollar rail projects since Mahathir Mohamad took power in May. Now it appears to be ready to proceed with at least one.

July 30, 2018

The Panama Canal registered the transit of its 4,000th Neopanamax vessel through the Expanded Canal when the LNG carrier Maria Energy transited southbound from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean on July 29.