Newsletter – April 30, 2018

source: lloydsloadinglist.com

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has launched a pilot of its new online Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool, allowing forwarders to rate and review the service quality they receive at participating airports and their air cargo handlers.  Read more here

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source: ajot.com

Vietnam Airlines Corp., which has been transforming its fleet with new widebody planes and expanding services, is looking to further boost growth by starting a dedicated cargo unit.  Read more here. 

source: lloydloadinglist.com

Newly merged Japanese container line business Ocean Network Express (ONE) is confident forwarders and shippers will soon experience much-improved service levels, acknowledging some of the challenges expressed by customers since its launch on 1 April.  Read more here.

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source: shippigazette.com

HAPAG-LLOYD has added a call at the British Columbia Port of Prince Rupert to the PS8 service of THE Alliance that plies the trade from Asia to North America.

“Prince Rupert is the closest major North American port to Asia with direct access to CN’s class 1 continental rail network. In this way, we can offer our customers additional options for their transports. We expect that the port call will develop well and offer our customers a genuine alternative,” said Hapag-Lloyd America president Uffe Ostergaard.

There has been a strong interest from the market for the first eastbound sailing including many containers with furniture, machine parts and computers. In Prince Rupert, it will mainly be loaded with forest products and agricultural goods for different Asian markets, New York’s Marine Link reported.  [Excerpted from shippingazette.com]