MSC and Hamburg Sud merge Mediterranean-east coast South American strings

GERMANY's Hamburg Sud and Geneva's Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) will merge their Med-east coast South America services into one from mid-January. The revised rotation will be Valencia, Gioia Tauro, Livorno, Genoa, Marseilles-Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Suape, Rio de...

In 2012, Merpati Nusantara Airlines will add to the fleet

PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines will add to its fleet beginning 2012. This company will allocate at least IDR 224.4 billion to bring the aircraft in the period 2012 to 2014. According to Director of Operations Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Asep Eka Nugraha, funds used...

Maersk Line adds Le Havre, Hamburg, Zeebrugge to Daily Maersk from February

DANISH shipping giant Maersk Line has announced it will add port calls at Le Havre, Hamburg and Zeebrugge in February in its Daily Maersk service to enhance its "conveyor belt" concept on its main Asia-Europe route. The service requires a 26-day transit from Shanghai...

Strengthen the domestic market, AirAsia open a new route from Surabaya

The airlines company, Indonesia AirAsia continues to strengthen domestic routes. On February 14, 2012, Indonesia AirAsia will open a new domestic route flights, Surabaya – Bandung and Surabaya – Denpasar. "In addition to our commitment to develop the domestic routes,...

Hard-hit by the global crisis, the INDONESIA value of EXPORT in 2012 could be down 20%

Weakening global economic conditions worsened in Europe and the United States (U.S.), making the Ministry of Commerce (Ministry of Trade) must prepare a worst case scenario that the exports of 2012 will go down. Director General of Foreign Trade Ministry of Trade, Deddy...

MSC announces first batch of revamped services with CMA CGM

THE Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world's second largest carrier, has announced its first batch of revised Asia-Europe services jointly run with CMA CGM under its new partnership with the world's third largest container carrier. MSC hopes to reduce capacity under...

GARUDA INDONESIA target in 2015

Garuda Indonesia is targeting 35.2 million passengers in 2015. Emirsyah Satar, president director of PT Garuda Indonesia, said that Indonesia's economy is getting better so that the target would be overtaken. "Target will also need the support infrastructure, such as...

LION AIR to buy 230 Boeing aircraft worth US$ 21.7 billion

Lion Air has signed a purchase of 230 new types of aircraft made ​​by Boeing Co.. Purchase of 737 aircraft jetliner amounted to U.S. $ 21.7 billion is the biggest deal for Boeing. Purchase agreement will be signed on Friday (18 / 1). U.S. President Barack Obama is following...

AirAsia will move its regional office to Jakarta

Low-cost carrier, AirAsia has said it will focus work on the ASEAN market. Unmitigated AirAsia will move its regional office to Jakarta next year. "We want to be the ASEAN airline. We probably bring most ASEAN passengers than other airlines, "said CEO of Air Asia, Tony...

CITILINK new flight routes: Surabaya to DENPASAR

Citilink, a strategic business unit of Garuda Indonesia Tbk opened new flight routes, ie from Surabaya to Denpasar and vice versa, yesterday. The opening of this route has been carried out following the arrival of two Airbus A320 aircraft. "Bali is a very popular destination...

NYK suffers US$150 million first half LOSS, expects losses to widen

NYK LINE, Japan's second largest container carrier, has followed MOL and "K" Line in posting half year losses - in its case, a US$150.3 million loss with an estimate of full-year decline of $225 million. From April to September, NYK’s revenues shrank 9.8 per cent to...

Airline Operating License for a NEW airline, PT Pacific Royale Airways

Business aviation in Indonesia will be more crowded. Ministry of Transportation has issued the Airline Operating License for a new airline, PT Pacific Royale Airways. Bambang S. Ervan, Head of Public Relations Ministry of Transportation explained, after obtaining the...

NOL posts quarterly US$91 million LOSS with full-year decline expected

SINGAPORE's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has announced a net loss of US$91 million for the third quarter compared to a profit of US$282 million in the same period last year. The group said its APL Logistics business reported higher revenue and a nine per cent year to...

Indonesia's COFFEE exports in September 2011 fell 35%

Indonesia coffee export performance worse off. International Coffee Organization (ICO) noted, Indonesia's coffee exports in September 2011 just as much as 225 000 sacks or 13,500 tones. This figure is down 35.71% from August 2011 of 350,000 bags or 21,000 tones. Sabam...

On Time Performance of domestic airlines improved

The results of performance evaluation of six airlines in On Time Performance (OTP) during January to June 2011 improved from the Ministry of Transportation mentions nothing of the carriers with the OTP into the red category. Ministry of Civil Air Transport airline grouping...

MOL suffers US$214.7 million half-year LOSS as sales FALL 11.9pc

JAPAN's biggest container carrier, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has posted a JPY4.82 billion (US$214.7 million) loss in the six months ending September 30 following a 11.9 per cent decline in revenue to JPY$717.3 trillion against a JPY48.2 billion profit loss suffered the...

Finally, the Government of INDONESIA Bans Export of Raw RATTAN Materials

To encourage the competitiveness of the national rattan processing industry, the Indonesia government finally decided to ban export of raw rattan materials. Prohibition of export of rattan raw materials was also conducted in an effort to increase the added value and...

SINGAPORE AIRLINES launches twice-weekly FREIGHTER services to FRANKFURT

Singapore Airlines Cargo will commence twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter services to Frankfurt from November 2, 2011 to complement cargo capacity on its twice-daily passenger flights between Singapore and Frankfurt to meet demand for the city's major exports of machinery...

BUSINESS potential of INDONESIA cargo sea transport is still large

Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) to project the growth of Indonesia sea freight cargo will reach one billion tons in 2015. Chairman of Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA), Carmelita Hartoto said, referring to predictions of the projected...

INDONESIA fish EXPORT target to non-traditional markets INCREASED to 25% in 2012

Indonesia fish export target in 2012. Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) began looking for other fishery products export markets besides the U.S., EU and Japan, after these countries are experiencing an economic slowdown. During this, around 90% of Indonesia...

MSC joins CSAV/CMA Asia-west coast South America service

MSC joins CSAV/CMA Asia-West coast South America service. CSAV and CMA CGM have merged a service connecting Asia and the west coast of South America with a Mediterranean Shipping Co service, according to CMA CGM and research from American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data....

IMPORT of FOOD and BEVERAGES from MALAYSIA increase 67.73%

Malaysian entrepreneurs more incentive to go to Indonesia. Besides investing in oil palm plantations, Malaysia food and beverage entrepreneurs also aggressively market their products to Indonesia. This also causes a food and beverage imports from Malaysia increased rapidly....

Trade Expo Indonesia 2011 earned U.S. $ 33.9 million transactions on the first day

The first day of implementation of Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) 2011 generated a total business deals worth U.S.$ 33.9 million. The most popular products on October 19, 2011 on TEI 2011 includes furniture, coffee, cosmetics and herbal products, wood products, as well...