The first flights of Viet Nam's first private air cargo carrier, Trai Thien Air Cargo Joint-Stock Company, is scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of next year. Trai Thien Air Cargo specialises in cargo transportation on domestic and international routes, with a focus on the Northeast Asian and Southeast Asian markets.

The first flights of Viet Nam's first private air cargo carrier, Trai Thien Air Cargo Joint Stock Company, is scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of next year.

Shippers at a meeting with the Transport Ministry Wednesday demanded that the government repair a severely damaged road connecting a major port to nearby national highway as the port was isolated without it.

Third service to connect Vietnamese, Thai manufacturing with Japan, China APL, which already participates in two new services from Vietnam launched in June, plans to start a third at the end of October that will connect Vietnamese and Thai manufacturing centers with Japan, South China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Global ports industry body, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA), continues its recent development with the announcement that leading drive systems supplier Control Techniques is to become a member of the association. "PEMA's continued growth is encouraging, and Control Techniques are a most welcome addition to the association. The more manufacturers that chose to join the association, the greater our potential to realise efficiencies across the ports industry," says PEMA President, Ottonel Popesco.

Global marine terminal operator DP World announced that it has handled its first vessel at Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), TradeArabia reported.

Vietnam will build a $3.6 billion international transshipment terminal port, the country’s first, as economic growth boosts container trade.

The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) reported that Vietnam won contracts to export 5.798 million tonnes of rice over the past nine months. 4.975 million tonnes of rice were exported, showing an increase of 39.97 percent in volume and 46.67 percent in number of contracts compared to the same period last year.

MOL said Thursday it will apply a peak-season surcharge on bills of lading for all shipments from Europe and the Mediterranean to Asia.

Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, manufacturer of reliable and affordable forklift trucks for hard-working applications, released a list of tips on how to recognize and avoid common forklift truck abuse applications that can create costly downtime for customers.