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The 200th edition of the EUROCONTROL Network Manager’s European Network Operations Plan (NOP) – Rolling Seasonal Plan – is now live.

The world’s three largest containerlines have set their sights on India as the country readies massive investments towards its goals of becoming a global maritime powerhouse.

EVA Air unveiled its fourth-generation Premium Economy Class seats with an industry-leading seat pitch of 42 inches. It was presented today during the “Focus on Evolution: Taking Off with Heart” launch event at Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation’s No. 4 Hangar. Presided over by EVA Air President Clay Sun, the event showcased the airline’s latest seat design. This is the first time the airline has introduced the new Premium Economy Class on the Boeing 787-9, elevating the design concept from an “upgraded economy” standard to a “business-class-like” experience. The airline aims to offer a refined and comfortable cabin experience, strengthening its comprehensive three-class service offerings.

Hapag-Lloyd and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs are among a host of shipping lines and organisations initiating a big pushback campaign today against the growing use of biofuels in shipping, warning that an area the size of Germany would need to be recultivated to meet potential projected growth of this alternative marine fuel.

The trial run of the rail freight connection between Russia and Pakistan follows a memorandum of understanding signed last summer. The freight train will leave Pakistan for Iran, and from there continue northward into Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and lastly, Russia. Both countries are looking to use the service for various export products.

The Lloyd’s Register-backed Rewriting Women into Maritime History initiative to uncover and showcase the critical role of women in the maritime sector, past and present has entered a new, international phase.

Oil refiners in India — eager to keep importing cheap crude from Russia — are working with merchants, shippers and other middlemen to rebuild supply chains as tougher US sanctions come into effect.

Brussels, 12 February 2025: The Full Year 2024 traffic report released today by ACI EUROPE confirms that Europe’s airports finally surpassed pre-Covid (2019) passenger volumes last year – welcoming more than 2.5 billion passengers.

Major geopolitical events and policy changes are significantly impacting global maritime trade in early 2025, with new U.S. tariffs and ongoing Red Sea security concerns creating ripple effects across shipping routes, according to Maersk’s North America market update for January. The Trump Administration announced sweeping tariffs on February 1, 2025, targeting imports from China, Canada, and Mexico under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. While the 10% tariff on Chinese goods took immediate effect on February 4, tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports face a one-month delay. Meanwhile, despite a January 15 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that brought hope for regional stability, Maersk continues to route vessels around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope.

China’s busiest port processed a record amount of goods in January, as companies rushed to get their products onto ships before US tariffs kicked in and ahead of a long local holiday.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in the US has given its blessing to the formation of the Asian liner grouping, the Premier Alliance.

Amid escalating tensions in an ongoing trade dispute, the anticipated conversation between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was scrapped yesterday and has yet to be rescheduled.