Etihad Cargo to raise frequencies for the summer 
From next month, Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, will provide additional capacity to key destinations in the summer months across Asia, Africa and Europe. From July, Etihad Cargo will continue to operate its Boeing 777 freighter network... mehr
Linking Western with South Africa
Ten years after its inception, the West African carrier Air Côte d'Ivoire is adding South Africa to its route map. From today, 29 June 2022, it will operate the Abidjan-Johannesburg route via Kinshasa four times a week. Air Côte d'Ivoire aims to consolidate and greatly expand... mehr
Support for modernising India’s railways
The World Bank’s board has approved a USD 245 million loan to support India’s efforts to modernise railfreight and logistics infrastructure. The rail logistics project will help India shift more traffic from road to rail, making transport—both freight and passenger—more... mehr
Hapag-Lloyd extending Wax
The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd is extending its West Africa Express service (Wax) and adding a call at the port of Le Havre. The shipping company says that the new port of call will offer a direct product with a fast transit-time to Tema (Ghana) and Abidjan (Ivory Coast),... mehr
How many containers lost at sea?
The World Shipping Council (WSC) recently published its ‘Containers Lost at Sea Report’, covering 2020-2021. Approximately 241 million cargo loads in containers were handled by international carriers last year. The analysis shows that containers lost overboard represent less... mehr
New maritime code for Cape Verde
From sustainable fishing projects in the Adriatic Sea to the new drainage programmes in the Niger Delta, the International Maritime Safety Security and Environment Academy (Imssea) is committed to playing an active role. Lately, it assisted in the revision of the new... mehr
Bis 2040 in Marokko 
Drei Aufträge für den Netzwerk-Ausbau der ONCF vergeben. Der nächste Schritt zum Ausbau der Schienenstrecken der marokkanischen Eisenbahnen ist gemacht. In gemischten marokkanisch-ausländischen Konsortien, auch mit koreanischer Beteiligung, wird die Erweiterung des Netzwerks... mehr
Seven Star-ISMS for Astral Aviation
The Star Navigation Systems Group has signed a sales agreement with Astral Aviation of Kenya to purchase seven units of the Star-ISMS (in-flight safety monitoring system) for seven of its cargo fleet, with an option of a further three aircraft in the next twelve months. The... mehr
Oman know-how for Kilimanjaro airport
Christine Mwakatobe, acting MD of the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company (KADC), and Abdul Nasser Abdullah al Yamani, VP business development, Oman Airports, have signed a MoU to develop the aviation infrastructure of the Tanzanian airport which has been in operation since... mehr
ECS Group offers four new Flyone destinations
The low-cost Moldovan airline Flyone, for which ECS Group provides total cargo management (TCM) services, recently added four new destinations to its network and now operates weekly A320 flights from Amsterdam (AMS) in The Netherlands, Barcelona (BCN) in Spain, Brussels (BRU) in... mehr