Reverse logistics becomes a fashion 
Global logistics company Geodis is adding returns management to its range of e-commerce services. Retailers and e-merchants can now make use of the group's end-to-end technological and logistical solution covering the entire value chain, from order orchestration to product... mehr
Private green initiative in Southern Africa
Imperial, one of Southern Africa’s major fleet operators, will cooperate with Sasol to reduce its carbon footprint. The companies intend to explore solutions for improving freight sustainability and efficiency in Southern Africa and will also be evaluating potential cross-border... mehr
Covid-19 vaccines from Belgium to Africa
On Wednesday 22 September, 153,000 Covid-19 vaccines arrived safely in Entebbe (Uganda) on Brussels Airlines flight, following a similar shipment to Togo a month ago (pictured). The aircraft carrying the donation of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Belgian government was met at... mehr
Major logistics park in South Africa
Danish logistics corporation DSV has opened its Gauteng HQ in South Africa, a major logistics centre in Africa. The group has consolidated its operations from different locations in South Africa into this centralised facility, which is situated near O.R. Tambo International... mehr
(Too) much time spent in ports
Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider Sea-Intelligence used recent data published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and development (Unctad) on port stays of vessels to gain more information about current bottlenecks in the container shipping industry.... mehr
First flight to Libya seven years later
Medavia - Mediterranean Aviation from Malta, a joint venture of the Spanish airline Air Nostrum and the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company, is the first European Union airline to resume scheduled flights to and from Libya. A B737-300 chartered by Greece's Lumiwings, with... mehr
Precision and Zela ink strategic agreement
Cyprus-based Zela Aviation, which has been active in the aircraft chartering and sales business for the last 16 years, is adding a deal to its portfolio. At the end of last month it signed a strategic partnership agreement at Precision Air’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam,... mehr
TTC takes advantage of SAF offer
Total Touch Cargo Holland BV (TTC) and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) have formed a partnership within the framework of the airline’s sustainable aviation fuel programme. Under the agreement, AFKLMP Cargo will use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on selected... mehr
Two intra-African air cargo partners
Five months after signing an MoU in Kinshasa, Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), Kenya's flag carrier, has signed an aircraft lease agreement and begun operating a cargo codeshare partnership with Congo Airways. The agreement will see Kenya Airways lease two E190 jets to Congo Airways,... mehr
From TC3 to own offices in Morocco
After focusing on its connections to East Africa in May 2021, Hapag-Lloyd is now enlarging its footprint in Morocco as well. The shipping company currently has three bases in the country: a head office in Casablanca and satellite offices in Tangier and Agadir. In a press... mehr