Road freight service links Middle East and Africa 
The digital road freight platform Saloodo is expanding its services between the Middle East and North and Northeast Africa; it now offers overland connections, called BeduConnect, between the nations in the CCASG and Egypt, Libya and Sudan. The member states of the CCASG, the... more
Boom continues for Zim in Q2
The shipping group Zim has published its consolidated results for Q2/2021. The volumes carried by the line grew by 44% year-on-year, to 921,000 teu. H1/2020 saw 1.3 million teu handled. The average freight rate per teu over the period stood at USD 2,341, a rise of 119% compared... more
Strong H1 figures for Asstra
The international logistics group Asstra - Associated Traffic has reported its results for the first half of 2021. Sales grew by 25% compared to the same period in 2020, amounting to EUR 207.8 million. The group's gross profits increased by 8%. Road transport remains the... more
More commodities know-how at Hill Dickinson
Hill Dickinson has employed trade finance and commodities law specialist Devottam Sengupta in its Singapore office, adding his expertise as support for its commodities activities in the Far East and the rest of Asia.Sengupta joins the firm as partner. His appointment follows the... more
Zeebrugge taking advantage of Brexit
The port of Zeebrugge’s figures remained stable in H1/2021, overall, with specific trades growing. The total tonnage for the first semester of 2021 increased by 0.6% vis-à-vis the same period last year, to 25.2 million t. Roll-on/roll-off traffic, in turn, grew by 13.8%, to 7.3... more
Expanding in France
CargoBeamer has commenced operations in its first full terminal in Calais (France). The opening saw the company put its patented technology to shift semi-trailers to the railways horizontally into service in the regular market for the first time.Four round trips will serve the... more
NTG Denmark improving in key markets
The Nordic Trans Group (NTG) reported a good Q2/2021, because “business activities exceeded pre-pandemic levels in all key markets.” The well-known turbulences led to the introduction of rate increases on domestic and cross-border transports.NTG’s recent acquisitions are... more
More medical supplies to Namibia
A series of Volga-Dnepr charter flights to Namibia took off from Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ) recently, with two humanitarian flights to Windhoek this week. The cargo included medical supplies weighing more than 95 t, including masks and respirators needed by the Southern African... more
Supporting the constitutional referendum in Haiti
In May and June Chapman Freeborn transported material, needed for a constitutional referendum, from Miami and Johannesburg airports to Port-au-Prince (PAP), the capital of Haiti.The referendum was initially set to take place in a month, on 19 September, but has now been... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Nectarines are mutated peaches. They can grow on peach trees and a peach tree can sprout from a nectarine seed. more