Nairobi number 1 of African cargo airports 
In its "Air Transport Report 2020", the African Airlines Association (Afraa) also highlighted the evolution of the cargo business. The lockdowns and travel bans affected belly cargo volumes, which also declined because of disruptions in manufacturing and trade... more
Nordic barge service now in operation
Sweden’s first container barge shuttle service on inland waterways between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Port of Västerås set sail in June. The services are operated by German shipping company Deymann. On this EU class inland waterway, the container barge "Emelie... more
Fifth Gulf state introduces TIR
Transport is becoming more efficient in the Middle East, now that the TIR system is going live in Qatar. TIR will help speed up supply chains in Qatar, which is set to host a series of major international events in the coming years, including the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This will... more
China Southern Air Cargo expects OL
Guangzhou-based China Southern Air Cargo is set to be granted an operator's licence (OL) by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) almost six months after it applied. The regulator said it had now completed its initial review and was now planning to formally award... more
Long trains in operation
In UK, DP World’s two deep-water ports at Southampton and London Gateway have become the first in the country capable of handling Freightliner’s new 775 m intermodal container trains. The longest in use on the national rail network, the new trains are 250 m longer than a... more
Contargo wins tender in Weil
Contargo, founded in 2004, has been awarded the contract for handling operations at the container terminal of the Rhine port of Weil am Rhein (Rheinhafengesellschaft Weil am Rhein), near Basel (Switzerland) at the end of a Europe-wide tendering process. Contargo, which has... more
High freight rates inflate prices
Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the impact of the elevated freight rates on importers for a variety of consumer goods, especially on the Asia to US West Coast and North Europe trade lanes. An OECD-data-based value of consumer goods... more
New director for pharma competence centre
Global logistics provider Agility has appointed Theresa Deeken as director of its pharma competence centre (PCC) in Switzerland. She brings more than twelve years’ experience in the logistics and freight forwarding industry with a special focus on transport services for... more
More logistics at Llubljana's airport
Cargo-partner is expanding its warehouse capacities in Brnik near Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport. Now that the warehouse opened in 2019 has reached its full capacity, this expansion, which was originally planned between 2024 and 2026, will start in 2022. In its final stage,... more
Fourth CLG aircraft at Leipzig airport
Cargologic Germany (CLG), a German cargo airline based at Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), received its fourth aircraft last week. The B737-400F, which was transferred from Canada, has been checked by the German federal aviation authority and cleared for operations. It will be... more