"Curiosity of the Day" 
In Japan, the new year is welcomed with 108 bell chimes. The number stands for the 108 human desires that Buddhists believe one must overcome to find inner peace. more
NEO Air Charter picks Ian Flett 
NEO Air Charter – a cargo charter broker based in Germany – has appointed Ian Flett to the new position of regional sales manager, Nordic Region. He is based in Denmark. In his new role, Flett will promote the company’s services to forwarders and logistics service providers... more
USD 630 million investment in ammonia options
The Naples-based Grimaldi Group has ordered five new ammonia-ready PCTCs (pure car and truck carriers). This new project, which also includes an option for a further two vessels, comes just over two months after the latest order for the construction of five more PCTCs. Thus,... more
Network scheduling
A system that can handle 170 million parcels. Swiss Post, facing increasing e-commerce fulfilment needs and volume spikes, is digitally optimising its operations. more
A closer look at the Middle Corridor
Talking to Nikolaus Kohler, Militzer & Münch’s regional manager for the Middle East and Central Asia. The Middle Corridor is very much the talk of the town these days. There are no end of difficulties on trans-Asian routes, however, as they aren’t fully developed yet and... more
Nicole – an uninvited guest
Optimism prevailed at Tiaca ACF 2022, despite dark clouds in the air cargo skies. Tiaca once again held its Air Cargo Forum recently – four years after the last edition of the world air cargo association’s ACF in Toronto (see pages 18-19 of ITJ 45-46 / 2018). The fact that more... more
Banking on East Africa
New service linking India, UAE, Kenya, Tanzania. Three shipping lines have one eye clearly focused on expected growth of 8% for East African economies. They are set to cooperate on a joint service that will connect India and the United Arab Emirates to Kenya and Tanzania. more
An Italian takes the helm
Zeno D’Agostino new president of the top European ports organisation in Brussels. Verona, Naples, Trieste – and now Brussels. Former Espo vice-president Zeno D’Agostino was unanimously elected president of the pan-European ports association at its AGM at the beginning of... more
Parcels and ULDs for its birthday
ITA Airways Cargo chooses its first digital distribution channel. Just over a year ago, on 15 October 2021, ITA Airways took over the mantle of Italian flag carrier from Alitalia. The pandemic of the time didn’t exactly make it an ideal moment to take off in the passenger... more
A difficult and protracted re-birth
Back on the open sea – a Fratelli Cosulich ship no longer blockaded in Ukrainian port of Mariupol. Nine months can be rather a long time in shipping. That was the time it took the shipping line Vulcania, a subsidiary of the long-established Genoese company Fratelli Cosulich, to... more