India: big investment to boost rail transport 
Indian Railways is purchasing 1,200 electric locomotives from Siemens. This is the largest locomotive order the manufacturer has ever received. Deliveries are planned over an eleven-year period, and the contract, which is valued as EUR 3 billion, includes 35 years of... more
Mycrane reaches milestone in USA
Mycrane has launched its own office in USA. Houston-based Scott Wilkes has been appointed as director of business development, reporting directly to the senior management team in UAE. Because of the importance and size of the market, Mycrane has decided to establish its own... more
A warehouse to cover North India
Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL), an affiliate of the Godrej Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, has opened its first warehouse in Tepla, Punjab. The facility has a surface of more than 2044 sqm. Covering North India, the warehouse will serve... more
OOCL's next behemoth takes to the water
The joint venture between Cosco Shipping and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering in China has completed the new 24,000 tea container unit built for Hong Kong-headquartered carrier OOCL. The most recent ultra-large vessel has a total length of 399.99 m, a... more
More intermodal links for Wilhelmshaven
Eurogate Intermodal (Egim) has added Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water port, to its network. In Q1/2023, Egim will launch direct services between its Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and Duisburg, Munich, Nuremberg and Kornwestheim. Connections to Ulm, Mannheim... more
Paris welcomes new Chinese cargo carrier
The Chinese Zongteng Group, a cross-border e-commerce infrastructure service provider, celebrated the arrival of Yun Express' first B777F flight at Paris CDG on 16 January 2023. With a planned annual cargo capacity of over 15,000 t, the newly launched route from Shenzhen... more
DFDS acquires road haulier
Danish ferry operator DFDS is taking over the Northern Irish company McBurney Transport. The transaction price for the Ballymena-based company was just below GBP 140 million (USD 168 million). McBurney Transport is one of region's largest haulage firms, with about 800... more
Shanghai still ahead in 2022
In terms of throughput, Shanghai is again ahead of Singapore in 2022. Despite the pandemic shutdowns, the Shanghai International Port Group (SIGP) handled more than 47.3 million teu last year. While container volumes were volatile in Q2/2022, July set a new monthly high with... more
New Indian Greenfield Airport in 2023
Airports Authority of India is currently building the New Greenfield Airport in Rajkot, the fourth largest city in the state of Gujarat, to serve a growing population and manage the increasing flow of air traffic in this region. The new airport, spread over 1,025 hectares,... more
Changes at Bamboo Airways
Bamboo Airways has appointed Pham Dang Thanh (right) as deputy general director. Graduating from the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers (former Soviet Union), he has held many senior positions at prestigious aviation organisations and units such as Vietnam Airlines... more