Swire Shipping promotes rugby talents 
Swire Shipping has inked a two-year sponsorship deal to become the branding and naming rights sponsor to the Fijian Drua, Super Rugby Pacific’s newest professional club. The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua will make its Super Rugby Pacific debut in February 2022. Altogether, this... more
First SP A99 lithium battery shipment
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and a global cargo carrier, has obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for commercial transportation of lithium batteries over 35 kg which are commonly labelled as SP (special provision)... more
Early ail mail across seas and oceans
90 years ago today, on 19 November 1931, Pan American Airways' "American Clipper" entered service. The Sikorsky S-40 was the first four-engine aircraft in commercial service with a US flag carrier and improved access to Latin America. Charles Lindbergh piloted the... more
Freezing in Thailand
Bangkok Cold Storage Service (BCS), a K Line affiliate, and K LINE Container Service (KSCT) are setting up new warehouses in the Bang Na district near Bangkok in Thailand. Currently, BCS is operating two freezing and refrigerating warehouses in the Thepharak and the Bang Na... more
Unctad optimistic for 2021
In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2021", Unctad made it clear that despite the anti-pandemic measures, volumes in fell less dramatically in the course of 2020 than formerly expected: "The shock in the first half of 2020 caused maritime trade... more
Unilode assists Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has appointed Unilode Aviation Solutions to service and repair its ULD fleet under a three-year agreement. The global provider of outsourced ULD management and repair services will overhaul Turkish Cargo’s standard and heavy-duty pallets, pallet nets, cargo and... more
A. Hartrodt: takeover in Australia
A. Hartrodt's Australian subsidiary recently acquired the OTS Group in Melbourne. Overseas Transport Systems (OTS) includes OTS Australia (OTSA) and OTS Plus (OTSP). They will now form a separate division of A. Hartrodt Australia. At this stage, the independent brand will remain... more
Carbon-neutral block train en route to China
A 41-wagon block train set off on Monday, 16 November 2021 on a three-week journey from Dunajska Strada Slovakia to Xi’an China on the New Silk Road. It is Gefco’s first carbon-neutral train. The company will offset the 250 t of CO2 generated from this door-to-door service by... more
China Straits Service to run before year's end
Besides its Gulf China Service (GCS) to be launched on 23 November, Pacific International Lines (PIL) is also introducing a new weekly direct loop connecting key ports in China, Singapore and West Malaysia. The China Straits Service (CSS) will set sail on 18 December 2021 from... more
More capacity for temperature-controlled goods
P&O Ferrymasters has expanded its fleet of reefers - refrigerated trailers - to enable more customers to benefit from the end-to-end logistics company's expertise in solving supply chain challenges for temperature-controlled goods. The 25 new specialist trailers are being... more