Shark fins hiding among dry fish 
One week ago, on 15 January 2024, Hong Kong Customs seized about 800 kg of suspected scheduled shark fins, with an estimated market value of about HKD 4 million (USD 500,000), at Hong Kong airport. Upon inspection of an air consignment, declared as dry fish arriving from... more
Bluetooth is watching you
Baku (Azerbaijan)-based Silk Way West Airlines has extended its longstanding strategic collaboration with unit load device (ULD) provider ACL Airshop. Under the new agreement, the partnership will now introduce Bluetooth technology for real-time ULD tracking. Vugar Mammadov... more
Second-largest drop in trade capacity
The now month-long Red Sea crisis has caused the second-largest drop in trade capacity in recent times and destabilised service networks, particularly affecting Asia-Europe routes. The Sea-Intelligence Trade Capacity Outlook report compares this event with standard market... more
A new order on the horizon?
A new era of alliances is in the making. Hapag-Lloyd and A.P. Moller-Maersk have agreed to launch a new alliance, called the 'Gemini Cooperation', in February 2025. The break-up of 2M, an alliance between Maersk and MSC, was already announced in January 2023. Now Hapag-LLoyd... more
Asia's first DG Autocheck
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the first airline in Asia to implement DG Autocheck Connect API, the newest feature of Iata's DG Autocheckblank. It will help digitalise the air cargo industry by automating the transfer of data from DG Autocheck, an electronic verification system... more
A promotion for Fatih Baş
Fatih Baş took on his role as chief executive officer of Globelink Ünimar, a Turkish transport company based in Istanbul, at the beginning of this year. Baş has many years of experience in the logistics industry and was appointed commercial director and member of the company’s... more
Qatar Airways: first flight to Medan, Indonesia
Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to Medan touched down at Kualanamu International Airport on Monday, 15 January 2024, marking Medan as the airline’s third destination in Indonesia. The new direct service will complement the award-winning airline’s over 40 weekly flights... more
The clean dozen
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has contracted Jiangnan Shipyard and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to build six 13,000 teu methanol dual-fuel container ships each, set for delivery from 2027. This initiative marks ONE's entry into methanol-fuelled shipping. Methanol is known for its... more
New hub in Western Australia
Mainfreight has opened a new site in Kenwick, Perth, Western Australia, combining air, ocean, warehousing, and wharf operations in one location. The facility has 20,750 sqm of warehousing space, a temperature-controlled area for 1,000 pallet spaces and eight docks for loading... more
China launches intermodal rail-sea service
The first train departed on Monday, 15 January, from Yinchuan in China's autonomous region Ningxia Hui and is now heading for the port of Qingdao in the east of the country. It marks the launch of a regular railway route for an intermodal rail-sea train, which needs to go... more