Penang: Silicone Valley of the East? 
Röhlig Logistics has opened a new sales office in Penang, Malaysia, a region dubbed the ‘Silicone Valley of the East’. Penang is a region with economic potential and currently a major player in the electronics manufacturing sector. It has attracted much foreign investment in... more
Enhancing Hong Kong's e-commerce capacity
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has signed an agreement with UPS to develop an express facility at Hong Kong airport. Expected to complete in 2028, the new hub will serve as UPS Hong Kong’s main site for processing and sorting imports, exports, and transshipments to and from... more
Swissport launches cargo operations in Australia
Swissport International, a global provider of airport ground services and air cargo handling, is complementing its offering in Australia with air cargo handling. The launch of the new business line at Sydney Airport (SYD) last month is part of Swissport's overall growth strategy... more
Rail links Apac countries with Volga region
Transcontainer and marine container operator Global Ports - both are part of Delo Group - have launched a new scheduled container rail service. The new service runs from Nakhodka in Russia’s Far East to Nizhny Novgorod, 400 km east of Moscow. Containers arriving by sea in... more
ASA: Wellington Koo hands over the baton
Angad Banga of the Caravel Group was elected as new chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) on the 22 November 2023. He succeeded Wellington Koo, of Valles Steamship, who stepped down after completing his two-year term. Banga also took over the chairmanship of... more
A vibrant industry in Miami, Singapore, Brussels! 
The time when fairs and conferences worldwide either had to be cancelled, or shifted (sometimes to virtual spaces), went on for far too long for many people in aviation. more
Redelivery of 150th B747 freighter
The Hong-Kong-based MRO solutions provider Haeco has redelivered its 150th B747-8F aircraft to Atlas Air, marking a significant milestone in a collaboration that began in 2006. The partnership extends beyond the B747-8F to include other aircraft types such as the Boeing 747-400F... more
Energy shock easing, according to RWI / ISL
The RWI / ISL Container Throughput Index, a measure of global trade activity, decreased slightly in October to a seasonally-adjusted 125 points. This slight decline follows a period of recovery from the impacts of energy price shocks. Chinese ports experienced minor... more
When medicine becomes dangerous
On 20 November the USA's Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) inspected a shipment that had arrived from Hong Kong and was manifested as vaginal tightening gel. The shipment was found to contain commercial quantities of a gel inside injectables and required the user to... more
Chinese cars travel multimodally to the Urals
The specialists from RZD Logistics (RZDL) handled a recent car transport on a special route by ship, rail and truck. A batch of 28 wagons was loaded into 40 ft containers and shipped by sea from Shanghai (China) to Vladivostok (Russia), where the containers were transferred... more