February 2020 already gloomy, says Drewry 
British maritime consultancy Drewry reports that its global container port throughput index fell to 108 points in February 2020, 15.6% down month on month and 4.4% down year on year. The index plunged 20 points, which is the largest fall in a single month since the launch of... plus
Weekly rail service China - Turkey launched
Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. In addition to shorter transit times, this route will provide wide network options connecting main locations in China and Turkey with diverse range of pre- and on carriage services. The new... plus
China and Europe on an equal footing?
The current container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) shows mixed results. Overall, the seasonally adjusted index for March recorded an increase of 5.9 points to 111.2, which... plus
Road transport industry needs support to recover
The International Road Union (IRU) is calling for wide-ranging support for the road transport industry to drive global COVID-19 recovery efforts. New findings reveal the scale of the impact the pandemic has had on the over 3.5 million companies that provide road transport... plus
K Line welcomes and says goodbye
After a board meeting, K Line announced the following changes to its management: Atsuo Asano, present representative director, senior managing executive officer, will be promoted to the position of representative director, vice president executive officer. The following... plus
Mental and physical relief
Over the last month, Ukraine International has run cargo flights delivering medical supplies to Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Poland and Israel. The airline operated these humanitarian relief flights using both its B737 and B767 equipment that was configured... plus
Turkish Cargo first to clinch CEIV hat trick
Turkish Cargo became the first air cargo airline to concurrently achieve all three "CEIV Pharma, CEIV Fresh and CEIV Live Animals" certifications, under the Iata CEIV (centre of excellence for independent validators) programme. Glyn Hughes, Iata global head of... plus
Hupac launches new China-Poland service
The Swiss intermodal operator continues its close cooperation with the Chinese Xian City Platform. After a first successful train between Xian and Milan (Busto Arsizio) in Italy in 2019, Hupac now connects the emerging Xian business region in Western China with Warsaw in Poland.... plus
Autonomous trucks operate at port’s terminal
Hutchison Ports Thailand has become first port operator in Thailand to pilot autonomous truck technology in its operations at Laem Chabang Port, Terminal D. The six electric Qomolo’ trucks - also known as the Q-Truck - arrived at Terminal D from Shanghai, China on 26 April.... plus
Ceva Logistics deploys automated mobile robots in Australia
As a key part of its strategy to innovate and automate, Ceva Logistics has deployed automated mobile robots (AMR) at its Australian site – Truganina – near Melbourne in Australia. In a world-first for a goods to person (GTP) implementation for the company, the introduction... plus