Two promotions at Hok 

Hok, a global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm, has promoted Kirtan Patel and Albert Kaneshiro to regional leaders of aviation + transport for its Northeast and Southwest practices, respectively. Based in New York, Patel brings more than two decades of... plus
AAT acquires Melbourne ro-ro terminal 

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has agreed to sell Melbourne International Ro-Ro & Auto Terminal (Mirrat) for AUD 332.5 million (USD 220 million) to Australian Amalgamated Terminals, a subsidiary of Qube Holdings Limited. Despite the sale, Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to use... plus
L’Asie garde le cap, Tanger est 19e 

Ports à conteneurs 2023. L’année dernière, les 20 plus grands ports à conteneurs du monde ont transbordé 387,5 M. de TEU, soit 1,24% de plus qu’en 2022. Selon les analystes d’Upply, cette croissance est clairement due aux ports asiatiques, présents 15 fois dans le Top 20, et... plus
CCCS clears acquisition 

The competition and consumer commission of Singapore (“CCCS”) has cleared the proposed acquisition by ANA Holdings of 100% of the issued share capital in Nippon Cargo Airline. ANAHD is the holding company for the ANA Group headquartered in Tokyo. In Singapore, it provides... plus
Port-rail service launched in Sydney 

The new train, introduced by DP World, connects the Stockland’s Yennora Intermodal Terminal in the suburb of Sydney with Port Botany. The twice daily port-rail service along DP World’s own line is expected to manage an annual rail capacity of 160,000 20-ft cargo shipping... plus
Building logistics partnerships in Bali 

230 players in the forwarding and logistics industries came together at the Cooperative Logistics Network (Coop)’s 7th annual meeting, which was held in Bali from 23 to 25 May this year. The event was designed to enable networking and exchanges between logistics providers from... plus
75% of logisticians focus on sustainability 

Every second transport and logistics company currently rates the risk of suffering financial losses due to the effects of climate change as medium to high, according to a survey conducted by the Logistics Hall of Fame in partnership with Schunck Group. For this reason, three... plus
Iran inaugurates a main railway link 

The newly opened 270 km long stretch connects the Yazd province in the centre with the Fars province in the south of the country. It is one of the most important railway projects in Iran in the north-south railway corridor, the state-owned news agency Irna said. Freight... plus
Trialling BEVs in Australia’s mines 

The two mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP have joined forces to conduct tests with battery-electric haul trucks in the Pilbara, Western Australia. In the project, BHP will trial Two Cat 793 haul trucks from the second half of 2024, while Rio Tinto will test two Komatsu 930... plus
Another train to ship containers from China 

The Russian container transport operator Ruscon (part of Delo Group) is extending its radius from China and has launched regular import rail services from China to Moscow. Containers travel from the Xi’an railway station (Shaanxi Province) in China to Kresty in the Moscow... plus