Growing intermodal options within Asean region 
Nippon Express has conducted railfreight transport trials between Kuala Lumpur and Padang Besar in Malaysia using trains running on Malaysian rail lines. The aim is to establish cross-border railfreight forwarding services linking up points within the Asean region, the group... plus
ACS: new leadership team for Greater China region
Air Charter Service has restructured its operations across the Asia-Pacific region, the first phase being the creation of a Greater China region with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai offices. The helm will be shared by industry experts James Royds-Jones and Wanny Wu.... plus
Sal’s future-ready deck carriers
Sal Heavy Lift is expanding its fleet with two cutting-edge semi-submersible deck carriers, the ‘Zhong Ren 121’ and the ‘Zhong Ren 122,’ in partnership with Shanghai Salvage (China). These vessels, scheduled for delivery between December 2023 and February 2024 in Shanghai,... plus
Kerry expands UK project team
The Kerry Logistics Network (KLN) has appointed industry veteran Keith Sinclair as its UK industrial projects director, to increase its share in the growing UK energy project market. The new role, based in Aberdeen (Scotland), strengthens Kerry’s team of project cargo experts.... plus
Further China–Laos rail service inaugurated
A freight train loaded with fruit and rubber from Southeast Asia was ceremonially dispatched from Kunming (Yunnan province, China) on Sunday, 8 October. It will arrive in Shanghai after a journey of around 82 hours. It links the China-Laos Railway and the Shanghai-Kunming... plus
From Total Energies to KPI Ocean Connect
Global marine energy solutions provider KPI OceanConnect solutions provider has appointed Melvin Lum as commercial director for its global accounts team in Singapore. He will replace Thomas Lee, who was recently promoted to head of Apac in a management restructure within KPI... plus
Une escale dans le nord 
Nouveau site pour les transhipments sur la voie maritime du nord? Promouvoir la voie maritime du nord fait partie depuis longtemps de la stratégie russe. Certains carriers, par ex. CMA CGM et Hapag-Lloyd, ont déjà refusé cette alternative. La Russie force pourtant la création de... plus
Step by step to greener heavy load transports
The government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has approved a policy for heavy road and railfreight transport that will reduce the sector’s carbon footprint. The first step will see a two-year trial to give extra-mass zero-emissions heavy vehicles, which weigh... plus
A freight train as fast as a high-speed passenger train
Russian Railways (RZD) and Russian Post have started a trial to test an express container train service to the port of Novorossiysk. The first train left Vorsino, south of Moscow, on 1 October, and arrived in Novorossiysk on the Black Sea coast a day later. The express train... plus
MOL joins Tokyo Bay ESG project
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has joined the ‘Tokyo Bay ESG Priority Project’ for 2023 with its ‘Wind Hunter Project’, a zero-emissions vessel initiative incorporating wind power and hydrogen. This project is in line with the Tokyo metropolitan government’s vision of a... plus