Le grand show 
L’Iata World Cargo Symposium prévu en mars 2020 à Istanbul a une nouvelle fois été reporté, ce qui n’a pas empêché Turkish Cargo d’introduire un nouveau format de manifestation. Les «Cargo Talks» du 10 février ont porté sur des thèmes brûlants de l’actualité. plus
Three GSA's to bring back business 
Following the recent lifting of the airspace ban by its Arabian neighbours, Qatar Airways has re-installed flights to Egypt (Alexandria and Cairo), Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Riyadh) and the UAE (Abu Dhabi and Dubai). Effective 21 February 2021, Qatar Airways Cargo will... plus
Lithuanian haulier places mega order
Girteka Logistics is investing in no less than 2,000 of the latest generation Volvo FH trucks. The haulier, based in Lithuania, has 15,000 truck drivers and 8,000 trucks, operating a vast network in Europe and Russia. Girteka Logistics sees the mega investment as a logical... plus
BER stays healthy
Representatives of the operator of the German capital's Berlin-Brandenburg airport (BER) gave the Air Cargo Club Deutschland (ACD) an overview of the airport's first 100 days of operation. They said that the airport had already proven its high level of performance and... plus
DRS cleans up UK’s civil nuclear sites
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is joining forces with its fellow NDA transport subsidiaries to create Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), launching in April 2021. NTS will be a centre of excellence that underpins nuclear transport and logistics operations. It will operate DRS and... plus
Shippers go to the barricades
Shippers recently found strong words for situation of the shipping market and the lack of mechanisms to resolve it. Denis Choumert, chairman of Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA) and the European Shippers’ Council, spoke of "immense impairments" and sufferings of... plus
Britannia P&I launches "B Korea"
Tomorrow, 20 February 2021, Britannia P&I will officially launch B Korea P&I Correspondent as its exclusive correspondents in Korea. B Korea will replace P&I Bros and be based in a new office located at the Seoul Finance Centre, Jung-gu, Seoul. It will be headed... plus
500 daily transports going digital
Steel manufacturer Thyssen Krupp Europe, founded as a group in 1998, intends to expand its cooperation with the logistics platform Tramsporeon. The company will join the Transporeon network and assign more than 500 steel transports daily via the platform. The cooperation,... plus
US airlines increase freight volumes abroad
Completing the data analysed on p. 13 of today's ITJ 09-10/2021, US airlines carried 1,854,000 t of cargo in December 2020 (preliminary), which is 17% more than in December 2019. The rise was fuelled by gains of 16% in domestic cargo and 20% in international cargo, according... plus
Regular Asia-Americas service
The Singapore-based AAL Shipping (AAL) has decided to commit to one sailing per month between Asia and the Americas in 2021. With last year's experience of carrying a much broader portfolio of cargoes into Central America, United States Gulf of Mexico (USG), and the United... plus