50 years of air cargo expertise 
ACI Air Cargo and Atlantis Transportation Services are celebrating half a century of air cargo solutions with further service expansions coming up. Atlantis has been operating in the North American airfreight market since 1974, establishing Canada’s first reliable... more
Glencar to build Brummie base
Glencar is embarking on a new development at Catalyst Industrial Park, Birmingham, where it has been contracted by Aviva Investors to build four logistics units ranging from 2,090 sqm to 5,969 sqm. Fit with a steel portal frame design, 50KN/M2 floor loading and dock loading as... more
Faster trade links for Iraq
Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT), a multi-purpose cargo facility at the Port of Umm Qasr in Iraq, welcomed the maiden call of the RCL West India-Gulf (RWG) service in October 2024. Operated by Regional Container Line (RCL) and Bengal Tiger Line (BTL), this service enhances trade... more
TT Club: change of leadership in Singapore
After five years as chief executive for TT Club and having led Thomas Miller’s Singapore operations for 15 years, Yiah Soon (YS) Ng (left) has announced his retirement. As chief executive, he is succeeded by Kamel Tlili (right), TT Club’s regional general manager Asia Pacific,... more
Shift to e-truck saves 30 t of CO2
LKW Walter recently switched to an electrically powered truck to transport beverages for Coca-Cola Austria. The move from diesel to electric drive has reduced CO2 emissions by around 29,600 kg for 24,600 km driven. The first joint e-truck operates within Austria between the... more
Britannia Group: handing over the baton
The Britannia Group has appointed Egied Verbeeck as the new non-executive chair of its boards and members' representative committee with effect from 1 January 2025. He has been a director of the Britannia Group since May 2018 and has a wealth of marine expertise, with over 13... more
Lake Kivu study explores CNG for vessels
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting has delivered a market analysis and pre-feasibility study on switching to compressed natural gas (CNG) for vessels on Lake Kivu (Rwanda) and regional transport vehicles, as part of a collaboration with the Central Corridor Transit Transport... more
Indian port gets another rail service
The Indian transport specialist Gateway Distriparks has launched a container train service to Kandla Port, Gujarat, connecting all five of its inland container depots (ICDs) to the harbour on India’s west coast. The new service features double-stack operations and optimised... more
Röhlig's Thai trajectory
Röhlig is opening a 16,000 sqm hub at Thailand’s Laem Chabang Port, thus unlocking logistics capacities close to the country’s manufacturing zones and shipping routes. As part of its collaboration with an electrical goods manufacturer, the logistics provider has developed a... more
Challenge Group’s first flights to Nairobi
Challenge Group launched its inaugural flights to Nairobi on 2 December. From now on, a B767 freighter aircraft will fly to Kenya’s capital on Mondays and Thursdays. According to the company's press release, this aircraft can store up to 52 t of goods and a volume of 400 cbm.... more