Etihad Cargo sets new revenue record 
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, achieved record revenue growth 49% in 2021 with a 27% year-on-year increase in freight carried, contributing towards 55% of the group’s revenue. “The Etihad Cargo team has worked more closely than ever with... more
Four Parx picks Eileen Teichmann
Four Parx, a project developer specialising in innovative and sustainable commercial and logistics space, has chosen its innovation manager Eileen Teichmann to head the property management division. Teichmann’s responsibilities include planning, controlling, reporting and... more
More connections to Sardinia
A focus on Sardinia: Grimaldi is launching its new Savona-Porto Torres maritime connection in April 2022, with the ro-pax vessel “Zeus Palace” being deployed on the route. From 11 April until 1 July 2022 and then again from 19 September to 31 December 2022, the new route... more
New combined road-rail service in East Africa
MSC has introduced its first intermodal service in Ethiopia. The new solution combines road and rail transport between Djibouti and Ethiopia and facilitates smooth imports and exports out of landlocked Ethiopia. Imports can be trucked from Djibouti to Addis Ababa or Modjo in... more
Teleport goes live on Webcargo this month
Teleport, the logistics venture of Capital A (formerly Air Asia Group), will soon go live on Webcargo, enabling easier and faster digital access to Teleport’s fleet capacity to over 3,000 global freight forwarders around the world. Since 2020, Teleport has built up a... more
Maersk appoints Aruna Hussain
Maersk has named Aruna Hussain as managing director of Sealand – A Maersk Company, Europe & Med. She started her career at Maersk in 2000, where she worked in liner and trade roles in Pakistan and UK before moving to Damco in Pakistan. After several years with Maersk,... more
Decision on LNG Terminal in Brunsbüttel
In Germany, the long dispute on the location of the planned LNG Terminal seems to have come to an end. Gasunie and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) (on behalf of the German federal government) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to take the project into a... more
Planning to test electric mining truck
Teck and Meda Tech will begin piloting a fully electric on-highway transport truck to haul copper concentrate in Canada in summer 2022. The start of the trial will mark the first use of a battery-electric truck to transport this raw material worldwide, the two companies said.... more
Timar's AEO for customs handling approved
At the beginning of 2022, the Moroccan provider of international transport and logistics services obtained the status of authorised economic operator (AEO) in customs categorised security/safety for its international transport and transit activities. This categorisation,... more