China–Laos rail service cuts transit time 
Its the first international forwarder to use the brand-new China–Laos railway: DHL Global forwarding is launching a two-way railfreight service between Kunming (China) and Vientiane (Laos). The rail service is the first of its kind on the market, shortening transit time... more
Kangaroo returns to India
Qantas international flights from Melbourne are taking off again today, 6 December 2021, for the first time in 20 months after the pandemic grounded international travel. The national carrier will recommence scheduled international flights from Melbourne today with flight QF35... more
Conqueror’s tenth anniversary
Conqueror Freight Network, the largest exclusive freight forwarders network in the world, celebrated its tenth anniversary special at its second virtual meeting. Conqueror was launched back in 2011 as an exclusive network for freight forwarders. The network started off with... more
New network for truck-mounted forklifts
Elvis Teilladungssystem is adding standardised deliveries by truck-mounted forklift to its portfolio as from 1 January 2022. Fifty partners, who together have more than 800 truck-mounted forklifts, have already joined the new network. All transports including part-loads are... more
Yang Ming’s growing capacities
The shipping company Yang Ming, founded in 1972, started operating the ‘YM Together’, a newly-built 11,000 teu container vessel chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha and built by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The ship will be deployed in Yang Ming’s PN3 trans-Pacific operation... more
Los Angeles: an almost genuine treasure hoard
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport had a successful Fiscal Year 2021 (1 October 2020 – 30 September 2021). The number of trade enforcement seizures increased by 24% and the overall value of these seizures increased... more
HGK Shipping picks Susanne Kluthe
Susanne Kluthe has been appointed head of human resources at HGK Shipping. In this central function, she is responsible for all overarching human resources activities of the country organisations in Europe. In her professional career, Kluthe has held a wide variety of management... more
Mena Cargo Airlines partners with Unilode
Mena Cargo Airlines, a dedicated full-service cargo airline of Mena Aerospace Enterprises, has signed a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply, management and repair agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions, the market leader in outsourced ULD management and repair services.... more
Déjà vu: danger zone Gulf of Guinea
The European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) is one of the maritime organisations concerned about the surge of piracy attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. The latest incident, in South Nigeria, which involved a suspected pirate vessel and the Danish frigate ‘Esben Snare’... more
500,000 t of perishables by train
Indian Railways has operated 1,586 transports since the launch of the first Kisan Rail service on 7 August 2020. Until 19 November, the trains carried more than 520.000 t of fruits and vegetables across ten Indian states. Kishan Rail service was introduced by Indian Railways... more