Making an old line new 
More than ten years ago Turkey, Iran and Pakistan initiated a joint project for a seamless container train linking the three countries. The undertaking was shelved in the interim. Now there’s life in the old lines yet, as the Iranian Railways’ Ali Abdollahi told the ITJ. more
20 candles for rolling highway 
Rolling highway (rola) trains set off on the Freiburg (Germany) – Novara (Italy) route for the first time on 11 July 2001. As a pioneering user of the 4-m Simplon intermodal corridor, Swiss Rola operator RAlpin has since then shifted over 1.7 million heavy goods vehicles from... more
Qatar Airways Cargo: more Webcargo options
Starting today, 30 June 2021, Qatar Airways Cargo is introducing Webcargo by Freightos in Europe (excluding Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia). Forwarders will be able to conduct eBookings with access to live rates and available capacity on Webcargo.... more
SAL changes CEO
Air cargo handler Saudi Logistics Services (SAL), which operates at all of Saudi Arabia’s airports, has appointed Eng. Hesham bin Abdulla Alhussayen as CEO, replacing Omar Hariri, who will move to Saudi Ports Authority as CEO, effective 1 July 2021. The new CEO brings over... more
Carbon neutral air cargo
It is an encounter of the third kind: IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group, and freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel have completed a chain of 16 charter flights from Stuttgart to Atlanta - the first ones to be carbon neutral. The key was to secure 1.2... more
Ore export railway opened
The African SMB-Winning Consortium, Africa, which specialises in bauxite production, has inaugurated a new 125 km railway line in Guinea. Connecting important storage towns between Boké to Boffa with the river port of Dapilon, the new link will now transport ore destined for... more
New player in Ukrainian waters
Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd is opening a new office in Ukraine. Bordering on the northern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the country is the second largest in Europe and lies between the European Union and Russia. The new office will be in the Ukrainian... more
Kenya Airways returns to Milan
After an absence of over 30 years, Kenya Airways returns to Milan today, 30 June 2021. Until 30 September, the East African airline will offer two flights a week between its Nairobi hub and MXP. They will be operated with B787-8, which have almost 125 cbm of underfloor space for... more
New tenant in the north
Germany-based online furniture retailer riess-ambiente.de is relocating its headquarters and warehousing. With the gradual move into the Logistik Park Hamburg Nord (Kaltenkirchen/Nützen), which is part of the Panattoni portfolio, from August 2021, it will finally have approx.... more
Marketing expert for southwest France
Synergy, the rail operator of the Hutchison Ports group Hutchison Logistics, recently appointed marketing expert Alberto Jiménez to its commercial department, in keeping with its commitment to promote integral logistics services on the Bayonne-Noáin-Barcelona axis between France... more