Drones to fly for tribal government 
The US civil aviation authority, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), through its Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) in Oklahoma City, OK, partners with the Choctaw Nation to study how unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) can best transport cargo, including parcels, at... more
Hungarian haulier secures its future
Waberer’s International has a new shareholder. The Budapest-based forwarder has completed a long-term financing agreement with the Trevelin Holding, a real estate company that belongs to the Hungarian-American Indotek Group.The agreement, announced in November 2020, sees... more
Fourth destination in Southern Germany
European Gateway Services (EGS), a transport product of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam, is opening a new connection between Rotterdam and Regensburg in Bavaria, thus adding a fourth destination after Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart (Kornwestheim) to its network in Southern... more
Amerijet: regional vaccine distribution
Amerijet has delivered Covid-19 vaccines to the Caribbean and Central America on behalf of Mumbai-based Odyssey Logistics. The shipments were a part of India's gifted AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. Tim Strauss, CEO of the first US cargo... more
Marszałek elected CEO for western Europe
Trans.eu, a platform for freight forwarding services based in Wroclaw, Poland has promoted Aleksandra Marszałek to CEO for western Europe. Since January, she has been in charge of all sales, operations and marketing processes in this region. A graduate in law and German... more
Colombo Port grants concession
The Sri Lanka government has given the green light to build a new container terminal in the country’s main port, Colombo. The West Container Terminal (WCT) will be run by companies selected by the governments of India and Japan. A similar plan was abandoned after protests... more
Changiju for Eurasian investments
Bejing-located Changjiu Logistics, an automotive logistics service provider, has bought 30% of the shares of the Polish company Adampol. The purchase price was EUR 18.3 million. Adampol, founded in 1990, is a 70% affiliate of Hyundai Glovis, a logistics unit of the South... more
Aircraft engines flown from Siberia to Western Europe
Atran Airlines and Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC), both part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, have cooperated to carry out a complex delivery of aircraft engines for Yakutia Airlines. Two Pratt & Whitney engines, PW123 for Bombardier Q-300, weighing 1,520 kg in total were... more
Setback for inland shipping in 2020
France's inland navigation industry saw a decline last year after very strong growth in 2019 (+10% with 7.4 billion tkm). In 2020, river transport recorded a decrease of -10.5% in volumes (50.9 million t transported) and -11.5% in tkm (6.6 billion tkm). Thus, the level of... more
Full speed ahead from Hong Kong to Europe
A China Railway Express (CRE) train carrying electronic products, electrical and mechanical equipment, light textiles and other goods, was despatched from Pinghu South Station in Shenzhen and left China via the Alataw Pass. The train recently arrived in Duisburg, Germany after a... more