Vessel traffic service to take off in Antwerp 
The Port of Antwerp has launched a new shipping guidance system called Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) to improve safety and environmental protection on the increasingly busy Scheldt River and at the Antwerp docks. VTS provides information and advice on both ship navigation... more
A double dose to Mexico 
Geodis expanded its end-to-end air cargo solutions across the entire globe once the outbreak of Covid-19 reached pandemic proportions. In March its ‘air direct Mexico’ service, operational since November 2019, saw another Chinese destination added. more
Ready as a RACSF
In Hong Kong, Icao began its enhancement of international standards on air cargo security on 1 January 2020, and the fourth and final stage starts today, 1 March 2021. The Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group says that it is well placed to assist shippers as one of the first... more
Fully electric trucks arrive in Switzerland
With the delivery of three Fuso eCanter trucks to Camion Transport, Switzerland opens a new chapter in eco-friendly logistics. The brand is the world’s first fully electric truck to be developed for serial production. More than 200 vehicles are currently in daily service in the... more
UK railways: big rise in container capacity
UK’s infrastructure manager Network Rail finished the GBP 17 million Southampton freight train lengthening project with a series of improvements on the freight lines between Southampton Central and Redbridge. The improvements unlock more capacity at the country’s second busiest... more
Çelebi's Korkmazoğlu to chair ASA
Airport Services Association (ASA), an international trade association of independent ground and cargo handling companies, has elected Atilla Korkmazoğlu, president ground handling & cargo (EMEA) of Çelebi Aviation Holding, as its new chairman. ASA currently represents 1.6... more
World trade growing again
In January 2020, the container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) registered a moderate surge in world trade and container... more
Second of three new routes takes off today
DSV is introducing three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents. After a weekly direct route from Luxembourg to São Paulo GRU adding 100 t of capacity between Europe and Brazil since 21 February 2021, the global logistics provider is launching today, 1 March, a... more
Monitoring weather to prevent costly flight disruption
"eWAS Pilot", which was developed by Sita, a global specialist in air transport communications and information technology, monitors weather conditions to help reduce costs due to weather-related flight disruption. Already used by 50,000 pilots worldwide, it... more
Pilferers report for 2020
The annual cargo theft report 2020, compiled by TT Club and BSI, shows that theft of cargo in transit is still the most frequent crime, although uts 71% share of the total is below the 2019 level (87%). Losses from warehouses and other storage facilities increased to 25%.... more