MNG maintains ties with Champ Cargosystems 
MNG Airlines Cargo has renewed its cooperation with Champ Cargosystems for its cargo community service "Traxon cargoHUB". Using the product since twelve years, the Turkish carrier has been assisted with its digitalisation efforts, expanded its eAWB penetration, and... more
Rocking air cargo near Chicago
For Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), the year 2020 ended with the largest year-to-date landed cargo weight in the organisation’s history, growing by more than 15% to 1.225 million t of freight that landed and travelled through RFD compared to 2019. The leading... more
Port of Basel resilient in 2020
In the Swiss Rhine ports, goods throughput in 2020 fell by 15.5% compared to 2019. After 2018 with its low water levels, 2019 was a strong year, regaining lost ground and increasing its throughput by an impressive 30%. Therefore, all things considered, the pandemic year 2020... more
Track to “Titanium Valley” under construction
Russian Railways (RZD) has started the construction of railway infrastructure to support the “Titanium Valley” special economic zone in Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Russian Urals federal district. The building and installation works have been organised simultaneously at two... more
Dachser restructures regional management
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of managing director ASL Europe, Middle East and Africa... more
Air cargo information for freight forwarders
Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments aims to facilitate the transport of vaccines, by... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
From January to November 2020, German imports of carnival and entertainment goods fell by 23.2% compared to the same period in 2019. Most of these products (72.5%) came from China. more
Border checks: IRU fears severe damage
In response to Germany's new entry regulations, the Austrian federal state of Tyrol began to control and throttle road haulage traffic already on the Brenner Pass on Sunday, 14 February 2021. This measure is intended to avoid a gridlock in the Inn valley. Because of the... more
Bolstering Saudi Arabia's logistics
Saudi Logistics Company SAL, the logistic arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with King Abdullah Economic City, 100 km North of Jeddah, to provide support to both logistics sectors in the Kingdom and KAEC. The partnership focuses on... more
Mordhorst switches within Marcura
The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions for the global maritime industry, reports that Hans-Christian Mordhorst has been appointed as the group’s chief commercial officer and non-executive chairman of its flagship company,... more