Second TIR hub opens in western China 
The new TIR facility is based in in Urumqi, western China, a key transit city along the Belt and Road route. It is managed by the Xinjiang international land port and will further open up ‘door-to-door’ corridors for international road haulage and trade, in both directions.... more
Qantas Freight: new aircraft and more capacity
From today, 26 August 2024, the Australian airline Qantas will launch new freighter services from Australia to Hong Kong, as well as to New Zealand, using its A321P2F and A332P2F aircraft. Two return services will run from Sydney to Hong Kong per week, complemented by a... more
Equal opportunities for railfreight
In a two-pager memorandum, the Belgian railfreight carrier Lineas has outlined the key strategies and actions that are required to improve the competitiveness of the railfreight sector and promote the shift from road to rail. In addition to infrastructure investments and the... more
More than a ripple
Ripple Operations, a maritime software company formed by the merger of New Orleans-based Marine CFO and Vancouver-based Marine Learning Systems (MLS), has acquired Adonis HR, a Norwegian family-owned provider of crew management and payroll software solutions for the maritime... more
AD Ports Group advances smart port digitalisation
AD Ports Group's new white paper, "Digitalisation for Enhanced Efficiency: Leveraging Data for Smart Ports," explores how emerging technologies like IoT, AI, and blockchain are transforming traditional port operations into smart ports. The text provides an analysis... more
Duties on Chinese BEVs
The European Commission is set to impose countervailing duties on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China. This draft decision is based on comments received on a previous proposal published in July. As of now, the definitive findings disclose an adjustment of the proposed... more
Qatar Airways Cargo partners with Cargoflash
Qatar Airways Cargo has selected Octoloop by Cargo Flash as its digital cargo booking platform via its wallet services from India, starting with Delhi and Mumbai. With an emphasis on seamless digital cargo bookings, Octoloop offers an array of features tailored to meet the... more
Synergies in Copenhagen
Spliethoff and Biglift, both members of the Spliethoff Group, a shipping company headquartered in Amsterdam, continue to pool their strengths and integrate their representative offices worldwide. Joining the combined forces in the USA, the UK, China and Japan, a new office... more
ONE launches BT2 service for Black Sea market
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the launch of the Black Sea Turkey Service 2 (BT2), a new offering connecting Istanbul, Turkey to Poti, Georgia, and Constanza, Romania. This weekly service aims to enhance ONE's network in the Black Sea region, providing a faster... more
A focus on pharma logistics
The Global Pharma Logistics Summit (GPLS) saw its seventh edition unfold in Mumbai, India. This time, the focus lay on resilient supply chains within the pharmaceutical industry. The event brought together major players from companies such as Thermo Fischer Scientific, Reliance... more