New "preighter" destination Shenzhen 
Lufthansa Cargo is now offering up to fourteen additional cargo flights a week from Shenzhen to Frankfurt. The first aircraft, an A330-300 from Lufthansa, took off from the Pearl River Delta city last Monday, 18 May 2020. Around 3 million respiratory masks and other medical... more
China-Europe railfreight profits from Covid-19 crisis
China-Europe freight trains have taken on part of the transportation of goods formerly shipped by air and sea, fuelling growth despite the overall downward trend amid the Covid-19 epidemic. The number of China-Europe freight trains crossing the inland port of Alashankou in... more
Emirates expands scheduled and charter operations
Last Thursday, 21 May 2020, Emirates resumed scheduled service to nine passenger destinations, offering bellyhold cargo capacity to and from Chicago, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Paris CDG, Sydney and Toronto. Simultaneously, Emirates Skycargo... more
IRU: Follow the example!
The German parliament has voted to extend the existing exemption from road tolls for clean trucks, powered by CNG, LNG and electricity, until 2023. The International Road Union (IRU) welcomed this decision for a greener road transport and now calls on all governments around... more
Pall-Ex appoints owned operations director
Pall-Ex has appointed a new owned operations director following its recent acquisition in Cranleigh, Surrey, UK. Colin Hawkins has been promoted to the newly created position and will oversee all Pall-Ex’s owned operation depots including: Cranleigh Distribution Services,... more
A year with focus on consolidation
Freja Transport & Logistics Holding increased its turnover by 7.1% from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, total turnover amounted to DKK 3.34 billion (EUR 447.8 million). The result before tax was DKK 53.7 million (EUR 7.2 million) in 2019 compared to DKK 38.1 million (EUR 5.1 million)... more
Gothenburg resilient against the trend
The Swedish Port of Gothenburg has reported its figures for Q1/2020. Container throughput showed an upswing of 8%, from 188,000 teu to 203,000, while the port authority underlined that "there have been no cancelled calls, and none are planned." The handling of... more
Container capacity in Koper to grow
The company Kolektor has won the contract for the extension of the container terminal in Koper. With its partners Grafist and Adriaing, it intends to start construction work in the summer. The extension of the Pier I involves the building of additional 98.5 m of quayside and... more
Tightening intra-African air cargo networks
While there has been a reduction in cargo capacity to, from, and within Africa since March, Astral Aviation continues to operate cargo freighters (Fokker 27, DC-9 and B727-200 + one wet-leased B747-400 freighter on the London/Liege sector) from its Nairobi hub to 13 destinations... more
Kerry Logistics helps charities in Manchester
Kerry Logistics has supported two food charities facing increased demand for help during the Covid-19 pandemic to set up delivery networks across Manchester, home of its UK headquarters. The Kerry Logistics UK team delivered groceries and ready meals for social enterprise... more