Funding and a CEO for Elroy Air 
Elroy Air, a leader in middle-mile aerial autonomous logistics, has appointed Andrew Clare as the new chief executive officer to lead the company in its next phase of scaling the company’s hybrid-electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (hVTOL), the ‘Chaparral’. Elroy... more
CO2 avoidance and reduction certificates launched
The certificates, introduced by Etihad Rail in the UAE, quantify and validate the carbon savings businesses achieve by choosing rail over alternative transport modes, directly contributing to the UAE’s decarbonisation goals. It is the region’s first-ever ‘CO2 Emission Avoidance... more
Cargo volumes up in Singapore
A total of 1.99 million t of airfreight throughput was handled at Singapore Changi airport in 2024, surpassing 2023’s level by 14.6%. Growth was seen across all cargo categories – exports, imports and transhipments, driven by major improvements in flows between Singapore and... more
Digitalising manual e-mail processes
The ECS Group and CargoAi have begun a strategic collaboration, integrating CargoAi’s ‘CargoCoPilot’ API into the ECS Group’s operations to digitalise the handling of rate requests and quotations. The solution leverages generative AI to automate manual e-mail processing,... more
New barge route eases Moerdijk–Ruhr road congestion
On 3 February WEC Lines, in partnership with A2B-online, Tailwind Shipping Lines and the Danser Group, is launching a barge service between Moerdijk’s Combined Cargo Terminal (CCT) and the Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT). The link will be served by the ‘Tranquilo’ and will... more
Bifa 2024 – And the winners are...
Host James Cracknell OBE welcomed a record-breaking audience of over 550 attendees to the British International Freight Association’s 2024 ‘Freight Service Awards’. Bifa director general Steve Parker extended heartfelt congratulations to the winners and finalists, highlighting... more
Strategic partnership for automated customs processes
Akanea, a French provider of supply chain software solutions, and Informatique 2000, a Geneva-based process automation specialist, have announced a strategic collaboration effort to offer innovative solutions to automate customs processes. The aim is to simplify and automate... more
Dry-ice logistics with an H2 lorry
The industrial gases company Nippon Gases and its transport partner, the liquid bulk specialist Hoyer, already embarked on the path to sustainable transport solutions in the industrial gases sector in Germany with natural gas-powered transport vehicles five years ago. Now the... more
Azeri-German partnership on the Middle Corridor
The Azeri company Ady Express, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways, and the German logistician Hellmann have completed their first joint cargo transport on the Middle Corridor of the New Silk Road. The blocktrain transported 55 feu carrying mixed cargo. It departed from... more
Common ground for expo logistics
WCA World launched its newest network on 21 January, providing a platform for events and expo logistics activities. The ‘WCA Live Events & Expo Network’ is open to any logistics company with top-notch events expertise, be it for the FIFA World Cup, for example, or... more