ZIM changes its Asia-Pacific service in the North West 
ZIM has updated its Asia-Pacific North West product with effect from April 2020. The ZP8 (ZIM Pacific Procyon) will then call the following ports: Nansha – Yantian – Shanghai – Busan – Yokohama – Prince Rupert - Vancouver. Thus, the ZP8 rotation will include ports in... more
Family reunion at Ifchor
The Lausanne (Switzerland)-based shipbroker Ifchor has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Giovanni Ravano as joint chief executive alongside Emanuele Ravano. Giovanni Ravano is an experienced shipping professional, having served for the past 20 years in various... more
Conveyor system for automotive supplier
Dematic will automate a new logistics centre for ZKW Lichtsysteme, an automotive supplier. At its headquarters in Wieselburg (Austria), ZKW is building a new property for production supplies, as the existing storage facilities are no longer sufficient. In order to make the... more
Air India to add belly capacity to Saudi Arabia
From Sunday, 16 February 2020, Air India is adding a Calicut – Jeddah service, as the Star Alliance member schedules two weekly flights operated by B747-400 aircraft. The Indian flag carrier reserves 14.1 t of the 55.6 t of the total capacity payload for cargo shipments.... more
UWC receives gold award for best IP department
The Russian United Wagon Company (UWC) received the gold award for the best intellectual property (IP) department: Russia & Central and Eastern Europe 2020 at the third international innovation & IP forum and awards in Paris this year. The major achievements and... more
Fifteen new vehicles for meat deliveries
Wetralog has added fifteen premium freezer boxes manufactured by Kögel Trailer to its fleet. The international food forwarder is in charge of all logistics services for the Westfleisch group and specialises in empties logistics, the transport of live animals and deliveries... more
Celtic Freight forced to close down
For 23 years, the South African transport company Celtic Freight offered primarily road haulage services between South Africa and Zambia. Now this once-thriving business has come to the end. The company had to cease trading, because it could no longer guarantee the safety of its... more
The port of Rotterdam moved sideways in 2019
The port of Rotterdam handled the same amount of freight in 2019 as the year before. Freight throughput remained practically on the same level with 469.4 million t. Following a good start in the first six months of 2019, growth in container transhipment was almost negligible... more
EUR 20 million for Shippeo
The start-up Shippeo has successfully closed a EUR 20 million series B financing round. NGP Capital and ETF Partners, with participation from Bpifrance Digital Venture and Partech, are the biggest investors. Shippeo provides forecasts and real-time visibility for goods... more
Africa's global leadership in drone operations
Stressing the importance of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations to sustainable development, ICAO highlighted the significance of Africa’s global leadership in this area during last week’s African drone forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The event was convened in light of the... more