Regular weekly train connects Russia and China 
Russia-based Fesco has expanded its network of overland export routes and launched a regular container train from Krasnoyarsk (Russia) to Beijing (China) via the Grodekovo (Primorsky Krai) / Sunfeihe (China) border check point. The route is served on a weekly basis. The... more
Starting to service B737NG in Siberia
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM), provider of MRO services for foreign-made aircraft in Russia, has received the approval of the Bermuda civil aviation authority for B737NG maintenance at Krasnoyarsk airport (KJA, Russia). Due to this expansion, VDTM engineering personnel... more
Back to a rise in trade volumes in 2019?
According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose to 138.5 in May. Furthermore, the figure for April was revised from 134.7 to 137.4 – an... more
Streetscooter management gains new COO
On 1 July, Markus Doerr will assume the newly created position of COO at Streetscooter, a Deutsche Post subsidiary and manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles. As a new member of the senior management team, he will be responsible for production, procurement and quality at... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The first country to show a flying saucer on its postage stamp was Equatorial Guinea in 1975. more
Agility plans to invest in Togo
President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo was joined by former British prime minister Tony Blair to talk about economic development at the Togo-UK investment summit in London. Gnassingbé made his pitch to investors while announcing a new deal for a logistics hub in Lomé, after... more
From China to Turkey by truck in just 19 days
Russian transport operator D-Trans has arrived in Turkey having completed a TIR transport from China using a new route through Russia. The entire TIR transport from Shanghai (China) to Istanbul (Turkey) covered over 13,000 km, taking 19 days in total and encountering no issues... more
Preparing for rise in railfreight traffic
The Teutoburger Wald Eisenbahn (TWE) in Gütersloh (Germany) will upgrade its track system on five sections on its 50 km railfreight route between Versmold and Hövelhof. The German national government and the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia will support the innovation... more
First frozen whole Malaysian durians flown to China
After changing its regulations, which before permitted Malaysian durians to be imported only in pulp or paste form, China has allowed Maskargo to fly frozen whole durian fruits, which are also known as stinky fruits, to Shanghai. A first shipment of 4 t arrived last week at PVG... more
American Club reports "good start into 2019"
The American Club made solid progress in many areas in 2018 and started 2019 on an encouraging note. Tonnage growth in 2018 was similar to that of the previous year. P&I entries increased by about 8% and those for FD&D by approximately 6%. While year-on-year premium had... more