Forces unite along China-Europe-China rail route 
Russia and Uzbekistan intends to cooperate in the railway sector due to a 2% increase in foreign trade freight traffic between the two countries in 2018. The overall tonnage amounted to 6.8 million t that year. Some 63% of transit containers were hauled by Russian Railways... more
Garbe Industrial Real Estate expands logistics location
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is expanding its location in Witten (Germany). A logistics centre with a 22,000 sqm hall is currently being built on an almost 75,000 sqm tract of land in the Brauckstrasse industrial estate. Completion is scheduled for October 2019. The... more
New president for pilot services on the Seine
Laurent Letty has been appointed president of the River Seine pilot station. Letty, the previous vice-president, replaces Catherine Cornu, whose three-year term of office expired. François Cadoret has been chosen for the post of vice-president/secretary general of the French... more
PIA to resume Tokyo service
Starting tomorrow (30 May 2019), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is resuming the Islamabad - Beijing - Tokyo-Narita route. The carrier had suspended the extension between Beijing and Tokyo in February. The twice weekly service will deploy a widebody aircraft... more
New inland shipping services in Serbia
Austria-based provider Cargo-partner has been providing a new inland navigation service in Serbia since December 2018. The new service includes transport solutions for bulk cargo, project cargo, oversized and heavy cargo and liquid cargo. In addition to short sea shipping in... more
More trains due to expanded multimodal partnership
P.O. Scandex is expanding its multimodal transport offering on the France-Benelux-Scandinavia route by increasing its commitment to the trains operated by CFL multimodal. P.Ø Scandex now uses the Lyon - Bettembourg connection on a daily basis, as well as the connections to Ghent... more
Welcome for assistant minister for freight transport
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has congratulated Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his decision to incorporate freight transport as a specific responsibility in his revamped ministerial line-up. “The PM is sending an important message to our industry and to the wider... more
Extension in Carinthia completed
Gebrüder Weiss has successfully completed a fourth extension scheme, costing around EUR 5 million, at its location in Maria Saal, near Klagenfurt (Austria). Work on the project began in June 2018. Two additional logistics halls covering 2,300 sqm, 750 sqm of new office space... more
Decline continues at Asian cargo airports
The preliminary traffic figures for April released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed further contracting air cargo volumes, following disruptions to global supply chains amid heightened trade tensions, particularly between the USA and China. Air cargo... more
Danish carrier reducing Med network
Maersk Line recently reviewed its current network and as a result reduced the number of Mediterranean ports that it calls at directly with mother vessels that are deployed on Far East-Europe service. Maersk Line has decided not to offer Malta a direct call from the Far... more