China trains boost trade through the port of Duisburg 
Duisport, the port of Duisburg (Germany), is intensifying its cooperation with the Chinese city of Chongqing. The port’s administration and the Chinese company YuXinOu have signed an agreement to that effect. YuXinOu organises railfreight services to and from Chongqing.... more
All Nippon Airlines concludes eventful fiscal year
All Nippon Airlines (ANA), the Japanese carrier that celebrated the take-over of its first A380 in March, published its results for the financial year which ended on 31 March 2019. Although there was a fourth quarter drop in demand for cargo from China, performance in... more
World container throughput recovers, says RWI/ISL
According to current flash estimates, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose to 136.9 in March, thus offsetting, at least in part, the sharp drop to 134.5 reported in... more
Air Charter Service strengthens board of directors
Air Charter Service has appointed Richard Carrick as a non-executive director to the company’s group board. Justin Bowman, ACS’s Group CEO, commented: “We are looking at our growth over the coming years – by expanding our global network of offices, by investing in technology -... more
Bolloré Logistics to apply Cargo Wise One globally
Bolloré Logistics has signed a strategic agreement with logistics solutions group Wise Tech Global to roll out the Cargo Wise One integrated logistics solutions platform globally as of May 2019. With Cargo Wise One, which is used in 130 countries, logistics service providers... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman. The Carribbean island was discovered by the French after they were shipwrecked on the island. They arrived on 13 December, which is the feast day of Saint Lucy – therefore they named it Saint Lucia. more
Canadian carrier enhances its intermodal activities
Canada-based Bison Transport has acquired all of the assets of the container on flat car intermodal operations (COFC) of Celadon, a company based in Indianapolis (IN, USA). The acquisition includes operating personnel, drivers, customers and supplier relationships. It... more
A key regional hub
Qatar wants to expand its maritime and logistics capacities and attract international investors to the region – not only with a view to the 2022 football World Cup. Christian Doepgen spoke to QFZA representative and head of logistics Helmut Kaspers. more
Network lauds international partners
The German general cargo network Cargoline named its three best international Cargoline partners of the year for the seventh time at its recent European meeting in Dublin. The transport and logistics service provider Rotra Forwarding from Doesburg (Netherlands) took first... more
40 years of Transland
Transland Spedition is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The logistics service provider started off with three employees in Dillenburg (Germany) in 1979.It first focused on the export of goods to Ireland. Now the company, which has belonged to the Zufall logistics group since... more