Is Hong Kong's cargo growth sustainable? 
In March, cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world’s largest hub in that aviation traffic category, recorded year-on-year growth of 0.2% to 432,000 t. Exports saw an 11% increase, making the biggest contribution to cargo growth. Amongst key... more
Imperial Logistics augments its digital warehouse platform
Sharehouse – the digital warehouse platform launched by Imperial Logistics at the beginning of 2018 – has added two new functions to its portal, to make the process of finding or letting storage space even easier for users. Visitors to the Sharehouse site can now request... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The US has the largest population of tigers, as more live there in captivity than in the wild throughout the rest of the world. more
Fiata seeks new director general
The international federation of freight forwarders associations (Fiata) is seeking a new director general with a proposed placement in Geneva to lead its secretariat and interface with its members in the international freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain management... more
Linked more to time than place
Finnair Cargo’s ‘Cool Nordic Cargo Hub’ is one of the most modern airfreight terminals worldwide. It was inaugurated in 2017 (see page 13 of ITJ 1-4 / 2018) – one of the years with the fastest growth in the firm’s history. Fredrik Wildtgrube described the extent to which the... more
Heavy transport provider opts for sustainable fuel
Iveco has delivered the very first low-floor LNG-fuelled vehicles to Arcese. Following the agreement with its strategic partner, the Italian forwarder put four new LNG-fuelled Iveco Stralis NP 460 trucks into service this month, April 2019. The goal is to test the... more
Aeroterm to deepen Fedex footprint in Miami
Miami-Dade County in Florida has agreed that Aeroterm, one of the three main divisions of the US real estate operator Realterm, can expand its air cargo facility at Miami international airport (MIA). Aeroterm holds a ground lease at MIA and leases the facility to Fedex Express.... more
Tripartite MoU to enhance autonomous navigation
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ST Engineering Electronics, an information communications technologies provider and co-creator of Smart City Solutions, and Mitsui & Co, the second largest trading house in Japan. The partners will... more
C.H. Robinson reinforces IT team in Poland
C.H. Robinson plans to recruit more than 100 IT professionals by the end of 2020 in order to enhance its technology and global solutions and provide better services to customers and carriers across Europe and around the world. The US company’s team in Warsaw will also be... more
GAC inaugurates office in Montrose
GAC UK has opened its 20th branch at the historic port of Montrose on the east coast of Scotland, just seven months after welcoming its 19th office at nearby Dundee. Established in 1493, the port of Montrose is known as the “gateway to the North Sea” and is now a thriving... more