Supplies for Haiti's children looted 
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, armed groups have looted one of Unicef's containers at the city's main port, compromising critical health supplies for children and mothers, including resuscitators and early childhood development equipment. This incident exacerbates the already dire... more
Nippon certified for Taiwan operations
The Taiwan food and drug administration has awarded Nippon Express with a certification for its cosmetics operations in Taoyuan. The good manufacturing practices (GMP) certificate means that the quality and safety of the company’s cosmetics manufacturing meet the standards... more
Ship/rail links for paper and agricultural goods
Delo-Group closed two deals at the recent Trans-Russia exhibition. The first contract, signed with the Arkhangelsk pulp and paper mill, involves shipping containers with pulp and paper products through Russian ports and then by rail via the Russian terrestrial border crossings... more
Poste Air Cargo renews its trust
Atitech and Poste Air Cargo, the Italian cargo airline of the Poste Italiane Group, have signed an agreement for the next 30 months on the maintenance of all the B737-400 freighters operated by the airline. "This is the consolidation of a ten-year partnership,"... more
Cargospot showcases its APIs to drive innovation
Champ Cargosystems has backed Iata's biannual "ONE Record Hackathon" in Shenzhen (China), which was designed to encourage problem-solving, creativity and the technical abilities of all participants. As part of its sponsorship, the IT logistics software services... more
Air-sea solution cuts transit times
The new service, launched by Kerry Logistics Network (KLN), links eight European countries with destinations in Australia and New Zealand. The air-sea combination creates an alternative that is three time faster than sea freight and 50% cheaper than airfreight on the same lanes.... more
"FEDeRATED" - pioneering logistics transformation
After five years of collaboration, the EU-funded "FEDeRATED" project – a EU member state driven initiative to establish a federated network of platforms for data sharing in the freight transport and logistics sectors, has finally come to a key step. The official final... more
Montreal improves port’s rail access
The Canadian government will invest up to CAD 16.75 million (EUR 11.4 million) for a project at the Port of Montréal which will add a fourth track on the Pie-IX railway bridge and build a storage area. These upgrades, including the fourth track, involve fitting a further 500 m... more
When global warming cools down, dry bulk heats up
In his latest analysis, Mikkel Nordberg, Veson Nautical's senior shipping economist, says that decarbonisation efforts are expected to result in a net increase of 26 million t and 237 billion tonne-miles for the dry bulk shipping industry from 2023 to 2026. The expansion of... more