Tecon Suape’s ESG commitment 
Tecon Suape, a business unit of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) located in Brazil’s Suape port and industrial complex, has attained carbon-neutral certification in compliance with Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas standards (ABNT) for greenhouse gas... more
Growing intermodal options within Asean region
Nippon Express has conducted railfreight transport trials between Kuala Lumpur and Padang Besar in Malaysia using trains running on Malaysian rail lines. The aim is to establish cross-border railfreight forwarding services linking up points within the Asean region, the group... more
Unsworth next to integrate Pledge carbon tracking
Unsworth has integrated Pledge’s carbon emissions measurement platform with its freight management app, Pathway, to add an accredited logistics carbon accounting functionality to the UK freight forwarder’s portfolio. The new functionality enables Unsworth and its customers... more
Support for reopening of Doncaster airport
Plans to reopen Doncaster Sheffield airport received a boost recently when Ros Jones, the mayor of Doncaster, and her cabinet of the City of Doncaster Council (CDC) expressed unanimous support for the project. The CDC cabinet has supported a wide range of work that is underway... more
ACS: new leadership team for Greater China region
Air Charter Service has restructured its operations across the Asia-Pacific region, the first phase being the creation of a Greater China region with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai offices. The helm will be shared by industry experts James Royds-Jones and Wanny Wu.... more
Deugro expanding in Poland
Deugro, a specialised project forwarder, has expanded its presence by opening a branch in Gdynia (Poland), as part of its growth strategy for the Polish market. The branch will offer project forwarding and logistics solutions to local and global clients from various industries,... more
530 km completed without charging
The Mercedes-Benz battery electric eActros 600 for long-distance haulage has finished a test run across the Alps. The prototype vehicle, which had been loaded up to 40 t, completed a journey from Stuttgart (Germany) to Bolzano in South Tyrol (Italy) via the steep rise to the... more
US Customs to use AI in supply chain visibility
“Artificial intelligence is essential to achieving greater levels of operational efficiency, accuracy, and transparency within customs brokerage”, says Nisarg Mehta, CTO and co-founder of the intelligent logistics platform Raft in a speech at the Northern Border Customs Brokers... more
Almost like an aeroplane 
Converted express trains shuttle between England and Scotland. Two British companies, the time-critical freight forwarder Carousel Logistics and Varamis Rail, a company that says it is the “first British provider of all-electric high-speed freight trains,” are launching an... more