Changi tests autonomous baggage tractor 
Since February 2022, the Changi Airport Terminal 5 Specialised Systems (T5SS) team has been carrying out trials to automate the driving of baggage tractors. Working with Aurrigo, an international provider of airport transport technology, the Indonesian T5SS team has explored... more
Deadmonton? No way! 
A Canadian airport after an eventful (freight) year. Edmonton, the ‘Oil Capital of Canada, has some less flattering nicknames too. In any case, as far as the city airport’s cargo activities are concerned, the past year was far from dead. Foundations for further growth were put... more
Antonov Airlines: grateful and resilient
Today, one year after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Dmytro Prosvirin, commercial director of Antonov Airlines, gave us an exclusive interview which appears in full in our next issue, ITJ 11-12/2023 of 3 March. Prosvirin said that he was grateful... more
Hybrid cranes to save diesel in rail yards
Union Pacific (UP) has finalised contracts to purchase and test four hybrid cranes for use in its intermodal yards in USA. The first crane is expected to be operational this autumn. The cranes will operate on batteries, but when the battery packs are low, the diesel... more
The first out of ten sisters
A naming ceremony for the “ZIM Sammy Ofer” recently took place at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The 15,000 teu vessel is the first out of ten newbuilds ordered in a long-term chartering agreement between ZIM and Seaspan Corporation. The ship is named... more
Expeditors feeling the freeze
Expeditors International, founded in 1979 and based in Seattle, has announced its financial results for Q4/2022 and the full year. In FY/2022, revenues increased by 3% to USD 17.01 billion (2021: USD 16.5 billion), while operating income fell moderately by 1% to USD 1.82 billion... more
Chinese cross-border movements normalising
The International Transport Union (IRU) reports that TIR transports have started again now that China has lifted its Covid-19 measures and gradually resumed normal operations for international goods movements. Five Kyrgyz TIR trucks carrying e-commerce goods departed from... more
Dachser picks M'Hamed Chraibi
Dachser has appointed M'Hamed Chraibi as regional managing director Maghreb. Chraibi assumed his new position on 1 January 2023, joining the French management board. Chraibi came to Dachser Morocco in 2011 as domestic transport manager in Mohammedia and was later promoted to... more
A joint effort to design a long-haul reefer
The Rotterdam-based Unit 45, a company specialising in the design, construction, financing and delivery of 45ft pallet-wide containers, has developed a new diesel-electric reefer in collaboration with the Belgian company H.Essers. The new reefer was designed with a 900 litre... more