New sales director for CargoCast 
At the start of 2025 Freshta Farzam joined the start-up CargoCast. Farzam is an experienced strategy consultant and sales director and will accelerate the firm’s growth in the field of AI-driven planning and shipment forecasting. The multilingual business graduate, who speaks... more
ONE launches rail/sea connections
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has opened two new services to route export/import cargo via the Balmer Lawrie CFS in Kolkata, utilising rail services to connect with mainline vessels at the port of Nhava Sheva (India). The links have been designed primarily for customers in Kolkata... more
ECMC cranes for precise sub-sea handling
Seaonics has secured its largest-ever contract to supply five ECMC gangways and five ECMC 3D cranes for a series of offshore walk-to-work newbuilds being constructed at Vard’s yard in Vietnam. The systems, featuring advanced motion compensation and a 30 m outreach, ensure... more
Keeping cool with CO2
CO2 refrigeration systems are part of a Singaporean cold chain company’s innovations in energy-efficient storage that simultaneously also reduces health and fire risks. Cold Chain Refrigeration is expanding by incorporating CO2 (R-744) technology into its operations, which has a... more
Kinaxia fortifies senior team
Kinaxia Logistics has begun 2025 on the front foot, appointing Gareth Jenkins to its senior team and unveiling investment plans to drive forward its transformation strategy. Gareth Jenkins (pictured) has extensive experience in the manufacturing and retail sectors, and is the... more
Aquaculture and whales
Two months after announcing the development of 1.1 sqkm dedicated zone for aquaculture and related industries the Kezad Group, from Abu-Dhabi, and Flying Whales, a French-Canadian aeronautical company, have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding. Kezad operates... more
Extreme weather disrupts European riverine transport
TT Club has highlighted growing risks to inland waterway operations due to climate change, as evidenced by extreme weather events that severely disrupted European waterways in 2024. The Rhine suffered from flooding in Germany, interrupting cargo transport to Switzerland,... more
Transfreight now works with Palletways in Switzerland
Transfreight Germany is set to start handling shipments to and from Switzerland for Palletways Germany through the former’s centre in Kleinostheim (Germany) and its distribution facilities in Pratteln and Pfungen (both Switzerland). The family-run firm will also take charge of... more
Promoting belly capacity between Bangkok and Mumbai
The ECS Group, in the form of its subsidiary, AVS GSA Thailand, has entered into an agreement with Thai VietJet, creating improvements on the Bangkok–Mumbai route. The first shipment under this agreement was successfully transported on 21 January. The partnership allows Thai... more
Convoy delivers aid to Gaza
305 trucks carrying 6,000 t of humanitarian aid, along with eleven ambulances, departed from Cairo (Egypt) en route to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, 26 January. The lorries are loaded with medical supplies, equipment, medicines, large quantities of food and bottled drinks, milk... more