Expanded online booking service 
With immediate effect, the booking platform Fast Track has also gone on stream at the German DUSS Terminal Munich-Riem allowing VTG customers at this terminal to go online and book single wagons (90-foot container carriers) for maritime and continental transports at any time.... more
JD Logistics grows global foot print
China-based JD Logistics has reported its interim Q2/2022 results. The company’s revenues from external customers increased by 27.7% to RMB 18.2 billion compared to Q2/2021. This division accounts for nearly 60% of total revenue for the quarter. Main commodities were FMCG, home... more
Drewry on the flow of new containers
In its latest report, "Container Census & Leasing Annual Review & Forecast 2022/23", London-based maritime research consultancy Drewry estimates that congestion across global supply chains means that containers were 15 to 20% less productive than in pre-Covid... more
Cargo still saving overall performance
Thanks to robust demand for cargo, Finnair continued operating to most of its Asian destinations in August 2022. Despite the closure of Russian airspace, most cargo figures improved year-on-year and remained close to those of July 2022. Available scheduled cargo tonne... more
Renault builds new trucks recycling facility
Increasing its focus on the circular economy, truck manufacturer Renault is setting up a used parts factory recycling plant in Vénissieux, France, where trucks will be dismantled and their parts reused. Renault Trucks has been investing in the circular economy for five... more
Afcom bets big on ASEAN region
Afcom Holdings, a professionally managed international cargo airline headquartered in Chennai (India, reiterated its commitment to the ASEAN region by taking delivery of its first aircraft - Boeing 737 freighter. Afcom has been operational since September 2021 through its... more
Coastair Group starts new chapter
Coastair Group, which is based at Liege Airport (Belgium), is opening an office in UK, Coastair Chartering, at Farnborough Airport. The new UK head office is located at The Hub, Farnborough Business Park, Hampshire, and is based in the former airport terminal and control... more
Boughty and Windfall join forces
A new partnership in UK: Boughey Distribution will work with FMCG supply chain specialist Windfall Logistics of St Albans to provide an additional service for around 100 of Boughey’s existing customers. The link with Windfall Logistics will provide the brands with a... more
First megaship docks in Algeciras
It was a first-timer in type and size. The 20,000-teu “ULCV Taurus” from Cosco Shipping recently called at the Total Terminal International Algeciras for the first time, the largest company containership to dock at the Spanish terminal so far. The ship is deployed on the AEU3... more
Dual leadership for Allgaier
The globally operating family-owned company Allgaier has appointed Frank Weber as a second managing director. The company will thus be led by a dual management in the future. Weber has many years of experience in the transport and logistics industry. He began his career as... more