New locomotives for phosphate haulage in Tunisia 
The Tunisian National Railway Company (SNCFT) has received ten new locomotives from their US manufacturer Progress Rail. They are the first batch of 20 locomotives that will be acquired for hauling phosphates. The remaining ten units will be delivered later this year. SNCFT... more
Stability in western Med
Marseille Airport handled 56700 t of freight in 2018, 1% more than in 2017. The increase demonstrated Marseille’s position as the leading regional airport for express freight at home in France and in the Western Mediterranean. Sources in southern France said that “thanks to... more
10% more airfreight in Indian Ocean
A month before Air Cargo Africa, which is taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 19 - 21 February, the airport that serves Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean, reported that it had noted a double digit increase in its airfreight volume in 2018. In... more
Switzerland and Zambia sign aviation agreement
Following an air services agreement signed with the UK just before Christmas (see ITJ 01-04/2019 out today), the Swiss Federal councillor Ignazio Cassis signed an air services agreement this week in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, with the country's acting minister of transport... more
Booking land, air and sea freight in the blink of an eye
DB Schenker customers can now book freight shipments online regardless of the transport mode via the company’s new Connect digital platform. Every customer can obtain access to the German service provider’s international transport network at the click of a mouse. DB Schenker... more
Icao looks back on "moderate" 2018
After the sharp pick-up in airfreight growth during the inventory restocking period in 2017, air cargo traffic growth moderated in 2018. That coincided with the softening demand drivers impacted by trade tension and declining import and export orders. Preliminary figures... more