Dachser Turkey: an urgent shipment to Abidjan 
At the end of last year, Dachser Turkey’s air & sea logistics team operated a charter flight from Turkey to West Africa. The task was to transport an urgent, high-volume shipment from Turkey to the Ivory Coast. Dachser’s team in Hamburg, which knew the customer and its... more
Sudden ebb in used container ship market 
What was good in the past can be bad today. The once vibrating market of second-hand container vessels slowed down in the course of 2022. Over the year, sales and purchase levels were only half as high as in 2021, according to Alphaliner's latest global survey. In 2022,... more
Dnata launches its operations in Zanzibar
Global air and travel services provider Dnata has launched its operations at Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) with its partners Emirates Leisure Retail and Segap, a joint venture between airport infrastructure and operations specialists Egis and private... more
Aero Africa appoints Issa Baluch
Aero Africa air cargo management group has appointed chairman Issa Baluch as a non-executive advisory board member. Baluch is credited with pioneering multimodal sea/air transport via UAE into Africa and other regions and was founder and CEO of Swift Freight International, which... more
Container flows on a positive note?
In December 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) surged to 124.3 points from the 121.9 points (seasonally adjusted) registered the month before, according to... more
Airlink resumes South Africa–Madagascar air link
After having been suspended for almost three years, the South African carrier Airlink is restarting scheduled services between Johannesburg and Antananarivo (photo) from today, 30 January 2023. CEO and managing director Rodger Foster: "As the designated South African... more
Traversing the Horn of Africa again
After a 30-year disruption, air traffic control services over Somalia and the surrounding region were operationally restored on 26 January 2023. Some of the region’s busiest airways - linking the African subcontinent south of Ethiopia with the Middle East and Indian... more
Ashanti Airlines wins tender for new Ghanaian airline
The UK based investment fund Zotus Group and the Ghanaian carrier Ashanti Airlines are working together to create a pan-African aviation hub in Accra. The government of Ghana has confirmed that it has awarded Ashanti Airlines and its operational and financial partner t he... more
First 1,200 HP loco for Congo-Ocean Railways
The Belgium mechanical engineering group John Cockerill has delivered the first of four shunting locomotives to Congo-Ocean Railways (CFCO) in Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo). The vehicles were designed and manufactured in John Cockerill’s factory in Seraing (Belgium). This... more
2M ends - in predisposed obedience?
Maersk has published a press release saying that the alliance 2M is set to end in January 2025, speaking of "a thorough evaluation process" and a mutual agreement with its partner MSC. Besides wishing to minimise possible disruptions caused by the termination of the... more