Rail innovation arrives in West Africa 
In Abidjan, Sitrail has taken delivery a new tamping-levelling-lining machine worth 2 billion CFA francs (more than EUR 3 million) for maintenance on the railway between Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. This innovation, designed by Plasser & Theurer in Austria and... more
Benno Hägler promoted to COO of M+R Spedag
Benno Hägler has been appointed COO Switzerland of M+R Spedag Group and M+R Spedag Horizon. He has led the sales department for the last few years and now, as COO, he will also oversee the continent, overseas and customs business units, reporting directly to the group CEO.... more
Guardians set for change 
Restraint practiced by cartel authorities could soon come to an end. The cycle of mergers and acquisitions is continuing in the logistics industry. GXO wants to finalise its purchase of Clipper Logistics in the UK by the end of this year. Antitrust authorities’s green lights... more
A new connection on the Red Sea
P&O Maritime Logistics and Unifeeder are joining forces in the Middle East region. This is the first time P&O Maritime Logistics will be trading in the Red Sea with containers on a liner basis between Port of Jeddah and Port Sudan. The partners are establishing this... more
Analysts expect seafreight volumes to fall
Copenhagen-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence sees reasons to assume that the demand-led spikes seen during the pandemic that propelled container shipping to record earnings might be over. Sea-Intelligence has gone over the numbers on supply and demand from February... more
Monrovia more digital
A digitisation project is underway in the Free Port of Monrovia in Liberia to implement new tools to improve supply chain efficiency by paperless customs clearance processes and more efficient terminal operations. Over the past year, APM Terminals Liberia introduced online... more
Recovering relatively well
Chinese ports provide global economy with renewed impetus. Although the overall situation concerning congestion has eased somewhat, all that glitters still isn’t gold in Chinese ports. Although volumes are rising, especially in exports, the figures from before the shutdowns... more
Hutchison Ports banks on Egypt
The Egyptian government and Hutchison Ports recently enhanced their cooperation by initialling agreements for two new concessions to operate container terminals in Ain Sokhna Port and El Dekheila Port. Marking the event, an initialling ceremony was hosted by Mostafa Madbouly,... more
More rail services in Southern Africa
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Botswana Rail (BR) have agreed to cooperate to improve inter-trade between the two countries. The initiatives will give landlocked Botswana an easier and more efficient access to South African ports. The entities will collaborate to fix parts... more
Air cargo tonnages and rates both declining
Global air cargo flown tonnages and prices continued their gradual decline in the first two weeks of August after volumes staged a brief and partial recovery in the second half of July, as the latest figures published by World ACD Market Data show. Looking at week 32... more