MOL launches overseas delivery services from Japan
MOL’s new overseas delivery service offers to forward Japanese products to customers outside the country, whilst also offering virtual warehousing functions for tourists and residents. Dubbed ‘MOL Cart’, the service will facilitate the delivery of Japanese products from... more
Menzies expanding presence in South Asia
Menzies Aviation, a service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, has inaugurated its first global support office in Pakistan. To mark the inauguration of the new IT infrastructure and service desk there, Menzies’ group CEO, Philipp Joeinig, was joined by the Pakistani... more
Davies Turner names additional head of trade
Davies Turner, a leading UK independent forwarding group, has appointed Guillaume Bouyer as its head of strategic accounts for the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia in its ocean forwarding department. Bouyer joins a team of three other heads of trade, each focused on... more
NAV Aero and Oman Air Cargo join forces
Nav Aero, a global cargo GSSA and brokerage network, has entered into a partnership with Oman Air Cargo, a carrier recognised for its innovative airfreight solutions. This agreement enables Nav Aero to provide increased flight options, advanced scheduling flexibility and... more
Asia-Pacific to Europe tonnage fails to rebound
According to the latest weekly air cargo trends supplied by World ACD, global airfreight tonnage rose by 8% in week three of 2025. In the previous week tonnage rebounded by 29%. This means that tonnage is up to 90% of the level reported in the last week before Christmas. Average... more
Developing India’s next big port
HMM, represented by Daljoong Jeong (managing director of HMM India, right), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), represented by its chairman Unmesh Sharad Wagh (left), to collaborate on developing Vadhvan Port. Under the... more
Cargo volumes up in Singapore
A total of 1.99 million t of airfreight throughput was handled at Singapore Changi airport in 2024, surpassing 2023’s level by 14.6%. Growth was seen across all cargo categories – exports, imports and transhipments, driven by major improvements in flows between Singapore and... more
Azeri-German partnership on the Middle Corridor
The Azeri company Ady Express, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways, and the German logistician Hellmann have completed their first joint cargo transport on the Middle Corridor of the New Silk Road. The blocktrain transported 55 feu carrying mixed cargo. It departed from... more
13 years and counting as #1, thanks to three runways
Traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw robust growth in 2024, when the airport entered a new era, as it added a third runway last year. Flight movements in December rose by 12.5% to 33,550 year-on-year. Cargo throughput in December increased by 6.6% year-on-year... more
LH Cargo welcomes regional executives
Lufthansa Cargo named two executives to new positions at the beginning of this year. On 1 January Andre Schulz, previously the head of the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and CIS region, took over as the head of Europe. He’s thus been in charge of all of Lufthansa... more