Qatar Airways Cargo: an all-women crew 
Qatar Airways Cargo celebrated a landmark flight on Sunday, 5 March 2023, as its scheduled Boeing 777 freighter from Doha to Shanghai was operated entirely of a crew of made up of women. From the ground staff overseeing and handling the cargo to the flight deck crew... more
Dachser opens offices in South East Asia
The new locations in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam are already in service and strengthen Dachser's position in the region to serve growing customer demands, especially from the electronics, and fashion and sports industries. Chiang Mai is Dachser's fourth... more
First Australasian carrier for Cargo Ai
Air New Zealand Cargo's capacity is now live on Cargo Ai’s digital marketplace "Cargomart". This is the first Australasian carrier that the Singapore-based airfreight digital enabler has been able to welcome to its platform. Air NZ Cargo will be offering its capacity... more
HPC puts Indian terminals through their paces
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) has carried out a technical due diligence assessment for Hapag-Lloyd as a basis for investment in a share of J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited (JMBPL). The participation involves twelve port terminal & logistic facilities in India,... more
Air Asia's Teleport returns to China
The resumption of Air Asia’s flights into China marks the return of belly cargo space in China for Teleport, the logistics venture of Capital A (formerly known as Air Asia Group). With Air Asia being the largest foreign carrier operating in China by capacity today, this... more
Qantas announces changes at the helm
The Qantas Group is reorganising its group management committee. Andrew David, CEO of Qantas domestic and international, will retire in September 2023. The role of CEO of Qantas domestic and international (which was combined during Covid), will be again split into two... more
CNC launches NTX1
The new NTX1 service created by CNC, an Intra-Asia short sea specialist based in Singapore, will set sail today, 13 March 2023. With this addition, the CMA CGM brand aims to offer one of the fastest transit times between three ports of Korea, two in Thailand and one in... more
Record cargo volumes for South Central Railway
India’s South Central Railway’s freight performance continues its upward trend. As of 8 March 2023, SCR scaled a new peak by achieving cumulative freight loading of 122.628 t. The current year’s volumes are 12% above the same period last year. According to SCR, the network... more
Rotor sails for MOL and Vale's bulk
The Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) and the Brazilian mining company Vale International, (Vale) have announced a new environmental initiative. Together, they plan to retrofit a 200,000 t class bulk carrier with rotor sails produced by the Finnish company... more
Seko Logistics appoints Alfred Hofmann
Global logistics provider Seko Logistics has appointed Alfred Hofmann as senior vice president, global ocean freight. In this role, he will lead Seko’s global ocean freight team in advancing and executing division and overall company strategies. Hofmann joins Seko after a... more