Banking on East Africa 
New service linking India, UAE, Kenya, Tanzania. Three shipping lines have one eye clearly focused on expected growth of 8% for East African economies. They are set to cooperate on a joint service that will connect India and the United Arab Emirates to Kenya and Tanzania. more
Parcels and ULDs for its birthday
ITA Airways Cargo chooses its first digital distribution channel. Just over a year ago, on 15 October 2021, ITA Airways took over the mantle of Italian flag carrier from Alitalia. The pandemic of the time didn’t exactly make it an ideal moment to take off in the passenger... more
A big eye and boxes
The Rivergate system identifies containers on inland vessels. Digitalisation has reached new levels in inland shipping too. Duisport has teamed up with its technology partners to equip cranes with cameras that work together to automate the handling of cargo at the terminal and... more
Master plan through to 2053
Turkey at the turning point of orientation towards the global economy and logistics? ‘Driving by sight’ is well-known as the policy of many Western states and companies. The confidence and optimism of many Turkish players sets them apart from this approach. Christian Doepgen... more
Forging heavylift transport solutions
Interested parties made bids for the new Goldhofer FT series at Bauma 2022. The manufacturers of transport solutions for heavy road haulage have to anticipate any demands the markets might come up with. Thus the Goldhofer group of companies, which originated from Bavaria and... more
Bringing it all together for a project
The market for crane selection and use remains complex – MyCrane will continue to simplify matters. All-rounders who know all about heavylift cranes have to know the industry, the customers and the technology well. Piet Kraaijeveld can offer this, having worked in Europe, Canada... more
18 airports connected by domestic RFS 
Singapore Airlines has extended its cargo partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the UK with a new contract for domestic road feeder services (RFS) connecting regional offline airports. WFS has provided cargo handling for the airline in the UK since 2015,... more
Another India-West Med connection
The Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is about to start a new direct India–Middle East-West Med service, connecting India to the Western Mediterranean. Transit times from Mundra will see vessels reach Genoa in 19 days and Valencia in 23; Nhava Sheva to... more
Dachser sets its course for freight
Dachser is setting the course for the future of its business unit ‘Air & Sea Logistics’ (ASL) through a long-term succession plan. On 1 January 2024, Dr Tobias Burger (on the left) will succeed Edoardo Podestà as ASL COO and as a member of the executive board. Burger is a... more
Port of Brisbane performing well
In October the Australian port of Brisbane witnessed strong growth in its container streams, handling around 143,000 teu, a rise of 13% compared to October 2021. The increase was due to higher import as well as export volumes, namely 67,000 teu of containerised imports (+12.3%)... more