Shorter transit times to Romania and Turkey 
In response to increasing demand, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is introducing a new non-stop service: containers (20 to 45 feet), swap bodies and craneable semi-trailers, including hazardous goods, now travel non-stop by rail from Genk (Belgium) via the Ruhr region in Germany to... more
The gods hold their breath
In July 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) remained stable at 126.2 points, unchanged (seasonally adjusted) from the month before. According to the... more
Finnair Cargo partners with Wisetech Global
Finnair Cargo, one of the largest air cargo carriers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, and Wisetech Global, provider of the logistics execution platform Cargowise, have joined forces to enable freight forwarders to efficiently choose, book, confirm and change shipments, in... more
A new integrated terminal at the Maasvlakte
Hutchison Ports and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the terminal branch of MSC, are working on a joint project to develop a new container terminal at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. It will be built in the Europahaven, which already houses the Hutchison Ports ECT Delta terminal... more
Chinese bird flies to Austria
At the Airpower air show which will take place tomorrow and the day after, 2 and 3 September 2022, in Zeltweg, Austria, the Chinese military transport aircraft Xian Y-20 "Kunpeng" (named after a large bird from Chinese mythology) will be seen up close for the first... more
Partnering in Pakistan
Daraz, an e-commerce platform, is planning to upgrade two distribution centres in its Pakistan network. Cainiao, the logistics branch of Alibaba Group, will oversee their automation. The distribution centres will be equipped, amongst others, with an innovative automatic assembly... more
Freight forwarding drives Kerry forward
Asia-based Kerry Logistics Network has reported the group's interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. While revenue increased by 39% year-on-year to HKD 48 billion (USD 6.12 billion), operating profit grew significantly by 74% to almost HKD 3.5 billion (USD 450... more
Shaka 2 becomes more French
CMA CGM Group will operate two out of nine vessels on the Shaka 2 service, jointly with its partner Maersk. The current rotation will remain the same: Shanghai - Ningbo - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Louis - Durban - Tanjung Pelepas - Hong Kong - Shanghai. Besides "CMA CGM... more
China's air cargo traffic soon above normal?
The online news portal Xinhua reports that the Chinese civil aviation industry transported 539,000 t of cargo and mail in July 2022, 28.3% more than in April. Liang Nan, director of the transport department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, announced these figures... more
Moving more freight off the roads
Works on the railways to move more freight onto rail and take more trucks off local roads in Melbourne’s south-east have made progress: a new freight rail line has opened in the state of Victoria. The new east-west link is part of the AUD 58 million (EUR 40 million)... more