Navia holds the Key(s) 
Melbourne-headquartered Navia Freight and Logistics company has extended its Australian network with the purchase of Perth-based company Keys Freight and Logistics. Combined, the company now has locations in four Australian cities and an expanding global footprint with... more
500,000 t of perishables by train
Indian Railways has operated 1,586 transports since the launch of the first Kisan Rail service on 7 August 2020. Until 19 November, the trains carried more than 520.000 t of fruits and vegetables across ten Indian states. Kishan Rail service was introduced by Indian Railways... more
Joint effort for green barge traffic
Jurong Island terminal, a unit placed on an island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, has seen the launch of a new eco-friendly barge service. PSA and Ocean Network Express (ONE) started barge sailings from PSA Singapore to PSA Jurong Island Terminal on... more
Train takes 24 days from Hebei to Paris
With its European partner Forwardis, which is part of French SNCF Group, Russian provider Trans Container has arranged the first dispatch of a train from China to France via Svisloch – Siemianowka crossing at the Belarus – Poland border. Fifty containers loaded with consumer... more
Singapore investment in US-American player
The New York-based private equity firm Greenbriar is selling one of its assets to PSA International, a port and terminal operator headquartered in Singapore. Based on the agreement, 100% of the shares of privately-held BDP International change hands. The transaction is... more
MOL deepens level of integration
On 30 November 2021, the Japan-headquartered shipping company MOL decided to acquire common stock of the Daiburu Corporation in Osaka and Utoc Corporations in Yokohama, respectively, through tender offers for the purpose of making both companies wholly-owned subsidiaries.... more
WFS expands at Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport has acknowledged Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) latest investment to expand its cargo handling facilities as enabling ‘future airfreight growth’ for the airport and its airline clients. WFS is the largest cargo handler in Copenhagen, supporting 31... more
Four new airline customers for Taiwan's Egac
Effective today, 1 December 2021, Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corp. (Egac) will begin providing cargo handling for United Cargo at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE). Egac is a ground handling company offering a wide range of air cargo services with experience... more
China's performance balancing world trade
The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose from 122.3 points (seasonally adjusted) to 123.3 points in October, according to the current flash estimate. The Chinese... more
Joining forces for digital trade corridor
Crimson Logic, headquartered in Singapore, has signed a MOU with the Kazakhstan logistics operator KTZ Express and IT partner Digital Silk Way (DSW) to establish a digital trade corridor. The initiative will serve the trans-Caspian international transport route, which starts... more