Freezing in Thailand 
Bangkok Cold Storage Service (BCS), a K Line affiliate, and K LINE Container Service (KSCT) are setting up new warehouses in the Bang Na district near Bangkok in Thailand. Currently, BCS is operating two freezing and refrigerating warehouses in the Thepharak and the Bang Na... more
Unctad optimistic for 2021
In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2021", Unctad made it clear that despite the anti-pandemic measures, volumes in fell less dramatically in the course of 2020 than formerly expected: "The shock in the first half of 2020 caused maritime trade... more
Unilode assists Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has appointed Unilode Aviation Solutions to service and repair its ULD fleet under a three-year agreement. The global provider of outsourced ULD management and repair services will overhaul Turkish Cargo’s standard and heavy-duty pallets, pallet nets, cargo and... more
A. Hartrodt: takeover in Australia
A. Hartrodt's Australian subsidiary recently acquired the OTS Group in Melbourne. Overseas Transport Systems (OTS) includes OTS Australia (OTSA) and OTS Plus (OTSP). They will now form a separate division of A. Hartrodt Australia. At this stage, the independent brand will remain... more
Carbon-neutral block train en route to China
A 41-wagon block train set off on Monday, 16 November 2021 on a three-week journey from Dunajska Strada Slovakia to Xi’an China on the New Silk Road. It is Gefco’s first carbon-neutral train. The company will offset the 250 t of CO2 generated from this door-to-door service by... more
China Straits Service to run before year's end
Besides its Gulf China Service (GCS) to be launched on 23 November, Pacific International Lines (PIL) is also introducing a new weekly direct loop connecting key ports in China, Singapore and West Malaysia. The China Straits Service (CSS) will set sail on 18 December 2021 from... more
More capacity for temperature-controlled goods
P&O Ferrymasters has expanded its fleet of reefers - refrigerated trailers - to enable more customers to benefit from the end-to-end logistics company's expertise in solving supply chain challenges for temperature-controlled goods. The 25 new specialist trailers are being... more
DHL Express expands capacity to Asia
International express service provider DHL Express has expanded its airfreight capacity to cater to rising demand within Asia and between Asia Pacific and USA. An A B737-400SF operated by K-Mile Asia now offers six weekly flights between Hong Kong and Bangkok. Air Hong Kong... more
High rates well into 2024?
Starting out from the China Containerized Freight Index, the Copenhagen-based shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has defined five periods each of sustained rate decreases and of sustained rate increases, specially the average percentage point drop per week over the full... more
Hegele Healthcare in Singapore
Simon Hegele Healthcare Solutions is establishing a presence in Singapore to offer on-the-spot maintenance services for OEMS of large medical devices for customers in the Asean region. In order to further expand its business in the Asia Pacific market, Simon Hegele will base... more