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
Transporting 50 t of whey to China
RZD Logistics (RZDL) operates multimodal transports with its Agroexpress service. Now the subsidiary of the Russian railways has expanded its network and carried 50 t of dried milk products for Kosmos, a major producer of agricultural products, from the Russian republic of... more
Two for cyber security at sea
Bureau Veritas (BV) and insurance consultancy Bessé are teaming up to improve protection against cyber-attacks in the maritime sector. This partnership will be key to help shipowners comply with IMO and IACS requirements. BV has developed a set of rules (NR 659) which make... more
First participation pays off
Few days before exhibiting at this week's Dubai Airshow (DAS), a step which the company itself calls "a historic first", Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Aviation Group signed an agreement with London-based lessor World Star Aviation to convert ten B737-800 passenger... more
Two shunting locomotives ordered
In Russia, Sinara will supply Gazpromtrans with two diesel locomotives of the TEM9 and TEM14 series. The delivery is scheduled for later this year. TEM9 is an 882 kW diesel locomotive with electric transmission and independent wheelset drive, designed for shunting operations... more