Still rough times at sea 
Women and minority groups are still particularly exposed to bullying and harassment at sea. This fact is confirmed in a survey conducted out by Cecilia Österman and Magnus Boström of the Kalmar Maritime Academy of Linnaeus University. More than half of all women seafarers state... more
Next step for Eurasian land bridge
Container services on the China-Western Europe route are flourishing, and a new connection from Wuhan to Germany has come on stream. Commissioned by Bahnoperator and Trans Container, and in cooperation with Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT), a subsidiary of Global Ports Group,... more
Ceva adds more land-based services
Ceva has launched numerous cross-border services connecting European, Middle Eastern and Asian markets, including a block train linking Vietnam and Europe via China. The logistics provider also handles container consolidation and trucking services to the Vietnam rail terminal.... more
Real estate portfolio in China changes hands
In cooperation with a global institutional investor, Hong Kong-based ESR Cayman, an APAC-focused real estate investor, has completed the acquisition of a logistics and industrial portfolio in Greater Shanghai. It represents eleven completed logistics and industrial assets... more
Maritime trade back to pre-pandemic levels
In 2021, international maritime trade recovered to pre-pandemic levels and reached 12 billion t transported, corresponding to approximately 1,5 t per inhabitant of the earth. According to the latest weekly report by analyst Clarksons, international trade by sea in 2021 grew by... more
First transport under unified CIM/SMGS rules
Note Trans Container has launched its first international multimodal service shipping cargo from China to Germany under a unified CIM/SMGS consignment note. The test shipment was performed recently. As part of the second shipment, Trans Container arranged the transport of 50... more
Seven trucks added to Asian fleet
Geodis has taken delivery of seven Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units. The leased vehicles will complement the haulier's fleet in the Asia-Pacific Region. The haulier has added service destinations in Vietnam to its network of full and partial load services linking Singapore... more
Strategic appointments at DHL Supply Chain
Contract logistics provider DHL Supply Chain (DSC), which belongs to Deutsche Post DHL Group, has made changes in its leadership team in Asia Pacific. Effective 15 February 2022, Jérôme Gillet, currently CEO Singapore cluster, DSC, has been named CEO Japan and Korea cluster.... more
Normalisation on the seas within sight?
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence has analysed the emerging endemic Covid period and, since there is no historical precedent fully describing this situation, compared it to the period of the US West Coast labour dispute of early 2015, which led to major... more