How to capture more e-commerce volumes 
Jack So (second from right), chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), visited Cainiao Smart Gateway and the retail and entertainment landmark 11 Skies to receive updates on the latest development of the two strategic facilities at Hong Kong International Airport... more
Two promotions at Hok
Hok, a global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm, has promoted Kirtan Patel and Albert Kaneshiro to regional leaders of aviation + transport for its Northeast and Southwest practices, respectively. Based in New York, Patel brings more than two decades of... more
AAT acquires Melbourne ro-ro terminal
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has agreed to sell Melbourne International Ro-Ro & Auto Terminal (Mirrat) for AUD 332.5 million (USD 220 million) to Australian Amalgamated Terminals, a subsidiary of Qube Holdings Limited. Despite the sale, Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to use... more
Asians on course; Tanger in the top 20 
Maritime container gateways in 2023. Last year the 20 largest container ports in the world handled around 388 million teu, which was 1.24% more than in 2022. According to the analysts at Upply this growth was due largely to Asian ports (and amongst them Chinese ones, to be more... more
CCCS clears acquisition
The competition and consumer commission of Singapore (“CCCS”) has cleared the proposed acquisition by ANA Holdings of 100% of the issued share capital in Nippon Cargo Airline. ANAHD is the holding company for the ANA Group headquartered in Tokyo. In Singapore, it provides... more
Port-rail service launched in Sydney
The new train, introduced by DP World, connects the Stockland’s Yennora Intermodal Terminal in the suburb of Sydney with Port Botany. The twice daily port-rail service along DP World’s own line is expected to manage an annual rail capacity of 160,000 20-ft cargo shipping... more
Building logistics partnerships in Bali
230 players in the forwarding and logistics industries came together at the Cooperative Logistics Network (Coop)’s 7th annual meeting, which was held in Bali from 23 to 25 May this year. The event was designed to enable networking and exchanges between logistics providers from... more
75% of logisticians focus on sustainability
Every second transport and logistics company currently rates the risk of suffering financial losses due to the effects of climate change as medium to high, according to a survey conducted by the Logistics Hall of Fame in partnership with Schunck Group. For this reason, three... more
Iran inaugurates a main railway link
The newly opened 270 km long stretch connects the Yazd province in the centre with the Fars province in the south of the country. It is one of the most important railway projects in Iran in the north-south railway corridor, the state-owned news agency Irna said. Freight... more
Trialling BEVs in Australia’s mines
The two mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP have joined forces to conduct tests with battery-electric haul trucks in the Pilbara, Western Australia. In the project, BHP will trial Two Cat 793 haul trucks from the second half of 2024, while Rio Tinto will test two Komatsu 930... more