ECS and Qatar Airways Cargo extend partnership 
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Wexco, which joined ECS Group a year ago, as its general sales agent (GSA) in Australia, where the Middle Eastern airline is operating 30 weekly passenger and freighters flights to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Through the... more
New liner service from Singapore
Australia's major privately owned shipping company, Sea Swift, has launched its new Dampier-Singapore liner shipping service, due to start in December 2020. The shipping company appointed the Gulf Agency Company (GAC) as carrier agent. A dedicated 99 m vessel – the “Karratha... more
ESR's strategy in Asia
ESR Cayman, a major logistics real estate platform focused on China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and India, has published its five-year vision roadmap and targets around ESG (environmental, social and governance) performance. The group has set out a clear vision... more
CDB Aviation to start freighter conversion
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. has formed a new partnership with Germany-based EFW to conduct the passenger-to-freighter conversion of two A330-300 aircraft in 2021, which will be available for lease to airline... more
Booming trans-Tasman airfreight system
DHL Express has launched a new direct freighter service connecting Melbourne, Auckland and Christchurch, five nights a week, providing a further 19 t of freight capacity for the trade flows between both countries. New Zealand is Australia's third largest major export... more
Container index climax
The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) showed a robust improvement in October, rising from (corrected) 119.6 to 122.6 points, an all-time high. The leap forward was... more
Change in Iata's leadership
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has announced that its director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac (right, together with Glyn Hughes, who will leave its position as Iata’s global head of cargo in January 2021), will step down from his role at the association... more
Beacon goes Hong Kong
The British company Beacon is expanding into Asia. Besides doubling the size of its team, the digital freight forwarder has launched its first physical presence in Asia by opening a new office in Hong Kong. Since March, Beacon’s headcount has increased from 35 to 75, while... more
Tiffa and Kale for paperless
Tiffa EDI Services and Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale) have joined hands to promote paperless trade in maritime sector of Thailand through their integrated and comprehensive port community system (PCS). The integrated platform enables the SME players in the value chain to... more
eTIR advances in Central Asia
A significant step has been made towards transport digitalisation with the first eTIR pilot movements between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the International Road Union (IRU) said. Trucks from Tashkent (Uzbekistan) carrying household electrical items crossed the border into... more