"Luna Rossa" ready to compete 
After the second ship, with which the Italian challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team will compete in the next America's Cup, landed in Auckland (New Zealand) on 5 October 2020, all participants –title holder Emirates Team New Zealand, Ineos Team UK as well as American Magic... more
New chairman and CEO for Yang Ming
The Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has elected Cheng Cheng-Mount to succeed Hsieh Chih-Chien as its chairman and CEO with effect from 1 October 2020. Cheng Cheng-Mount was the chief economist at Citibank Taiwan, the president of the Academy... more
Further boost for express China rail service to UK
With China’s Golden Week holiday in full swing, the ongoing issues affecting ocean freight container imports into the UK from the Far East is making forwarder Davies Turner’s overland service more attractive. “Schedule disruption, ongoing delays in vessel discharge, loading... more
Joint depot company founded in Port Klang
Yang Ming Marine has jointly set up a joint venture depot company named Jambatan Merah Formosa Depot at Port Klang, Malaysia, in cooperation with the Taiwan Foundation International and Malaysian investors. The opening ceremony was held on 1 October 2020. The new company... more
Transporting human albumin in times of Covid-19
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) recently organised a dedicated pharma charter flight from Leipzig (Germany) to Guangzhou (China) through Novosibirsk (Russia). The airline's partner Kuehne + Nagel delivered 19 ULD from Vienna (Austria) to Leipzig with over 500,000 vials of human... more
Female logistics leaders are rated higher
According to a survey of over 1,800 supply chain professionals undertaken by the organisational development company Novosensus based in Singapore, women, while only representing 13% of senior leaders in logistics, score higher on six out of seven leadership competencies than... more
Indian Register celebrates 10 years in IACS
This year, the Indian Register of Shipping (IR Class) marks ten years of full membership of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). Having been an associate member since 1991, IR Class became a full member in 2010 and has actively participated and... more
Sri Lankan's Spark Air in the starting block
Exactly one month ago, on 8 September 2020, Spark Air applied to the Sri Lankan government for an air operator's certificate (AOC) and an operator's licence (OL) amid plans to launch flights in February 2021. In an interview with national media, Spark Air's head of safety... more
Rail transport in Russia becomes cheaper
Russian Railways (RZD) has introduced decreasing coefficients for tariffs on a number of items. The move is designed to attract additional volumes of freight to rail. The discounts regard the transportation of ferrous metals, scrap metal, pipes, chemical products and containers,... more
JV for storage in Indonesia
A letter of intent (LOI) to set up a joint venture company has been inked by Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri), a major Indonesian petrochemical company, and the tank storage company Royal Vopak (Vopak). The collaboration aims at the construction of a new jetty... more