60 million truck kilometres covered in three months 
Russian FTL trucking company Globaltruck operated a total of 1,366 trucks in Q1/2020, 3.2% down from the same period last year. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 1.1% and reached 61.2 million km versus 60.5 million km in Q1/2019. Average monthly distance per... more
Toowoomba's big points
Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB), the home of Queensland’s only dedicated B747-8F international freighter service, operated by Cathay Pacific Cargo, attracts cargo-only passenger aircraft services. After Cathay Pacific's arrival with a B777 widebody last Sunday, 14 June... more
Novel passenger transport system takes to the skies
The Max Bögl group has sent the first two-section vehicle of the Transport System Bögl with one of the world’s largest transport aircraft to its place of operation in China. This is the next milestone for the finalisation of the demonstration track in Chengdu. The novel... more
Ash Sinha leaves Ports Australia
Ports Australia bids long-serving policy and operations director Ash Sinha farewell. Sinha has been part of the Ports Australia team since early 2016. He has been integral to bringing the personnel of Australia’s ports sector together under the Ports Australia banner. Ports... more
Car parts from Wuhan arrive in France
Automotive logistics provider Gefco has transported 500 t of car parts from Wuhan to France. The parts were delivered on one of the first trains that were dispatched from the Chinese city after the lockdown was lifted. The train with the 41 loaded containers travelled... more
Artifact from Iran intercepted at US airport
Exactly one month ago, on 19 May 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville, KY inspected a shipment from the UK, containing an antique amber glass bottle purporting to be from the 9th-10th century. An expertise revealed that the bottle was actually... more
Global supply chain project on the horizon
The e-PI-centre project to make supply chains more resilient is underway. Under the coordination of Port of Antwerp, a consortium of 36 partners representing ports, forwarders, cargo owners, logistics providers, knowledge institutes and technology firms officially launched the... more
New vessel for MSCL's strategic service
A new 8,200 dwt multi-purpose cargo vessel is being built for Mauritius Shipping Corporation (MSCL) at the Huanghai Shipyard in China. The order was placed with Wärtsilä in April 2020. Reliability was cited as a major factor, since the vessel will provide essential... more
Michael Johnsen to join Arpin's global leadership team
Arpin International Group has appointed Michael Johnsen, its vice-president Asia-Pacific Region, to its global leadership team. Johnsen will continue to serve in his present role and will take on the additional duties of the global leadership team immediately. The team’s... more
Very international charter operation
The Hong-Kong-based U-Freight Group chartered a reconfigured Russian passenger aircraft to airfreight over 2,000 cartons of urgently needed PPE from China to the USA. The client, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of quality laboratory equipment and... more