New Shandong-Europe Express launched 
The new Shandong-Europe express train from Jinan in China arrived in Germany at Hamburg’s Billwerder Terminal for the first time last Thursday (30.4.2020) after a 20 day long journey. The train was loaded with 41 40-foot (feu) filled with wind turbine parts, LEDs, tools and... more
Trio launches new intra-Asian service
Tokyo-headquartered Interasia Lines is introducing a new service. The central China - Thailand - Vietnam loop (CTV) will start aroun d mid-May. The liner will deploy one vessel for this service, as will Wan Hai Lines and Sealand Maersk Asia. The port rotation on the 21 days’... more
Air Asia launches blockchain platform
Teleport, the logistics arm of the Malaysian carrier Air Asia, has launched Freightchain, marketed as "the world's first digital air cargo network run on blockchain". A shipper or freight forwarder can now instantly book and confirm any of Air Asia's 247 aircraft to... more
Bolloré Logistics to produce solar energy in Singapore
Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) has completed a solar rooftop for Bolloré Logistics’ Green Hub in Pioneer Turn, Singapore. With a capacity of nearly 1 MW, the system generates an estimated 1.3 GWh of electricity per year. Over the lifetime of the solar rooftop,... more
"Alsatian diaspora" sets up Pakistan-Lyon airlift
After freight charters from China to South Africa, Zambia and the USA, GSSA and charter specialist Airnautic, headquartered near the Basel-Mulhouse airport, is now organising a series of flights to Lyon. Thus, from today, 5 May 2020, millions of face masks produced in... more
ARTC appoints Mark Campbell as new CEO
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has welcomed Mark Campbell as its new managing director and CEO. Campbell joins the freight rail network operator from construction materials firm Holcim, where he was CEO of the company’s Australia and New Zealand divisions for eight... more
Short, medium and very long cargo options
Jazz Aviation and Air Canada will begin operating the recently approved Dash 8-400 "Simplified Package Freighter" developed by De Havilland Canada under the Air Canada Express banner. These reconfigured aircraft will carry a total of 8.1 t of cargo in the PAX cabin and... more
February 2020 already gloomy, says Drewry
British maritime consultancy Drewry reports that its global container port throughput index fell to 108 points in February 2020, 15.6% down month on month and 4.4% down year on year. The index plunged 20 points, which is the largest fall in a single month since the launch of... more
Weekly rail service China - Turkey launched
Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. In addition to shorter transit times, this route will provide wide network options connecting main locations in China and Turkey with diverse range of pre- and on carriage services. The new... more
China and Europe on an equal footing?
The current container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) shows mixed results. Overall, the seasonally adjusted index for March recorded an increase of 5.9 points to 111.2, which... more