Geneva airport receives face masks and medical equipment 
Bolloré Logistics teams in China and Switzerland worked in synergy to help establishing an air bridge between both countries to limit the spread of Covid-19. On 6 April, a B747-4 operated by Cargolux, arrived from Shanghai with 92 t of relief material on board, intended for... more
The Alliance announces more cancellations
Following the pandemic, the members of The Alliance have revised schedules for May and June. The details of the blank sailings are announced in response to lower market demand, as the shipping companies add in a press release. In detail, the services Asia and North Europe... more
SIA's first medical relief flights into Denmark
Last week, on 2 April 2020, the first of seven scheduled A350 flights of Singapore Airlines arrived at Copenhagen airport with medical relief to Scandinavia. Flight SQ 352 usually serves this route and operates with three different passenger classes. Erwin Widjaja, general... more
Booming bulk sector at Haropa's ports
During the first quarter of 2020, Haropa's port coalition (Le-Havre-Rouen-Paris) moved volumes of 20.38 million t until the end of March, down 12.8% compared to 2019. While the ports remain 100% operational, these results show the first impacts of the global slowdown, but also a... more
Kuehne + Nagel launches eShip Asia
Kuehne + Nagel has launched eShip Asia – an online logistics platform enabling Intra-Asia shippers to optimise every shipment based on the route, transit time and cost instantly. On eShip Asia, shippers are connected to 20 countries, and can instantly compare sailing schedules... more
Building an ocean-to-ocean corridor
The reduction of Chinese subsidies for rail transport between China and Europe is likely to have a drastic impact on flows and give rise to a reallocation across the routes of the New Silk Road, the latest UIC study concludes. Southern routes via Kazakhstan will be the first... more
Treasure comes home
US customs and border protection's (CBP) Baltimore field office recently repatriated seven ancient coins, dating from the Roman Empire, from several periods (81 BC through 217 AD). CBP initially encountered them in April 2009 during an inspection of air cargo that arrived from... more
Mega-long train from China crosses Latvia
This week an especially long cargo train will be transported across the Latvian rail network, continuing the cooperation between Latvian and Russian Railways, LDZ and RZD. LDZ's logistic branch is responsible for the transportation of trains in Latvia’s territory as well as the... more
Maskargo lifts innovative intubation boxes
Following an initiative called "the acrylic intubation box charity project" by a group of anaesthetist doctors at the KPJ Rawang specialist hospital in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, Maskargo has shipped 14 intubation boxes to the federal states Kota Bahru, Johor Bahru,... more
First Russian freight cars for Azerbaijan
The first Russian 25 t axle load bogies railcars, manufactured by UWC, are ready to run along Azerbaijan’s railways. Forty hopper cars designed for the transportation of grain and grain mill products will be shipped to operator Soyuzkontakt-Trans by the end of Q2 2020, while... more