HMM shortly before friendly takeover 
As from April 2020, the South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will be operating the "HMM Algeciras", the largest container vessel worldwide. This will ring in the next round of the programme to maximise ships. This ULCV will have a nominal... more
Hutchison Port appoints non-executive director
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) has appointed Fong Chi Wai Alex as independent non-executive director. Fong replaces Kevin Anthony Westley who has retired from the board. Canning Fok, chairman of the board, said: “We are pleased to welcome Fong to the board; he... more
Korean Air starts double service to Budapest
Starting from today, 21 February 2020, Korean Air will commence a new scheduled cargo flight from Incheon (Seoul) to Budapest and Frankfurt, deploying a B777F twice a week. With the sharp boost of air cargo demand to Hungary due to the import for mobile devices from China and... more
New hopper car model certified
Russian manufacturer UWC has received RC FRT certification for two models of six-axle articulated hopper cars running on 25 t axle load bogies. The rolling stock’s increased loading capacity and load per unit length bring additional economic benefits while maintaining standard... more
Siemens supports the expansion of Kumming Airport
Siemens Logistics has received an order to supply baggage handling and sorting technology for the Terminal 1 extension at Kunming Changshui International Airport in China. The order includes delivery of a highly developed early bag store (EBS) and the latest generation of the... more
Rhenus plans a new business site in Kazakhstan
The Rhenus Group plans to expand its activities in Kazakhstan by establishing a business site and container depot in the industrial city of Karaganda. “Kazakhstan is the second-most important country in terms of imports and exports for China. It has a favourable geographical... more
One man's loss is another man's gain
While other international airlines are also reducing their maindeck capacities on flights to and from China because of the coronavirus, Emirates Skycargo is seeing good demand for the import and export of cargo to and from the Chinese market. The air cargo carrier operates... more
Kaun banega crorepati?* 
The Indian metropolitan airports in Delhi (1.018 million t) and Mumbai (965,000 t) experienced a high in 2018, but shrank again last year. Does this symbolise the end of the latest Indian airfreight boom? All of the participants in the Air Cargo India trade fair, scheduled for... more
China resumes export train operations
China has resumed its export train operation after the breakout of the coronavirus crisis. Last Friday (14.2.2020), a freight train loaded with 49 containers left Dongguan, Guangdong province, north of Hong-Kong. The train is expected to arrive in the Kaluga region in Russia in... more
Coronavirus accentuates Hong Kong cargo decline
During the first month of 2020, cargo throughput at Hong Kong airport dropped to 359,000 t, 10.4% downswing compared to the same month last year. The world's biggest air cargo hub said that this was due to closure of factories and businesses during the Chinese New Year holidays.... more