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
Complementing the big alliances
The new partner is from South Korea. After HMM officially joined The Alliance, the shipping company carrier SM Line has agreed with 2M Alliance to co-operate on the Asia-America route starting 1 April this year. The 2M Alliance is run by the global carriers Maersk Line and... more
ESR to develop large logistics facility in Japan
ESR, a large APAC focused logistics real estate platform, will invest an estimated JPY 27 billion (USD 245 million) to develop the ESR Yatomi Kisosaki distribution centre, which is set to be the largest modern logistics facility in Greater Nagoya, Japan. Located on a prime... more
Polish intermodal operator orders 200 freight cars
Laude Smart Intermodal in Poland has ordered 200 flat cars on 25 t axle load bogies from the Russian manufacturer UWC. The vehicles are used for the transportation of heavy-duty containers along the 1,520-mm track gauge corridor between Russia and Poland. The ordered batch... more
Big shift by PIL in March
Pacific International Lines’ (PIL) is shifting its regional focus. The shipping company, which was founded in 1967, will withdraw its services from the Transpacific market. As a result of this service re-alignment, PIL’s last Transpacific sailing will be in March 2020. The... more
ZIM changes its Asia-Pacific service in the North West
ZIM has updated its Asia-Pacific North West product with effect from April 2020. The ZP8 (ZIM Pacific Procyon) will then call the following ports: Nansha – Yantian – Shanghai – Busan – Yokohama – Prince Rupert - Vancouver. Thus, the ZP8 rotation will include ports in... more