Gebrüder Weiss opens office in Uzbekistan 
The Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is strengthening its position along the new Silk Road. The company recently opened a representative office in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. “With this move we expand our local presence in Central Asia. For our... more
K Line's new design for an LNG carrier
The Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Namura Shipbuilding have signed an AIP (approval in principle) for the concept design of an LNG-fuelled ore carrier from DNV. According to the classification company, this joint project for the development of an LNG-fuelled... more
Twelve roundtrips between Luxembourg and Trieste
Mars Logistics, DFDS and CFL multimodal have formed a partnership to expand their service offering on the Europe-Turkey route. The three partners are convinced that this cooperation will increase the attractiveness of their multimodal services, including railfreight and sea... more
Cebu Pacific's first full freighter
Cebu Pacific, the only passenger airline in the Philippines with dedicated cargo planes, has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-500 converted from passenger to cargo use. The freighter, the first of its type in the Asian country, gives the carrier the ability to bring cargo in... more
Faster coal transport in India
The Indian Government has approved the construction of a 108 km new line between Vaibhavwadi and Kolhapur. The project will be completed by 2023-24 and will be carried out by the construction division of Central Railway. The new line will pass through the districts of... more
iHerb chooses Ceva Logistics’ eCommerce services
Ceva Logistics has been chosen by the natural health products company iHerb to provide air export services to Japan and Singapore from its newly opened logistics and distribution centre near South Korea's Incheon International Airport, the country’s main gateway airport.... more
Nice welcomes first direct flight from China
Ten days ago, on 2 August 2019, a French airport outside of Paris welcomed a direct flight from China. Air China‘s A330-200, which offers a three-weekly service between Beijing and Nice, has an underfloor cargo capacity of 37.5 t. After being honoured by an official visit... more
New transit service from Korea to Europe launched
Trans-Siberian LandBridge, RZD Logistics and Fesco have expanded their network with a new transport service between Korea and Europe. A first container was recently dispatched from Busan (South Korea). Then the container was delivered to the commercial port of Vladivostok... more
Gaining a strong presence in Bangladesh
DB Schenker, which is present at 2,000 sites in more than 130 countries, has founded a new subsidiary in Bangladesh. As a local entity within the Indian cluster organisation, Schenker Logistics Bangladesh offers the full range of the global freight forwarder’s portfolio.... more
Lots of news from Korean Air Cargo
Korean Air Cargo is leaving Basel (Switzerland). As from 6 July 2019, the weekly B777F flights, which the Asian carrier has been operating from Seoul (South Korea) to the tri-border region in northwest Switzerland for years, will be moved to Zurich. Freight forwarders said:... more