Eva Air decommissioning nose loader 
Eva Air will use its B747-400F for the last time this weekend. Today (31 May 2019), the giant freighter with a nose loader will once again operate the Taipei - Hong Kong and Taipei - Singapore - Hanoi – Taipei rotations, then the Taipei - Singapore - Penang – Taipei route on... more
Finished vehicles along new Silk Road
The automobile logistics provider Mosolf wants to transport finished vehicles by rail between Lodz (Poland) and Chengdu (China). The company plans to commence trial runs in H2/2019. To carry out the tests, Mosolf has closed the first contracts for suitable premises along the... more
Kale Logistics Solutions joins Pan Asia Alliance
Kale Logistics Solutions, a global IT logistics partner, recently joined the Pan Asia Alliance (PAA) to foster trade facilitation and digitalisation in Asia. Kale Logistics is the only Indian company with this distinction. The PAA was founded in July 2000 by four companies... more
Forces unite along China-Europe-China rail route
Russia and Uzbekistan intends to cooperate in the railway sector due to a 2% increase in foreign trade freight traffic between the two countries in 2018. The overall tonnage amounted to 6.8 million t that year. Some 63% of transit containers were hauled by Russian Railways... more
Welcome for assistant minister for freight transport
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has congratulated Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his decision to incorporate freight transport as a specific responsibility in his revamped ministerial line-up. “The PM is sending an important message to our industry and to the wider... more
PIA to resume Tokyo service
Starting tomorrow (30 May 2019), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is resuming the Islamabad - Beijing - Tokyo-Narita route. The carrier had suspended the extension between Beijing and Tokyo in February. The twice weekly service will deploy a widebody aircraft... more
Decline continues at Asian cargo airports
The preliminary traffic figures for April released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed further contracting air cargo volumes, following disruptions to global supply chains amid heightened trade tensions, particularly between the USA and China. Air cargo... more
Oslo welcomes third weekly ABC flight
From today (28 May 2019), Airbridgecargo Airlines (ABC) is adding a third weekly cargo departure from Avinor Oslo airport. The new departure will be tailor-made for the export of seafood from Norway to Seoul and South Korea via Moscow. In 2018, ABC lifted Norwegian seafood... more
China – Rotterdam train finishes 800th trip
The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Tilburg's multimodal terminal operator GVT, and Chengdu International Railway Port have signed a declaration of intent (DoI) to transport more railfreight between Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Chengdu (China). The DoI was signed on the day... more
Bansard enters Australian market through acquisition
Bansard International recently acquired a stake in Cargo Line International, thus becoming a shareholder of the group. The participation is the result of several years of collaboration between the two companies. It is also Bansard's first ever concrete link to the Australian... more