Pertamina to order A400M for Pelita Air subsidiary 
According to local media, the state-owned Indonesian oil company Pertamina intends to purchase A400 cargo aircraft. They shall be operated by the company’s subsidiary Pelita Air Service, which could deploy them to transport cargo to Papua and other remote regions of the island... more
Queensland’s zinc railway resumes service
The first freight trains are operating successfully again on the Mount Isa Line in Queensland, Australia marking the reopening of the 1,000 km route after twelve-weeks of unprecedented flood repairs. The line is used by miners for the transport of zinc and lead concentrate... more
Changes in K Line's management
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has announced the following changes to its management: Jiro Asakura, Hiromichi Aoki and Kiyoshi Hosomizo have reached retirement age. Jiro Asakura will remain in the company as a special executive advisor. New appointments are Kazuhiko Harigai... more
Uzbekistan Airways increases network
Uzbekistan Airways has just received its fourth B787-8 Dreamliner. The country's flag carrier, this aircraft model's first customer in Central Asia, began commercial operations in 2016 and plans to operate six B787s by 2020. The fleet modernisation aims to adequately... more
Joint efforts on the Eurasian rail route
Russia-based UTLC ERA and Lithuanian Railways have signed an agreement to manage postal container traffic from China to Lithuania. The partners intend to jointly develop the shipment of postal packages (deliveries and e-commerce goods) by cargo trains on China – Europe – China... more
Key appointments for Imperial Logistics in China
Imperial Logistics has expanded its China management team in Shanghai and moved to larger offices, preparing for planned growth. Joshua Mclarin has been named as the company’s new managing director for China. Mclarin has spent the past thirteen years of his logistics career in... more
All Nippon Airlines concludes eventful fiscal year
All Nippon Airlines (ANA), the Japanese carrier that celebrated the take-over of its first A380 in March, published its results for the financial year which ended on 31 March 2019. Although there was a fourth quarter drop in demand for cargo from China, performance in... more
Russian forwarder continues to invest heavily in fleet
The Russian company Globaltruck acquired 501 euro 5 Volvo trucks and increased its average fleet size by 14.7% to 1,245 vehicles in 2018. The new units, together with an average freight rate increase of 5.6%, enabled the firm to boost its revenue by 23.5% and net profit by... more
First Taiwanese airline is Iata CEIV Pharma certified
China Airlines Cargo Services has become the first carrier in Taiwan and one of only 17 carriers in the world to be certified by the Iata Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma). The airline has extensive experience with... more
New representative at Hamburg’s Chinese liaison office
There has been a change of responsibility at the Port of Hamburg’s marketing representative office in Shanghai (China). The previous manager, Lars Anke, has left the office at his own request to take up a new challenge in Hamburg’s port economy. Anke has been replaced in... more