Azerbaijan and Russia join forces on Eurasian route 
Russian Railways and Azerbaijan Railways have signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop a comprehensive cooperation in the railway sector. In particular, the partners will implement joint activities that will contribute to the growth of freight traffic on the Iran –... more
China Airlines to introduce new freighter model
China Airlines (Taiwan) and Boeing (USA) have signed a memorandum of understanding for three firm and three option aircraft orders for B777 freighters. Before 2016, China Airlines introduced a total of ten B777-300ER passenger aircraft. A current B777-300ER pilot could... more
Belarus thrusting on with rail electrification scheme
Belarusian Railway and the Export-Import bank of China have signed a loan agreement. The funds will finance the third stage of the electrification of Homiel-Žlobin-Asipovičy and Žlobin-Kalinkavičy sections of track in Belarus. The electrification of the Žlobin-Kalinkavičy... more
China–Finland rail service soon to be weekly
RZD Logistics has launched regular a regular railfreight service between China and Finland and vice-versa. At present, container trains depart from Hefei (Anhui province) and head for Europe via China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Finland once a fortnight. The trains run via the... more
Brian Wu re-elected as Haffa chairman
At its 2019 annual general meeting, the Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (Haffa) re-elected Brian Wu of BEL International Logistics as chairman for a second two-year term. Wu commented: “It is both an honour and a great responsibility to continue to... more
Kerry Logistics boosts food cold chain offers in China
Kerry Logistics has expanded its food-related cold chain capability in mainland China through the establishment of Kerry Cold Chain Solution, to tap into the fast-growing domestic market for niche food products. Kerry Cold Chain is a joint venture company formed with... more
Neutral Air Partner welcomes Indian member
Neutral Air Partner (NAP), a worldwide network of 250 like-minded air cargo specialists, has added TCI Express to its list of members. NAP's founder and CEO, Christos Spyrou, says: "I am happy to welcome TCI Express to the network. As a prominent express distributor... more
Air Asia and Oman Air agree on interline partnership
Redcargo Logistics, the cargo and logistics platform of the Malaysian carrier Air Asia, has signed an interline agreement with Oman Air, providing its customers with access to belly space on Oman Air’s cargo and freight network including services to Africa, the UK and Europe.... more
Chinese support Erdenet to Ovoot intermodal project
Northern Railways in Mongolia, part of Aspire Mining, has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement for the Erdenet to Ovoot railway with the JV of China Gezhouba International Engineering and China Railway 20 Bureau Group. The Erdenet to Ovoot railway... more
Stronger together in Singapore
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Sats, a leading provider of gateway services and food solutions at over 60 locations and 13 countries across Asia and the Middle East, have announced their commitment to strengthen hub competitiveness with the renewal of a suite of aviation services... more