Industry stalwart for GAC in India 
Industry veteran Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan has been appointed GAC Shipping's general manager, projects and breakbulk in India. Based in the company’s Mumbai office, he will spearhead the company’s efforts to tap into India’s growing project logistics and breakbulk business. ... more
Top air trade lanes between EU/US and emerging markets
The latest Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index (Aemli) shows that the volume of goods exported as airfreight from the EU and USA to the 50 emerging economies that were surveyed amounted to 4.045 million t in 2018, 4% more than in 2017. The three fastest growing trade... more
UPS links Hong Kong and Cologne with B747-8F
UPS will deploy larger capacity aircraft, Boeing 747-8s, to service major trade routes connecting Hong Kong and Europe, via UPS’s European air hub in Cologne (Germany). The expansion is part of the on-going transformation of UPS’s smart global logistics network, which, according... more
New rail service between Belarus and Romania
Belintertrans, the transport-logistics centre (BTLC) of Belarusian Railway, will introduce a regular container train service from Belarus to Romania. The journey will take 39 hours. Partners are Rail Cargo Logistics (Slovenia) and Zakhid Trans Service (Ukraine). The first... more
Iata appoints new regional VP North Asia
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) is appointing Ma Tao as its regional vice-president (RVP) for North Asia. Ma joins Iata from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) where he is currently head of the airworthiness certification centre. Ma will be... more
MAB Kargo selects M&C as GSA in Australia
With effect from today (1 March 2019), the Australian business of MAB Kargo, the freight division of Malaysia Airlines, will be represented by M&C Aviation. M&C Aviation, incorporated in Singapore, specialises in GSSA and GSA support. It has 38 offices in 23... more
Australian steel for inland rail network
Construction work on the 1,700 km long inland rail freight line between Melbourne and Brisbane (both Australia), is making progress. Some 14,000 t of Australian steel have been delivered to the site for the Parkes to Narromine section of the track. The delivery of Whyalla... more
Launching new train on Silk Road
Metrans, part of HHLA, will launch a new intermodal service along a section of the new Silk Road, running from Malaszewice (Poland) to Ceska Trebova (Czechia), from 10 March 2019, with two roundtrips a week. This regular connection will offer significant time and cost... more
US president backs Boeing's footprint in Vietnam
On the fringe of the summit between US president Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, two privately-held Vietnamese airlines have signed big airplane orders with Boeing. Vietjet has purchased 100 additional B737 MAX airplanes, taking its MAX order... more
Hermes Logistics Technologies augments teams
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) is continuing to expand its teams in India and the UK as its flagship cargo management system, Hermes 5 (H5), is adopted by cargo ground handlers, airlines and airports across the globe. Yuval Baruch, CEO, HLT: “We are growing our teams in... more