Japanese carriers to end mail codesharing with UPS 
ANA All Nippon Airways and Air Japan are to cease mail codesharing with UPS effective tomorrow (2 February 2019). After the merger with ANA in 2010, Air Japan began to operate 217 cargo flights per week with a B767-300F/BCF. The main operating hubs for the cargo flights are in... more
More flat cars for heavy containers
After winning an open tender, Russia-based United Wagon Company (UWC) completed and delivered 60 flat cars on bogies with an enhanced axle load to Transcontainer, Russia’s largest intermodal container operator. The rolling stock is designed for carrying heavy containers.... more
B&H Worldwide picks business development manager for Asia
The aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Chris Allen to the newly created position of business development manager, Asia. Based at Changi Airport (Singapore), he will be responsible for identifying opportunities for the company to grow its products... more
Blue Dart Express names new CEO
Balfour Manuel takes on the role of CEO of the India-based logistics provider Blue Dart Express with immediate effect. He is tasked with charting the company’s next chapter of growth. Manuel, a Blue Dart veteran of over 35 years, has been instrumental in company’s success... more
Almost 5,000 new wagons join fleet
The Russian transport group, Globaltrans, increased its investment in fleet expansion in 2018 due to the continued solid demand for bulk cargo transport and the group’s ability to secure additional railcars at attractive prices. On top of the 3,900 wagons initially targeted,... more
Asia Pacific Airlines close 2018 with uncertainty
Traffic figures for the full calendar year 2018 released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that air cargo demand growth eased after a strong 2017, reflecting slowing export activity amid increasing uncertainty over international trade... more
40 containers on the rail route from China to Italy
A new rail journey began when the first ever regular westbound train to directly link China with Italy left the Chinese city of Chengdu last Saturday (26 January), carrying 40 containers. It is due to arrive at Contship Italia’s Rail Hub Milano terminal in 18 days’ time. The... more
US action against two Iranian airlines and an Armenian GSA
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) took action against the Iranian Qeshm Fars Air linked to designated Iranian airline Mahan Air and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), and Flight Travel, an Armenian GSA... more
Regular container train connecting Yiwu and Moscow
Fesco, a Russian transport group, has launched a weekly container train from Yiwu, a city in China's Zhejiang province, to Moscow, via Mongolia, thus expanding inland services between China and Russia. The first train with imported cargo recently completed the trip in 14... more
Shenzhen - Vancouver without Tianjin stop
Today (28 January 2019), Hainan Airlines, a private Chinese carrier, is launching a non-stop service between Shenzhen and Vancouver, eliminating the Tianjin stopover of the service it inaugurated in May 2018. The twice weekly B787-9 service is the first non-stop route connecting... more