Qatar Airways: first flight to Medan, Indonesia 
Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to Medan touched down at Kualanamu International Airport on Monday, 15 January 2024, marking Medan as the airline’s third destination in Indonesia. The new direct service will complement the award-winning airline’s over 40 weekly flights... more
The clean dozen
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has contracted Jiangnan Shipyard and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to build six 13,000 teu methanol dual-fuel container ships each, set for delivery from 2027. This initiative marks ONE's entry into methanol-fuelled shipping. Methanol is known for its... more
New hub in Western Australia
Mainfreight has opened a new site in Kenwick, Perth, Western Australia, combining air, ocean, warehousing, and wharf operations in one location. The facility has 20,750 sqm of warehousing space, a temperature-controlled area for 1,000 pallet spaces and eight docks for loading... more
China launches intermodal rail-sea service
The first train departed on Monday, 15 January, from Yinchuan in China's autonomous region Ningxia Hui and is now heading for the port of Qingdao in the east of the country. It marks the launch of a regular railway route for an intermodal rail-sea train, which needs to go... more
MSC investing in India
Container terminal operator Terminal Investment (TIL), part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is investing in India. It recently took over 49% of the shares of the Ennore Container Terminal (AECT). The box terminal is located 30 km north of Chennai Port and belongs to... more
Maersk switches to Panama Canal Railway
Due to currently low water levels in Gatun Lake, Maersk vessels that usually sail through the Panama Canal will now use the Panama Canal Railway to transport containers across Panama. The changes affect the OC1 service on the trade route between Oceania and the Americas. The... more
Röhlig China: more power to the regions
The owner-managed logistics company Röhlig Logistics has named Christoph Passek as managing director for China & Hong Kong and assigned four area general managers to a new regional structure comprised of North China, East China, South China & Hong Kong and West China,... more
Thirteen days less
A new TIR transport axis has been opened between Shenzhen (China) and Tashkent in Uzbekistan. The launch follows the introduction of the Shenzhen and Almaty (Kazakhstan) TIR route in 2023. The first TIR truck recently completed its 6,500 km door-to-door journey via the... more
A spicy partnership
Spice Express, a subsidiary of Spicejet, has entered into a partnership with Star Air, to manage the belly space capacity for cargo transports in Star Air's fleet of nine aircraft. Star Air, which operates five Embraer 145 jets and four Embraer 175 jets, will add nine new... more
Singpost drives digitalisation
Singapore Post (Singpost) is incorporating the platform for electronic data interchange and API integration developed by Boomi, a specialist in intelligent connectivity and automation. Singpost has a large outreach encompassing 220 destinations, mostly in Asia Pacific. With... more