GW adds a second office at Tex/Mex border 
20 months after opening a branch in El Paso, TX, Gebrüder Weiss has also added a location in Laredo, TX – the biggest transhipment centre for US imports from Mexico: Every day, nearly USD 800 million worth of goods are transported across the border. Nearshoring is one reason... more
Port of Guadeloupe opts for continuity
On Monday 16 October 2023, Marie-Luce Penchard was re-elected as chairman of the supervisory board of the Grand Port Maritime de la Guadeloupe. She will be assisted by Bruno Blandin (left), who was also re-elected to the post of vice-chairman. Both votes were unanimous. With... more
DHL Supply Chain: EUR 350 million for SE Asia
DHL Supply Chain is planning to invest EUR 350 million in Southeast Asia over the next five years to expand its warehouse capacity, workforce and sustainability initiatives in this region. The company will thus add another 400,000 sqm to its existing warehouse footprint in... more
TT Club appoints new regional GM for Asia-Pacific
Kamel Tlili took over as regional general manager Asia-Pacific for the international freight and logistics insurer TT Club on 3 October 2023. He will be based in the company’s Singapore office. Tlili joins TT after six years of leading British Marine’s P&I underwriting... more
12,000 km through six countries
The first China-Europe freight train from North China's Shanxi province to Spain arrived at the Abronigal railfreight station in Madrid on Monday, 16 October 2023. The maiden train left the Zhongding Logistics Park on 16 September and travelled 12,000 km through six... more
FedEx Express digitises shipment paperwork
FedEx Express has launched FedEx Ship Manager (FSM), a new e-commerce service to support small businesses and e-commerce retailers, helping them to efficiently manage their shipments online. This service is available in 44 countries and territories in the Middle East, the... more
AAL expands in Taiwan with Wallem
AAL Shipping (AAL) is expanding its presence in Taiwan by appointing Taiwan Wallem Transportation Co. as its exclusive commercial and port agency representative within the region. With local representation in Taiwan for over two decades, AAL is enhancing its project heavy lift... more
Flying a first satellite from Japan to New Zealand
Japan-based Yusen Logistics has transported ADRAS-J, Astroscale’s commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, to Auckland. It will be launched by a rocket from a launch site in Mahia and is designed to obtain images and delivering observational data to better... more
Loco pulls 6,400 t trains - even in rough terrain
RZD Logistics has delivered the first four diesel locomotives of a total of 50 units ordered to Kazakhstan. The tractor units, all 2TE25KM freight locomotives, are manufactured at the Russian engineering plant in Bryansk, southwest of Moscow, which belongs to Transmashholding.... more
EV three-wheelers made in India
At around 6 million, three-wheelers are ubiquitous in India today. However, most of these transport vehicles are not eco-friendly because they are powered by petrol (gasoline) or diesel or use natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. One Indian manufacturer, Altigreen... more