Nicole – an uninvited guest 
Optimism prevailed at Tiaca ACF 2022, despite dark clouds in the air cargo skies. Tiaca once again held its Air Cargo Forum recently – four years after the last edition of the world air cargo association’s ACF in Toronto (see pages 18-19 of ITJ 45-46 / 2018). The fact that more... more
Banking on East Africa
New service linking India, UAE, Kenya, Tanzania. Three shipping lines have one eye clearly focused on expected growth of 8% for East African economies. They are set to cooperate on a joint service that will connect India and the United Arab Emirates to Kenya and Tanzania. more
An Italian takes the helm
Zeno D’Agostino new president of the top European ports organisation in Brussels. Verona, Naples, Trieste – and now Brussels. Former Espo vice-president Zeno D’Agostino was unanimously elected president of the pan-European ports association at its AGM at the beginning of... more
Parcels and ULDs for its birthday
ITA Airways Cargo chooses its first digital distribution channel. Just over a year ago, on 15 October 2021, ITA Airways took over the mantle of Italian flag carrier from Alitalia. The pandemic of the time didn’t exactly make it an ideal moment to take off in the passenger... more
A difficult and protracted re-birth
Back on the open sea – a Fratelli Cosulich ship no longer blockaded in Ukrainian port of Mariupol. Nine months can be rather a long time in shipping. That was the time it took the shipping line Vulcania, a subsidiary of the long-established Genoese company Fratelli Cosulich, to... more
Observe the trend – then act
In conversation with Manuel Scortegagna of Scortrans. People are at the heart of the logistics provider Scortrans, established in Vicenza in 1989, as its managing director made clear in a conversation with ITJ editor Andreas Haug. more
Anniversary specials
Special containers from Innofreight set to roll in western Switzerland too. The year 2022 was marked by the 20th anniversary at the Austrian company Innofreight. Managing director Peter Wanek-Pusset provided the ITJ with a positive update. “We’ve further expanded our... more
Not many roads lead to Moscow
Transport services to countries subject to sanctions – the example of Russia. Finding routes that no one else has found is the pride of the forwarder. Managing director and owner Gabriela Schuster reported on the latest experiences of her company, XXL Translog, which manages... more
A transporter of solutions
30 years of Sonatrans. Mohssine Bensouda is convinced that Sonatrans, the company he founded in Casablanca, has a special role to play. In these uncertain times he’s concerned in the short term with consolidating what has been achieved – and making concrete plans for expansion... more
A big eye and boxes
The Rivergate system identifies containers on inland vessels. Digitalisation has reached new levels in inland shipping too. Duisport has teamed up with its technology partners to equip cranes with cameras that work together to automate the handling of cargo at the terminal and... more