Speeding up road haulage in Middle East 
The first TIR shipment from Saudi Arabia to Oman passed through the United Arab Emirates and arrived recently at its destination, the International Road Union (IRU) reported. Almajdouie Logistics moved almost 20 t of dairy products, taking advantage of the TIR electronic... more
UN: Improve intermodal coordination across borders!
Eight UN bodies - the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca), the UN Economic Commission for Europe (Unece), the UN... more
Reconnecting Morocco and the UAE
As today's ITJ 39-40/2020 is featuring the Maghreb countries, the two big UAE carriers are re-installing belly capacity to and from Morocco. Starting today, 18 September 2020, Emirates resumes passenger services to Casablanca. The resumption of thrice weekly flights to the... more
56% of ports back to pre-pandemic levels
Several trends are outlined in the Covid-19 Port Economic Impact Barometer for H1/2020 published by the IAPH. The report, which was compiled by a dedicated Task Force operating under the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), summarises responses from 85 ports from around... more
More equipment for Caucedo terminal
The Caucedo terminal in the Dominican Republic, run by DP World, is enhancing its equipment. Twelve Ottawa T2 terminal tractors and two empty container handlers will be deployed there. The delivery is scheduled for Q1/2021. DP World Caucedo is a marine terminal and free zone... more
Emirates SkyCargo China service ‘comes of age’
On 15 September 2002, Emirates SkyCargo crossed a historic milestone when its freighter touched down at Shanghai, which was the cargo carrier’s first scheduled cargo destination in the country and marked Emirates’ entry into the Chinese mainland.Since 2002, the freight division... more
Iumi's marine market trends
The International Union of Marine Insurance (Iumi) recently presented its analysis of the latest marine insurance market trends for 2019. Marine underwriting premiums for 2019 were estimated to be USD 28.7 billion, which represents a 0.9% reduction from 2018. The global... more
SAL extends operations of customs security areas
As part of the MoU previously signed by the Saudi Customs and the National Industrial Development and Logistics Programme, Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL), a member of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, has officially begun running the operations of customs security areas... more
One world, "ONE Source"
"With over 3,500 differently sized cargo handling facilities worldwide, the industry until now has lacked visibility on the capacities and services these facilities can offer. The need for greater transparency is even more critical in the current context," said Glyn... more
Analysing ship engines digitally
ABB Turbocharging and Kongsberg Digital have signed a cooperation agreement on data collection and ship engine performance analysis. The companies will work towards a common data infrastructure and accelerate the development of value-added digital applications and services.... more