GAC is in love with Sweden 
The Middle East-based GAC Group has acquired Finland-based ESL Shipping's Swedish subsidiary Norra Skeppningsgruppen (NSG). This is already the second Swedish ship agency purchased by GAC in 2022. The transfer of NSG to GAC Sweden was completed at the beginning of December.... more
4th edition of Air Express Market Outlook is out
Cargo Facts Consulting (CFC), a global consultancy to the air logistics industry and a sister venture of industry publication Cargo Facts, has released its latest report. The 4th edition of Air Express Market Outlook provides a historical overview and five-year growth... more
IGS service to roll
The Ocean Network Express (ONE) is launching a new weekly India Gulf Service IGS to connect India to/from UAE. With this new offer, ONE is responding to a rise in demand due to the increase in trade between the two countries after they signed the comprehensive economic... more
Bolloré Logistics picks Rania Saoud
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Rania Saoud as branch manager of Abu Dhabi, UAE. She has been part of the group for the last four years and previously held the position of key account manager based in Dubai. In her new role Saoud will be responsible for developing existing... more
Masterplan for King Salman International Airport
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, prime minister and chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs (Ceda), chairman of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has announced the masterplan for King Salman International Airport which is to... more
Negative impact on world trade
In October 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) declined sharply to 120.8 points from the 124.2 points (seasonally adjusted) registered the month before,... more
Air & logistics united for net zero
It takes two to tango - in carbon reduction as well. Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, is partnering with DSV Global Transport and Logistics to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to compensate for the carbon emissions of its cargo... more
ZIM appoints second female captain
In an emotional ceremony held at the headquarters of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services in Haifa, Israel, Angelina Egorenkov received the official appointment of captain, the most senior in the merchant fleet, from ZIM President and CEO Eli Glickman last week. Egorenkov began... more
Unctad: e-commerce driving maritime
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has published its flagship "Review of Maritime Transport 2022". For 2022, Unctad projects global maritime trade growth to moderate to 1.4%. Asia remained the world’s leading maritime cargo handling centre in 2021,... more
Etihad Cargo renews Ceiv Pharma certification
Etihad Cargo has been awarded Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (Ceiv) Pharma recertification. The cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group is one of 37 airlines to hold this Iata certification and was the third worldwide and the first in the Middle East to... more