More support needed to halve road fatalities 
Seven members of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) committed USD 3.6 billion for road safety initiatives in developing countries during the period 2018-2022. Among the initiatives were three standalone road safety projects - in Bangladesh (World Bank), India (Asian... more
New shipment planning system now available
Australian technology specialist Fluent Cargo has launched its multi-modal routing engine and platform. The solution helps to find the best ways to get any shipment to and from any location in the world using available modes of transport. Users simply input an origin and... more
Port of Kribi welcomes eco hoppers
The new built deep-water Port of Kribi (Cameroon), Kribi Multipurpose Terminal (KMT), part of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Ictsi), recently introduced new eco hoppers to handle materials like clinker, gypsum, limestone and petcoke. With this addition,... more
Klog joins SAE network
System Alliance Europe (SAE) is continuing to expand its general cargo cooperation. With the Portuguese provider Klog Logistics, the number of network partners has risen to 49. In recent years, the Porto-based company has focused primarily on developing its intermodal... more
A strong partner in East and Central Africa
Three months after setting up its own African office, Dutch breakbulk and heavylift specialist Roll Group is further expanding on the continent by appointing CMTL Logistics as commercial agent in Tanzania. Roll Group aims to improve its position in the East African heavy lifting... more
15 years safe on the ground
The Safety Audit for Ground Operations (Isago), an industry programme for the global oversight of ground handling service providers (GHSPs) introduced by the International Air Transport Association (Iata), has been advancing aviation safety for the last 15 years. It is based on... more
One elephant and many flowers transit Florida
With Mother’s Day celebrations taking place around the globe, Atlas Air saw flower volumes bloom. This year, the US cargo carrier shipped 8,000 t of fresh roses and a variety of other blooms from Colombia and Ecuador to Miami. Furthermore, in the north of Florida, Atlas Air... more
1,450 EVs worldwide in two years' time
Ceva Logistics is planning to grow its fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) to 1,450 by the end of 2025. The expanded EV fleet would reduce the company’s CO2 emissions by 67,000 t per year — the equivalent of 30,000 round trips by a truck between Paris and Munich. Along with the... more
Maersk opens warehouse in Cape Town
A.P. Moller – Maersk has inaugurated its first warehousing and distribution facility in Cape Town in South Africa. The hub will offer easy connectivity to rail, road, air and port infrastructure and serve as an important link in integrated logistics solutions. The new... more
CBP and FDA seize Apetamin worth USD 688,000
US Customs and Border Protection officers and US Food and Drug Administration consumer safety officers seized over 25,000 bottles of Apetamin, an appetite-stimulating and potentially harmful weight-gain supplement popularised on social media, on 28 April 2023, after it arrived... more