Oldendorff Carriers outsources ship management 
Synergy Marine Group has signed an agreement to manage part of Oldendorff Carriers' bulk carrier fleet. The contract begins with the technical management of 17 Oldendorff bulk carriers comprising nine post-panamax vessels and eight ‘babycapes’. Dexter Jeremiah, managing... more
Following the stars
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA) organised delivery of what the oversized and superheavy project transport specialist called “the world's largest and most sophisticated commercial communications satellite.” It hauled the Inmarsat-6 F1 from Toulouse (France) to Kitakyushu... more
Special safety arrangements for street lamps
Gebrüder Weiss has transported 12,600 LED street lights and lamp posts to Mongolia on the New Silk Road rail route for the Zumtobel lighting group. The equipment is required for an infrastructure project commissioned by the Mongolian government. More than 80 containers were... more
Sino-Finnish MoU for naval technology
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has inked an MoU with the China Classification Society and the Tianjin Port Group to co-develop China’s next-generation intelligent tugs, in line with CCS intelligent ship standards. The project’s scope includes delivering situational... more
China–Laos rail service cuts transit time
Its the first international forwarder to use the brand-new China–Laos railway: DHL Global forwarding is launching a two-way railfreight service between Kunming (China) and Vientiane (Laos). The rail service is the first of its kind on the market, shortening transit time... more
Yang Ming’s growing capacities
The shipping company Yang Ming, founded in 1972, started operating the ‘YM Together’, a newly-built 11,000 teu container vessel chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha and built by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The ship will be deployed in Yang Ming’s PN3 trans-Pacific operation... more
Kangaroo returns to India
Qantas international flights from Melbourne are taking off again today, 6 December 2021, for the first time in 20 months after the pandemic grounded international travel. The national carrier will recommence scheduled international flights from Melbourne today with flight QF35... more
Navia holds the Key(s)
Melbourne-headquartered Navia Freight and Logistics company has extended its Australian network with the purchase of Perth-based company Keys Freight and Logistics. Combined, the company now has locations in four Australian cities and an expanding global footprint with... more
500,000 t of perishables by train
Indian Railways has operated 1,586 transports since the launch of the first Kisan Rail service on 7 August 2020. Until 19 November, the trains carried more than 520.000 t of fruits and vegetables across ten Indian states. Kishan Rail service was introduced by Indian Railways... more
Joint effort for green barge traffic
Jurong Island terminal, a unit placed on an island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, has seen the launch of a new eco-friendly barge service. PSA and Ocean Network Express (ONE) started barge sailings from PSA Singapore to PSA Jurong Island Terminal on... more