Right time – different place 
In conversation with Atilla Lise, Head of Cargo and Innovative Solutions at HititIn March 2020 the Iata World Cargo Symposium was postponed at short notice. This October it is now being held – but not in Istanbul; in Dublin. Naturally, this isn’t a development that the Turkish... more
India's online boom drives logistics business 
In India, a big international player has chosen the Logos Logistics Estate in Luhari, approx. 60 km north of the capital Delhi, for a new business venture. Geodis is about to launch a multi-user facility to serve the retail sector. Developed by Logos, one of Asia Pacific's... more
Australian carrier orders diesel electric locos
Pacific National Railways has contracted Cimic Group’s UGL to design, manufacture and supply new fuel-efficient diesel electric locomotives. With this order, the freight locomotive manufacturer expects to generate revenue of USD 297 million over seven years. UGL is... more
1,000th Atran flight at RIX
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, marked the end of last month with the arrival of its 1,000th flight to Riga airport (RIX), Latvia. The milestone flight after two years of service brought over 20 t of e-commerce shipments from China... more
A new old oligopoly
The most important container production centres shifted from South Korea to China as long ago as the 1990s. The sale by Maersk of the reefer specialist MCI to CIMC is nevertheless likely to be a cherry on the cake for the Chinese corporation. Even the appetite of the Danes has... more
20 minutes to refuel a hydrogen truck
The very first refuelling of a hydrogen in Italy: a fuel cell truck produced by South Korean manufacturer Hyundai has been refuelled in Bolzano, the site of the country’s only hydrogen filling station currently in operation. Gruber Logistics was one of the companies present at... more
Physical advantage for digital partnership
Maskargo, the cargo business unit of the Malaysia Aviation Group, is now the first carrier in the APAC region to offer its global capacity on the Cargo Ai digital air cargo solution platform. Maskargo Mark Jason Thomas: "We are a dynamic airline with a particularly... more
The other kind of "ship of the desert"
The New Silk Road not only paves international corridors, it also hands out awards. In Kazakhstan, the Austrian Foreign Trade Centre Almaty has presented Gebrüder Weiss (GW) with the Silk Road Biz Award 2021 for completing a major project in which GW transported 35 dredgers from... more
First A321 cargo conversion inducted in China
Luxembourg-based aircraft asset specialist Vallair, launch customer of the A321 freighter conversion, has delivered its third A321 freighter, bearing serial number 1017. This aircraft follows two A321Fs already delivered by Vallair that are presently in operation: MSN 835... more
Rail-enabled vessels with green finance
It is a new sustainable finance instrument for the shipping industry. In New Zealand, HFW is advising Kiwi Rail on a secured NZD 350 million (USD 244 million) pre- and post-delivery loan facility for its purchase of two newbuilding Interislander rail-enabled ferries. The... more