Belarusian sawmill orders Russian flat cars 
Russian freight car manufacturer UWC will deliver a batch of new generation flat cars for the transportation of timber to the Belarusian woodworking company Vitebsk Sawmill. The cars are scheduled to arrive by the end of Q1/2022. The flat car of the 13-6895 model... more
Alitalia Cargo adds Mumbai service
The twice weekly "all-cargo" direct connections of Alitalia, whose successor ITA plans to begin operations on 15 October, to Delhi and Tokyo NRT will continue throughout the month of September. The company added a new connection from Milan MXP to Mumbai yesterday,... more
Fresh cash for AI startup
It is a good time for tech logistics start-ups: Singapore-based Portcast has completed its USD 3.2 million pre-series A financing led by Newtown Partners with Wavemaker Partners, TMV and Innoport and SGInnovate to make artificial intelligence profitable in logistics.... more
Dnata chooses Charles Galloway
The global air and travel services provider Dnata has appointed Charles Galloway as its regional CEO for the Asia Pacific region. Galloway has over 20 years of experience in the global aviation, travel and logistics industries. He has been working for Dnata for three years and... more
The shipper's view
According to the latest container shipping market review carried out by MDS Transmodal and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and distributed by the Swiss Shippers' Council (SSC), container traffic continues to grow, but the market is still in turmoil. Container flows increased... more
Senator adds Tianjin to its SAB network
Another expansion: Senator International added China to its "SAB" network on 8 September 2021. After the Hamburg-based forwarder launched its own airfreight services with the "Africa Bridge" between Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) and Johannesburg and with the... more
For cool freight in Singapore
At Singapore’s Changi International Airport, Ceva Logistics has launched its temperature-controlled airfreight station as a healthcare logistics hub for the Asia Pacific region. The cold station lies within the free trade zone of Singapore's airport logistics park. Ceva's... more
Russian timber for the Far East
Fesco Transportation Group and RFP Group have formed a partnership to organise export shipments of sawn timber and veneer sheets of the timber holding to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea. The agreement was signed by German Maslov, vice president, linear & logistics... more
Dhaka–Sylhet corridor goes ahead
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 1.78 billion multi-tranche financing facility to improve mobility, road safety and regional trade along the Dhaka–Sylhet trade corridor in Bangladesh. The Dhaka–Sylhet corridor, once completed, will support a new trade... more
Watco wins cattle transport contract
After a competitive procurement process, Watco East West has been given the mandate to operate cattle rail transport services in Australia from 2022 to 2028. The contract with the government in Queensland includes the transport of herds of cattle from regional hubs in... more