Solarduck targets gigawatt scale 
The Dutch-Norwegian cleantech company Solarduck has expanded its regional office in Tokyo to manage business development in East and Southeast Asia for offshore floating photovoltaic (OFPV) technology and to meet growing demand for renewable energy in the Asia Pacific region.... more
Presented at a premiere in Premstätten 
Austria’s largest centre that stores and handles lithium batteries opens. It’s something of a pioneering achievement that the logistics services provider DB Schenker presented in Austria in mid-April. The country’s largest logistics centre that can safely handle and store... more
Militzer & Münch invests in Indonesia
The logistics company based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, has acquired shares in an international logistics service provider in Indonesia. The company has been operating under the name PT. Militzer and Muench Indonesia since 1 May 2024. In addition to a 6,000 sqm warehouse... more
Aapa in April
Preliminary April 2024 traffic figures, released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (Aapa) two days ago, reported a higher demand for consumer and intermediate goods, which contributed to the ongoing positive momentum in air cargo markets. Subhas Menon, Aapa... more
Partners for a green end-to-end supply chain
PSA Singapore and Pacific International Lines (PIL) have successfully completed a trial of low-carbon green shipments as part of their efforts to decarbonise the supply chain. The initiative follows an MOU signed in October. The trial involved transporting cargo from Singapore... more
How to capture more e-commerce volumes
Jack So (second from right), chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), visited Cainiao Smart Gateway and the retail and entertainment landmark 11 Skies to receive updates on the latest development of the two strategic facilities at Hong Kong International Airport... more
Two promotions at Hok
Hok, a global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm, has promoted Kirtan Patel and Albert Kaneshiro to regional leaders of aviation + transport for its Northeast and Southwest practices, respectively. Based in New York, Patel brings more than two decades of... more
AAT acquires Melbourne ro-ro terminal
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has agreed to sell Melbourne International Ro-Ro & Auto Terminal (Mirrat) for AUD 332.5 million (USD 220 million) to Australian Amalgamated Terminals, a subsidiary of Qube Holdings Limited. Despite the sale, Wallenius Wilhelmsen will continue to use... more
Asians on course; Tanger in the top 20
Maritime container gateways in 2023. Last year the 20 largest container ports in the world handled around 388 million teu, which was 1.24% more than in 2022. According to the analysts at Upply this growth was due largely to Asian ports (and amongst them Chinese ones, to be more... more
CCCS clears acquisition
The competition and consumer commission of Singapore (“CCCS”) has cleared the proposed acquisition by ANA Holdings of 100% of the issued share capital in Nippon Cargo Airline. ANAHD is the holding company for the ANA Group headquartered in Tokyo. In Singapore, it provides... more