Bonsais to Brooklyn 
Only few days before the Chinese New Year, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati were inspecting incoming freight from Shenzhen when they found a shipment full of live plants. Agriculture specialists unpacked 21 small trees, likely intended to become... more
Regular car-trains from Chongqing to Moscow
Russian transport company Fesco has sent the first container loaded with cars from Chongqing (China) to the Bely Rast Terminal and Logistics Centre near Moscow (Russia) via Mongolia. The route goes through the Chinese-Mongolian-Russian border checkpoints of... more
First direct cargo link between Baku and Tokyo
Two months after celebrating the third anniversary of its operations to Osaka, Silk Way West Airlines is starting another service to Japan, with twice-weekly flights between Baku and Tokyo NRT, taking off today, 11 February 2021. Based on an agreement signed between Silk Way... more
Alternative units for open seas
Given the limited space in a tight sea freight market from China to Europe, Geodis has launched a number of services with alternative units. The first, a 1,000 teu capacity vessel, is scheduled to arrive in Hamburg on 28 February. This ship is carrying a total of 435 feu for... more
Double-digit growth for Hong Kong
In January 2021, cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw year-on-year growth of 14.1% to 409,000 t, while freighter movements surged 37.2% to 6,055 from 4,413 compared with the same month last year. Cargo imports and exports at HKIA experienced significant... more
Chinese companies plan big takeover
SF (Shun Feng) Holding, which is listed on the Shenzen stock exchange, is offering to buy a 51.5% stake in Kerry Logistics Network, Hong Kong. The cash offer involves more than 931 million shares costing HKD 18.80 (USD 0.56) per share. In conjunction with the offer, Kerry... more
A vessel ahead of schedule
Yang Ming, a member of The Alliance, took delivery of another 11,000 teu new chartered vessel ‘YM Target’ this month. With the support from the ship owner, ‘YM Target’ has joined Yang Ming’s global fleet nearly three months ahead of schedule. The vessel will be deployed on The... more
Japan–UK by ship and rail in just 42 days
Russian Railways (RZD) and Maersk have launched the first transit container train with cargo from Japan on the Trans-Siberian route. Maersk recently dispatched the first container train loaded with Japanese freight from the Nakhodka-Vostochnaya station along the Trans-Siberian... more
AN-124 carries Thai Dornier aircraft
Ruag MRO International is comprehensively modernising Dornier 228 aircraft for the Royal Thai Navy, which uses them to monitor the exclusive economic zone called the "200-mile zone" of the Gulf of Thailand. Initially, Ruag, which is also the manufacturer (OEM) of... more
La Couverture covered by Unilode
Outsourced ULD management and repair services provider Unilode and MdG Group, a supplier of cold chain products and services for the food and pharmaceutical sectors, have signed a long-term agreement concerning La Couverture, a new product developed and manufactured by MdG... more