First Airbus solution for freight in A350 cabin 
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has become the world’s first airline to embody the Airbus solution to convert an A350 passenger cabin to carry freight. This solution was developed in cooperation between Airbus, European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Asiana. The project... more
Shipping agent despatches train to China
The port of Rotterdam recently gained its first direct rail connection with China. In the night of Friday (2 October 2020) leading into Saturday, the Maersk shipping company despatched a 640 m long freight train to the provincial capital of Xi’an in China. Xi'an is the eastern... more
David Goh appointed VP Asia Pacific
Software provider PTV Group has appointed David Goh vice president APAC, with responsibility for the Asia Pacific Region. Goh will bring the profound experience he gained at Daimler, where he has worked as general manager APAC since 2011, and in previous positions in... more
Redelivery of IAI's first P2F B737-700 freighter
Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) Aviation Group has delivered the first passenger-to-freight (P2F) converted B737-700 to Tianjin Cargo Airlines, which will become the first operator of this type of aircraft in China. The conversion work was carried out at the Tianjin MRO... more
Ship managing unit with two stakeholders
The multinational Thome Group and the Hamburg-headquartered shipping company Carsten Rehder have decided to cooperate in a joint venture. A new company, Thome Shipmanagement Germany, with the Thome Group and Carsten Rehder as the two shareholders, will be set up to take over... more
Another cyber victim
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that it has been hit by a cyber-attack against its IT-systems. The UN organisation spoke of “technical issues” at first, but declared by the end of the week on its official Twitter account that the troubles - the... more
M&M launches Austrian affiliate
The Militzer & Münch group has now put its Austrian office in Vienna into operation. The focus will be on providing logistics services and rail transports for markets in central and eastern Europe. Nikolay Gueorguiev has been appointed as branch manager to head the new... more
ICS publishes updated corona guidance
The first guidance of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) for the global shipping industry to help combat the spread of Covid-19 was issued in March 2020. Since a great deal has changed since spring this year, the ICS has now published a new, fully updated version of... more
90 years ago today: the end of British airship plans
Exactly 90 years ago, on 5 October 1930, R101, with a length of 237 m the longest airship of its time, crashed on its first flight from Cardington (UK) via Ismailia (Egypt) to Karachi in modern Pakistan. The explosion near Beauvais (75 km north of Paris) killed 48 of the 54... more
Update of CMA CGM's digital status
Now it is the CMA CGM group's turn. After Maersk and other shipping groups, the French carrier, hit this week by a cyber attack, continues to recover. Ceva Logistics was spared by the "Ragnar Locker Gang" suspected to be responsible for the incident. For a time,... more