More cargo for Qatar 
The ports Hamad, Doha and Al Ruwais in Qatar saw rising streams of cargo in May. General cargo handled by the three ports amounted to almost 160,000 t in May, going up by 38% compared to the same month in 2021. Container volumes moved through the three ports reached about... more
Reefer player changes hands
Two financial investors have taken over Envirotainer. The Swedish EQT and the fund Mubadala Investment from the United Arab Emirates have inked the deal with the previous owners, the British investment company Cinven and the Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Holdings. The... more
Aramex invests USD 265 million
CEP provider Aramex has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Access USA Shipping, better known as "MyUS", a USA-headquartered digital platform enabling cross-border e-commerce. The purchase price is USD 265 million. The takeover is still subject to customary... more
Alternative fuels employed in Southampton
The container terminal of DP World at Southampton is going to eliminate fossil diesel from its operations entirely and transit to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). Diesel previously accounted for 90% of the terminal’s emissions but HVO – a renewable biodiesel derived from... more
Emirates Skycargo makes a splash at Air Cargo India
Emirates Skycargo has concluded a successful Air Cargo India 2022 in Mumbai. Leading his company’s delegation at Air Cargo India, Jassim Saif (left), VP commercial, West Asia, Emirates Skycargo said: "This is our first major cargo conference on Indian soil since 2019 and... more
Etihad Cargo welcomes Caroline Pappas
Etihad Aviation Group’s cargo and logistics arm Etihad Cargo has appointed Caroline Pappas as general manager – Americas. Based in Chicago, she will report directly to Mark Faulkner, Etihad Cargo's director – cargo commercial West. Pappas will be responsible for establishing... more
Exposing the blind spot
Volvo Trucks is introducing a new safety system to detect other road users entering the blind spot on both sides of the truck. The system uses a dual radar on each side of the truck to detect other road users – such as cyclists. When someone is in the blind spot zone, the... more
Railfreight business booming in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) achieved an increase of 25% in freight transport in Q1/2022, transporting more than 5.5 million t of minerals and goods compared to the same period of 2021. Furthermore, the quantities of cargo transported by rails over the first quarter... more
Stable deterioration of reliability
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence reports that global schedule reliability is continuing its trend of 2021. In April 2022, schedule reliability declined further by -1.3 percentage points compared to March and was down by -4.7 percentage points compared... more
Which cure for the maritime crisis?
Four government advisors and decision makers representing four global regions were present on Fiata's panel entitled “Moving Forward: What are the Solutions to the Maritime Crisis”, a side event of the Fiata HQ Meeting in Geneva on 20 May 2022. Together, they examined how... more