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11.11.2020

Catering for the needs of Asian singles

Catering for the expected increase in air cargo demand during year-end online shopping festivals such as today's "Singles Day" (11 November), Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao has started to utilise YTO Cargo Airlines'...

11.11.2020

Finnlines assumes its role

Finnlines’ turnover and profitability have declined significantly compared to 2019 due to decreased cargo and passenger volumes. Yet, the carrier, which is of strategic importance especially for Finland and Sweden, has neither...

11.11.2020

MVG to open DG facility in Haiphong

The Vietnamese company MVG Dinh Vu (MVG), of which MOL holds 67.5% of the shares, has set up a joint venture in cooperation with local partners to open a new chemical and dangerous goods (DG) warehouse. The facility, built to...

11.11.2020

Estonian carrier starts operation in Finland

Operail has completed its first ever commercial freight train journey in Finland. The Estonian carrier will be the main railway operator for the Finish shipping agency Rauanheimo to transport dry bulk. Operail will be...

11.11.2020

Geodis appoints Dr. Chang

Dr. Kian Chuan Chang is joining Geodis as a new regional customs brokerage director in Asia-Pacific Region. Geodis is a global supply chain operator which aims to provide its clients with seamless logistics services. Onno...

11.11.2020

Breaking ground after two years of preparation

After the preparations to lay the foundation stone for Zufalls logistics centre in Flieden near Fulda, Germany, had developed into an unexpectedly long tug of war lasting almost two years, construction work on the around...

11.11.2020

Upswing for Qatar Ports

Qatar's ports witnessed growing volumes in October. 330 vessels visiting the Port of Hamad, the Port of Ruwais and the Port of Doha led to a rise in throughput of 17% last year, as Mwani, the port owner and operator, reported....

11.11.2020

Sri Lankan carrier ramps up cargo capabilities

Fits Air (formerly Expo Air) has wet-leased an A321-200 for cargo-only flights out of Colombo. The Sri Lankan cargo specialist founded in 1997 secured the aircraft from Lithuania's Avion Express, which most recently was in...

11.11.2020

Logistics for Russian luxury car maker

The Russian Railways Holding will provide logistical support for the handling of Russian luxury cars produced by the Auarus family. The deal includes a full range of logistics services at the Russian manufacture site of Sollers...

11.11.2020

New president for Gefco France

Gefco, a global partner in multimodal supply chain solutions and finished vehicle logistics, has named Vittorio Battaglia new president of Gefco France and member of the group's executive board. Previously, he was general...

11.11.2020

MOL: corona case closed

The "Vega Dream", owned and managed by the Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), with a crew of twenty members, sailed from the Philippines on 6 November, after completion of vessel sanitisation and crew change....

11.11.2020

Two A350s packed with relief goods

Ethiopian Airlines and Airbus transported humanitarian goods on board two new Airbus A350-900s, delivered to the East African carrier on 6 November 2020. The humanitarian shipment took off from Toulouse for Addis Ababa loaded...

11.11.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The older an egg is, the better it swims in the water.

11.11.2020

Leadership succession plan

Alaska Air Group's board of directors has announced a leadership change: Ben Minicucci (right) will assume the role of the group's CEO on 31 March 2021, succeeding Brad Tilden (left), who served as CEO for eight years and who...

11.11.2020

Bolloré creates task force for vaccines

As preparation for the arrival of 15 billion doses of vaccines against Covid-19, Bolloré Logistics has founded a “task force” to design logistics solutions allowing to distribute these vaccines once they are placed on the market....

10.11.2020

Agility's business in recovery

Kuwait-headquartered logistics provider Agility has reported its figures for January to September 2020. During these nine months, revenues moved sideways, by 0.7% less to KWD 1.2 billion (3.93 USD), but net profit shrank by 50.4%...

10.11.2020

114,000 t of CO2 emissions saved

Swedish carrier Green Cargo has been transporting freight for the Nordic energy group St1 across Sweden for 25 years. During this period, almost 11,000,000 t of freight were delivered from St1 in Gothenburg to depots in Jönköping...

10.11.2020

Rayyan Air charters PIA "preighter"

As part of an agreement signed at the end of last month, the privately-owned Pakistani carrier Rayyan Air is chartering one of Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) twelve B777 passenger aircraft for freight purposes. The...

10.11.2020

Vectron Dual Mode authorised in Germany

Siemens’ Vectron Dual Mode locomotive has received authorisation for operation in Germany from the Federal Railway Authority (EBA). To date, over 100 combined diesel and electric locomotives have already been ordered, Siemens...

10.11.2020

First general manager for animal transport specialist

The Chapman Freeborn company Intradco Global has appointed Alexander Kraynov as its first general manager. He brings with him a vast amount of experience in the cargo charter market, mostly within the Volga-Dnepr Group...