09.01.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

09.01.2024

Green light for Opticooler

After its technical approval of the Opticooler RAP, Air Canada Cargo has now also certified the RKN version. With Air Canada’s vast international passenger network and a fleet of dedicated freighters, Air Canada Cargo has access...
08.01.2024

Overcoming a blockade

Pluses and minuses in trade between the USA and Mexico. The overall signs are good for cross-border transport operations between Mexico and the USA, and thus more and more forwarders offer such options in their portfolios. The...
08.01.2024

Türk to lead Turkish Cargo

Seven years after having been appointed Chief Cargo Officer at Turkish Airlines, Turhan Özen has decided to leave the corporation. He handed over the baton to Ali Türk (photo) on 1 January 2024. A graduate from Istanbul...
08.01.2024

Uncertainties and opportunities in 2024

In its latest weekly market data analysis, ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform Xeneta says that 2024 may herald the start of a new economic growth cycle for the global air cargo industry after...
08.01.2024

Bertschi adds services in Spain

The Swiss group has launched a new rail service link connecting its own terminal in La Canonja/Tarragona and the public rail terminal in Barcelona Morrot, which increases its operating capacity and its portfolio of sustainable...
08.01.2024

Grimaldi Group expands in Greece

A group of men in front of microphones

The Grimaldi Group, an Italian private shipping company, has acquired a 67% majority stake in the Heraklion Port Authority (HPA) for the price of EUR 80 million. This move comes after its recent acquisition of the Igoumenitsa...
08.01.2024

Industry veteran joins ASF

Global logistics provider ASF has appointed Angel Rodriguez, an industry veteran with over 30 years of global end-to-end supply chain experience, as president of ASF Air. In his most recent role at Flexport, Rodriguez created...
08.01.2024

More diversity in the fleet

The Italian haulier Ambrogio Intermodal has purchased 650 swap bodies and container chassis vehicles from Kässbohrer, which were recently delivered to its site in Gallarate, Italy. Kässbohrer's coil swap body, which is the...
08.01.2024

China Cargo launches Miami freighter service

China Cargo Airlines is extending its relationship with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, in North America with a new handling contract, marking the start of the first services of a Chinese airline to...
08.01.2024

GW in Austr(al)ia

Gebrüder Weiss (GW) has been keeping busy over the New Year, from artwork transportation in Austria to new expansions in Australia. In December 2023, the company transported Barbara Anna Husar’s atelier from Vienna to...
08.01.2024

Tangier port: bigger and greener

A bird’s eye view of the APM container terminal with many containers

APM Terminals Med Port Tangier in Morocco has recently completed phase 2 of its expansion, increasing its capacity by over one million teu. The upgrade adds seven new container stacks, a 400 m berth and features 14 automated...
08.01.2024

A new chair for virtual young forwarder network

Clara Thomas, operations co-ordinator at Quality Freight Services, has been appointed as the new chair of the virtual format of the British International Freight Association’s young forwarder network (YFN), taking over from...
08.01.2024

Enlarging container handling capacity near Almaty

Eastcomtrans is to receive a USD 40 million loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Kazakhstan’s largest private rolling stock operator will use the funds to further develop its Zhetygen logistical...
08.01.2024

Bolstering the cold chain in the Middle East

Construction has started on a USD 35 million cold storage hub at the Port of Jebel Ali, Dubai, to be run by Americold Realty Trust’s local joint venture. Americold and DP World are working together as RSA Cold Chain to...
08.01.2024

Returns under red wings

Russia's Red Wings Airlines has revived Sky Gates Airlines. Founded in 2016 with a focus on freight, the company was forced to cease operations following the sanctions imposed in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in...
08.01.2024

New year, more e-commerce

The Hong Kong-based U-Freight group is expanding the e-commerce logistics services of its E-plus Solutions brand, targeting start-ups and SMEs. U-Freight’s E-Plus brand was established in 2019, offering storage space for the...
08.01.2024

Global shipping: latest stats

The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index for November

In November, the RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index, which measures global shipping activity, saw a slight uptick to 124.5 points, mainly due to a rise in container handling in Asian ports outside China. This growth was however...
08.01.2024

Iata elects Qatar Airways' group CEO

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has elected Qatar Airways group chief executive officer Badr Mohammed Al-Meer to its board of governors. Iata represents some 320 airlines or 83% of total air traffic. Al-Meer...
08.01.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Big meals affect your hearing.
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