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17.10.2023

Flying a first satellite from Japan to New Zealand

Japan-based Yusen Logistics has transported ADRAS-J, Astroscale’s commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, to Auckland. It will be launched by a rocket from a launch site in Mahia and is designed to obtain images...

17.10.2023

IWT picks Janeta Toma

Janeta Toma has been appointed general manager of the IWT platform, effective 1 October 2023. The board of director’s decision precedes the retirement of Nik Delmeire set for mid–2024. Toma, an economist, holds a MSc in...

17.10.2023

German vehicles to decarbonise Saudi Arabia

German vehicle manufacturer Quantron has delivered 50 electric-powered light trucks to Saudi Arabia with its Saudi partner Petromin. The Qargo 4EV model has been specially designed to make urban transport and last mile delivery...

17.10.2023

AAL expands in Taiwan with Wallem

AAL Shipping (AAL) is expanding its presence in Taiwan by appointing Taiwan Wallem Transportation Co. as its exclusive commercial and port agency representative within the region. With local representation in Taiwan for over two...

17.10.2023

FedEx Express digitises shipment paperwork

FedEx Express has launched FedEx Ship Manager (FSM), a new e-commerce service to support small businesses and e-commerce retailers, helping them to efficiently manage their shipments online. This service is available in 44...

17.10.2023

"Vienna Cargo Day": a premiere in Airport City

On 9 October 2023, the first ‘Vienna Cargo Day’ took place at Airport City, directly followed by Fly Pharma Europe 2023 on 10 and 11 October 2023. More than 400 international air cargo industry representatives gathered at...

17.10.2023

Kenco strengthens life sciences division

Kenco, a North American third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has appointed Blake Hackler as group vice president, operations, life sciences and TJ Gbadamosi as a manager of life science network quality. Hackler brings...

17.10.2023

German ports for a green future

At an event entitled “German Ports and Shipping on Course for the Energy and Climate Transition” which was organised by the Deutsches Verkehrsforum (DVF) in Berlin last week, the German maritime and logistics industry discussed...

17.10.2023

Loco pulls 6,400 t trains - even in rough terrain

RZD Logistics has delivered the first four diesel locomotives of a total of 50 units ordered to Kazakhstan. The tractor units, all 2TE25KM freight locomotives, are manufactured at the Russian engineering plant in Bryansk,...

17.10.2023

Tyremotive: an eco-friendly facility in Kitzingen

Tyremotive, a manufacturer and wholesaler of wheels and tyres, has moved into its new warehouse in the Kitzingen industrial park, which is located between Frankfurt and Nuremberg and is connected to both the A3 and A7 motorways....

17.10.2023

Cargo performance in Africa

Afraa secretary general – Abderahmane Berthé, delivered a keynote address at the 53rd annual general assembly of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (Aasa). In terms of cargo performance, Berthé reported that the...

17.10.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Tricolour cats are almost always female.

17.10.2023

A promotion for Tania Galli

Universal Africa Lines welcomed Tania Galli as a new member of the board of directors on 1 October 2023. Galli has headed the legal department and been an integral part of UAL team for the past twelve years, where she managed...

17.10.2023

A new hub in Vietnam

French contract logistics provider FM Logistic has opened a multi-client facility in Binh Duong, Vietnam. Built by NG Concept, the warehouse is located 43 km from Ho Chi Minh City centre and provides warehousing, handling,...

17.10.2023

EV three-wheelers made in India

At around 6 million, three-wheelers are ubiquitous in India today. However, most of these transport vehicles are not eco-friendly because they are powered by petrol (gasoline) or diesel or use natural gas or liquefied petroleum...

17.10.2023

DBJ joins Blue Vispy Consortium

Helsinki-based maritime software and data services provider Napa has announced that the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has joined the Blue Visby Consortium. The Blue Visby project focuses on reducing greenhouse gas...

16.10.2023

A Peruvian premiere

An ‘Airport City’ – a concept that’s rather new in South America – is slowly taking shape in Lima. Hub operator Lima Airport Partners (LAP), in which Fraport holds an 80.01% stake, has completed the commercial tender process for...

16.10.2023

Associations demand legal steps against Tyrol

Block clearances in Kufstein (Tyrol, Austria) are regularly causing up to 80 km long truck traffic jams on the Bavarian border (Germany). The affected drivers have to hold out on the motorway for hours without any supplies or...

16.10.2023

Sparx Logistics expands to Thailand

Warunee Katasai, Sparx’s operations manager in Thailand: “The Thai economy's consistent growth is opening up fresh possibilities for businesses. Sparx can assist them in their journeys to achieve their supply chain...

16.10.2023

China's Golden Week impact weaker than last year

Air freight fgures for week 40 (2-8 October 2023) show a 5% drop in tonnages, compared with week 39, while rates decreased by 3%, based on the +400,000 weekly transactions covered by World ACD’s data. But the week-on-week (WoW)...