China’s new fast railway cuts freight transport times 
Track laying has been completed for the entire new Harbin-Kiamusze railway, the longest fast railway in an extremely cold area of China. Construction began in 2014. The new rail link starts in Harbin, passes through, inter alia, Fangzheng and Yilan, before ending at Kiamusze,... mehr
ICS selects new marine committee chairman
Martin Cresswell, technical director of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, is the new chairman of the London-based International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)’s marine committee. He succeeds Peter Bond (Cyprus Shipping Chamber) who recently stood down following four years of... mehr
UTLC implements XL train project
New technology for extra-long (XL) container trains is being implemented by the United Transport and Logistics Company (UTLC), jointly with Russian Railways, Belarusian Railway and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ). The first UTLC XL train, hauling 80 conventional railcars loaded... mehr
Award for launch of China - UK freight train
DB Cargo UK has received a prestigious industry award from the Rail Freight Group (RFG) for the launch of the first ever China - UK railfreight service. The railfreight operator was presented with the ‘Judges’ Special Award’, a category created especially to acknowledge DB... mehr
Seabury appoints new senior advisor
David M. Turnbull has been appointed senior advisor at Seabury Capital. He will facilitate the company's expansion of its global product and advisory service offerings. Turnbull joined the Pacific Basin Board as an independent non-executive director in 2006, and was appointed... mehr
First Airbus wide-body centre outside Europe
Airbus has inaugurated its A330 completion and delivery centre (C&DC) in Tianjin (China). It is located at the same site as the Airbus Tianjin A320 family final assembly line and the Airbus Tianjin delivery centre. The new plant is composed of a paint shop, weighing... mehr
Certification for hopper car with aluminium-alloy roof
United Wagon Company and Arconic Russia have received certification for a new hopper car with a high-strength aluminium-alloy roof for grain transportation. The use of aluminium increases the carrying capacity of the hopper to 77 t by reducing the tare weight by more than 1... mehr
New rail route from Russia to China 
RZD Logistics, in cooperation with the Russian Export Centre, has launched a new circular railway route between Vorsino (Russia) and Chengdu (China). The service represents the next stage of development of the existing Vorsino-Dalian export container train service that has been... mehr
Kazakh airport to support disaster relief efforts
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Deutsche Post DHL Group are supporting the Kazakh authorities in their efforts to build resilience against future natural disasters. All this week, the two partners are teaming up with airport and government officials and... mehr
Milestone reached in Kaikoura rail rebuild
Freight is rolling again on South Island’s main north line, ten months after the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand. The first trains carrying goods from Picton to Christchurch, marked the start of a five nights per week service. These first rail services, even though... mehr