Boeing: +66% of freighters by 2043 
Boeing has just published its "2024 World Air Cargo Forecast" (WACF), the biennial overview and long-term outlook for the air cargo industry, projecting that air cargo traffic will increase by an average of 4% per year through 2043. Darren Hulst, VP of commercial... mehr
Fulvio Carlini takes over the baton
Fonasba (the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents) held its annual meeting in Athens, Greece on 16-18 October, and its council elected its new board. Signalling a new era of leadership, Fulvio Carlini of Italy (pictured) officially succeeded Javier... mehr
Enhancing North American presence
Cimcorp is strengthening its North American leadership with the appointment of Pekka Natri as its new head of region. Since joining the company in 2018, he has been instrumental in Cimcorp’s global expansion efforts. He spearheaded the establishment of the office in Chennai,... mehr
Ports and partnerships in Pakistan
The Pakistani government is working with AD Ports Group in a series of MOUs regarding air, sea and rail transport as well as logistics and digitalisation. The parties signed four agreements to this effect on 8 November in Islamabad, attended by PM Shehbaz Sharif as well as... mehr
Freightos gains transpacific partner
Qantas Freight, the cargo division of Australia's national carrier Qantas, has joined the air cargo booking platform of Freightos, a vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for the international freight industry with some 55 carriers representing nearly 70% of global air... mehr
Integrating 28 new locations
Menzies Aviation, a service partner for airports and airlines worldwide, is extending its partnership with Wipro to roll out the Menzies aviation cargo handling (Mach) cargo management system to 28 new stations in 2025. In 2024, working with the technology services and... mehr
«So viel Anfang war nie» 
Bericht von der diesjährigen World Ports Conference der IAPH in Hamburg. Hochgestimmt fand die Welt-Hafen-Konferenz der International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) vom 8. bis 10. Oktober im Hamburger CCH statt. Rund 600 Mitglieder aus der ganzen Welt waren gekommen.... mehr
Vietnam Airlines sees volumes surge
Vietnam's national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines produced a strong performance for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2024 (USD 3.4 billion - +26.6%), driven by the restoration of its entire domestic network and most of the international network, alongside increased... mehr
Intra-city sea-rail link launched
Freight forwarder SDI Logistics has introduced a new sea-rail channel in the Chinese Guangdong-Hong-Kong-Macao Greater-Bay Area (GBA). The first container train, loaded with 2,000 motorcycles, recently departed from Zengcheng Railway Logistics Park in China and went directly to... mehr
Five more LNG dual-fuel vessels
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has placed an order for five additional 9,000 teu liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel container vessels, accelerating its fleet renewal strategy. Built by China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, the newbuilds are scheduled for delivery in... mehr