Egypt: new regional anchor 
Present in the Middle East South Asia region (Mesa) since 1999, the Germany-headquartered logistics service provider Hellmann launched new operations in Egypt recently, and in Oman back in summer 2020. The company focuses on the automotive, healthcare, chemical, FMCG and fashion... mehr
Pilot for port digitisation gains support
In order to promote digitisation in middle-sized ports, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued a call for expressions of interest from countries with such ports to take part in a pilot project. Under the pilot project, the selected country will be advised... mehr
God given?
In hunting, the game is sometimes chased through a bottleneck where there is no alternative escape route, this is called a “forced crossing”. It can also apply to cargo. 6 km north of the city of Suez in the single-lane section of the over 150-year-old Suez Canal, the... mehr
Alibaba über Riyadh 
Saudia Cargo und der Logistikarm der Alibaba Group haben vereinbart, fünf Flüge pro Woche von Hongkong nach Lüttich über die saudische Hauptstadt zu führen – ein Pfeiler der Luftbrücke für den E-Commerce. mehr
ZIM's performance validated
The carrier ZIM reported that in 2020, its revenues went up by 21% to USD 3.99 billion, its adjusted ebit for the full year increase to USD 722 million (+372%) and its net income amounted to USD 524 million, compared to a loss of USD 13 million in 2019. Volumes remained... mehr
Alliance to ship vaccines
The global airline alliance Skyteam Cargo has launched "V Excellence", which covers the transport of Covid-19 shipments moved under the members' product family "customised vaccines", offering priority handling, and "specialised pharma", the solution... mehr
Crew crisis on the rise again?
Shipping companies fear that the number of seafarers affected by the crew change crisis is on the rise due to travel restrictions imposed by governments to combat the new variants of the virus. The latest industry analyses show that 200,000 seafarers are currently affected, a... mehr
Pharma follows perishables
A few weeks ago Oman Air was certified in accordance with ‘CEIV Fresh’, Iata's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators for fresh logisticscs (CEIV Fresh). Now the carrier has also been certified in accordance with Iata CEIV Pharma, confirming its capabilities to... mehr
First flight of last A380
The last A380 manufactured in Toulouse took off on its first flight last week. The superjumbo flew from the Airbus plant in southern France to the Hamburg site.It will undergo tests in northern Germany before its handover, for which no date has yet been fixed. The 251st model... mehr
Delivering vital vaccines from India to Egypt
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, and global supply chain company EFL (Expolanka Freight) have carried a vital consignment of vaccines from India, the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines according to WHO, to Egypt. Leveraging Etihad... mehr