Covid test kits from China to Austria 
To meet the high demand for rapid Covid-19 tests and fill the gap of lost bellyhold capacity, Gebrüder Weiss has built an air bridge consisting of five charter flights between China and Austria. Using a chartered A330 specially converted for transport, the Austrian logistics... more
Californian bees to nest in Singapore
Roambee, a Silicon Valley-based supply chain visibility solutions provider which wants to drive growth in Asia and further increase its global life sciences footprint, has appointed Michael Culme-Seymour in Singapore, where he has been living with his family for 22 years, as its... more
Three musketeers for USEC
Maersk, MSC and ZIM are launching a new joint TP23 service between from China and Vietnam to the US east coast from May this year. Ports of call will be Vung Tau in Vietnam, Yantian in South China, and, after crossing the Panama Canal, Savannah, Charleston and Newark. The... more
Hong Kong focuses on e-commerce
Hong Kong Air Cargo (2020: 238,000 t of cargo, +8.1%) has begun its partnership with Alibaba's logistics platform Cainiao Smart Logistics Network. Jeffrey Zhang, director, commercial: "It has always been our goal to establish Hong Kong as an express e-commerce hub and... more
Röhlig remained strong in 2020
Bremen (Germany)-based logistics company Röhlig is satisfied with its 2020 results in financial terms. Gross profit amounted to EUR 140 million and moves sidewards in comparison to 2019. While gross profit in sea freight fell by around 2%, air freight gross profit increased by... more
Alternative China-UK route
The Russian Railways’ Holding (RZD) has helped organise a multimodal transit shipment of goods from China to Great Britain via Kaliningrad (Russia). A container train loaded with 50 ft containers travelled from the Chinese city of Xian through the Altynkol border crossing... more
E-Commerce - what's next?
Singapore-headquartered Asia Pacific and the EEMEA section of DHL Express have just published a new whitepaper with the boasting title of "The Ultimate B2B E-commerce Guide: Tradition is out. Digital is in." The study refers to the current trend to e-commerce and... more
Geodis: recognition in China
Global supply chain operator Geodis has won the “core carrier of Arkema China” in Asia-Pacific award for 2021. The prize was presented at the Arkema China carrier annual conference in Shanghai, China, in which Arkema China wished “to acknowledge and celebrate the company’s... more
More clients for Swisslog
Buchs (Switzerland)–headquartered Swisslog won new customers in 2020 and installed new facilities for some of its existing clients. The new distribution centre dm-Drogerie Markt near Berlin came on stream despite difficult circumstances. Swisslog also successfully completed... more
Four new directors on Tiaca board
Following a year of internal re-organisation and changes in its governance structure, Tiaca has appointed four new board members: Liana Coyne, Coyne Airways; Bob Chi, Sats; Manel Galindo, Webcargo; and Hendrik Leyssens, Swissport. Each new board member has been vetted by the... more