Silk Way West turns ten this month 
Baku (Azerbaijan)-based Silk Way West Airlines, a member of the Silk Way Group, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The inaugural Silk Way West Airlines cargo flight was operated by a Boeing 747-400F on the Baku - Frankfurt-Hahn (Germany) route in July 2012. The carrier... more
Melbourne takes a dip
It is not a law of nature that volumes have to grow in all the ports of the world. Traffic at the Port of Melbourne has gone down since the beginning of this year. In May 2022, the port saw its container throughput shrinking by 6% compared to the same period in 2021, reaching a... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Americans drink more vodka than whiskey, tequila, rum and gin combined. more
APCR Group picks Olivier Barge
Bouygues Construction, Goodman, Prologis: Olivier Barge's career is synonymous with "large groups", "real estate" and "diversity of functions". Barge is a member of the innovation commission of Afilog (Association Française de l'Immobilier... more
Automated truck handling
BASF is building a future-oriented digital system for the handling of 2,500 trucks per day at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The project includes the comprehensive digitalisation and automation of all processes for a fast and error-free handling of transport... more
Narcotics through Louisville
On 17 June 2022, CBP officers in Louisville seized a shipment of 14 Wilson footballs originating from California and bound for Australia. Officers found more than 5.4 kg of methamphetamine in the lining of the footballs. Some narcotics have stateside addresses while other... more
The Quality Group finds new warehouse
The Quality Group is the latest shipper to move into the Panattoni Park Hamburg Nord (Germany). Based in Elmshorn, Germany, the group manufactures products for the sports performance and dietary nutrition sectors and produces most of its goods in-house in Germany. The... more
When Finns buy in Canada
Wärtsilä Voyage, an affiliate of the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, is acquiring Port Link Global, a port solutions company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The transaction was signed and closed in June 2022. Port Link and Wärtsilä Voyage have been successful partners... more
Medway expands hinterland services
From tomorrow, Friday, 1 July 2022, Medway Italia (part of MSC) will connect the Belgian seaport of Antwerp and the German terminals in Frankfurt, Wörth, Germersheim and Neuss with fourteen departures a week. The transports will be managed by the Belgian branch. The trains... more
Agency award ceremony for Turkish Cargo
The global air cargo brand Turkish Cargo brought its business partners in the air cargo sector and numerous agencies operating in Türkiye together in the ‘Agency Award Ceremony organised for the 11th edition this year. Commenting on the agency award ceremony, Turkish Airlines... more