New location in Asia to open 
The Austria-headquartered logistics company Gebrüder Weiss's (GW) next air & sea office is to open in the South Korean capital of Seoul on 1 June 2020. Despite the difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis, this project was completed as scheduled, the company said... more
New division for high tech logistics
Cargo-partner has set up a dedicated department for high tech logistics at its headquarters near Vienna Airport. The service portfolio includes precisely timed deliveries with the company's own vehicle fleet, assembly and customer training on site as well as specialised storage... more
Port of Melbourne appoints new head
Port of Melbourne has hired Shaun Mooney as executive general manager, commercial, with oversight of property and business development, reporting to Brendan Bourke, CEO. Mooney joins Port of Melbourne following a stint at Linfox as general manager commercial projects, and 18... more
New Pakistan carrier takes over first cargo aircraft
Rostrum Leasing Ireland has delivered its first B737-300BCF to Air Falcon, a regional airline headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. Converted by Pemco, the aircraft was ferried earlier this month from Victorville, California, to Karachi. Rostrum Leasing will be supplying a second... more
No breakbulk fair, but nevertheless big event in Bremen
Some weeks ago, it was announced that Breakbulk Europe, the world's largest fair specialising in heavy cargo logistics, will not open today, 26 May 2020 but has been postponed to 29 September - 1 October. Nevertheless, the airport of Bremen, the city on the northern coast of... more
Trial trains en route between Europe and China
Russian multimodal operator RZD Logistics is expanding the options for the transit of sanctioned goods from Europe through Russia to China. To this end, the company is testing transport services along the northern route through Zabaikalsk at the Russian-Chinese border. On 13... more
Imperial rises to the challenge
Imperial now supports chemicals manufacturer Schirm in the storage and distribution of urgent hand sanitiser supplies destined for local authorities and healthcare workers. The company successfully set up all operations within 24 hours of the initial request. The hand... more
Port of Casablanca shows resilience
Morocco's port of Casablanca has reported its throughput figures for April 2020, the first month under Covid-19 anti-pandemic conditions. Total traffic recorded at the end of the month was at almost 10.5 million t, a surge of 6% compared to the same period in 2019. Imports... more
Bahamas Maritime Authority chooses new deputy director
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has appointed Captain Ghulam Hussain as deputy director (maritime affairs) with responsibility for Bahamas representation at IMO and intergovernmental meetings. Hussain joins the BMA having recently held a similar position at the Nautical... more
Fostering e-bills of lading globally
The Digital Container Shipping Association (Dcsa), in which most of the major carriers seek to standardise their digital activities, has put forward that the current pandemic forges the need to digitise the bill of lading (B/L) in shipping as well. André Simha, global chief... more