Southeast Asian expansion of APL's JTV service 
The CMA CGM affiliate APL has announced that the Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) service is extending its port rotation to the Philippines and within South China. The service will now be calling at three additional ports in Manila (Philippines), Shekou and Nansha (both China) as... more
Azerbaijan and Russia join forces on Eurasian route
Russian Railways and Azerbaijan Railways have signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop a comprehensive cooperation in the railway sector. In particular, the partners will implement joint activities that will contribute to the growth of freight traffic on the Iran –... more
Hawaiian Airlines renews digitisation partnership
Hawaiian Airlines has renewed its five-year contract with SmartKargo, continuing the cloud-delivered real-time management of the carrier’s air cargo business using the end-to-end software as a service (SaaS) solution. Since adopting the platform in 2014 as the first US... more
TRL CEO Rob Wallis steps down
After six years as CEO of TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory, and also CEO of its parent company, the Transport Research Foundation (TRF), Rob Wallis has informed the TRF Board of his wish to step down. Accordingly, the TRF Board has begun a transition process to... more
PSA and SATS set up sea-air connectivity in Singapore
The port operator PSA International and the ground handling provider SATS have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide cargo owners and logistics service providers with seamless connectivity for greater supply chain efficiency, and to boost Singapore’s status as a... more
Intermodal leads the way in HHLA's Q1/2019
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) reported satisfactory results in the first three months of the year. Improvements in container transport and property management led to a revenue of EUR 347.6 million (+10.3%). The operating result (ebit) rose significantly by EUR 11.8... more
Football and logistics
The football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) and the RAG-Stiftung, which oversees economic restructuring after the closing down of the coal mining industry, are now both part of startport. The subsidiary of Duisport, which runs the port of Duisburg, is an innovation platform for... more
Turkey: Railport to handle 105,000 teu in first phase
Industrial companies in Turkey are getting a new competitive mode of transport for long distances with the construction of the country’s first privately-run inland cargo terminal, or railport. The new project is being developed by the Turkish logistics company Arkas and the... more
Raben snaps up majority shareholding in Sittam
Netherlands-based Raben Group is increasing its stake in Sittam from 20% to 51% in July 2019. Through the share purchase the Dutch company will become the Italy-based forwarder general cargo transport provider’s majority shareholder. The Bertola family, Sittam’s majority... more
Result significantly up in the first quarter
The German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd closed Q1/2019 with a significantly higher operating profit, as earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) increased to EUR 214 million (compared to EUR 51 million in Q1/2018). The group’s net result increased to EUR 96 million (EUR -34... more