Magma Aviation inks freighter handling contract 
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, has won a new multi-year contract to handle freighters for Magma Aviation at Liege Airport. Starting this month, WFS will provide ramp and warehouse cargo handling for a minimum of five regular Boeing 747-400F... more
Regional know-how 
Partners for crisis support in West and Central Africa. Royal Air Maroc and the Washington-based humanitarian organisation Airlink, which specialises in air cargo logistics, have signed a partnership agreement to support communities affected by long-term crises. more
Wact Onne terminal expansion opened
Nigeria's Vice President Shettima inaugurated a USD 115 million upgrade of APM Terminals' West Africa Container Terminal (Wact) in Onne this week. The upgrade includes expanded yard space, advanced cargo handling equipment, and sustainable power solutions like a 1MW solar... more
Lineas and ECS set up joint rail service
The railfreight operator and the intermodal specialist have joined forces to launch a freight train connection between Zeebrugge in Belgium and Crailsheim (Stuttgart region) in Germany, offering three weekly round trips carrying 42 containers per train. This will take more than... more
An LNG ferry for the Oarai-Tomakomai route
MOL has held a naming and launching ceremony for the LNG-fuelled ferry “Sunflower Pirka”, which will serve the Oarai-Tomakomai route from April 2025. The ferry is part of MOL's efforts to adopt LNG as a low-carbon fuel as part of the company's decarbonisation strategy. The... more
Hungary introduces e-CMS
The digital protocol to the United Nations CMR convention for international road goods transport, entered into force in Hungary last week, setting a legal foundation for fully paperless road freight. Hungary is the 38th country to join e-CMR. The switch from paper-based to... more
Zero-carbon deliveries in Baden-Wuerttemberg
As the latest project in its strategy to shift to emissions-free transport services in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany), the automobile transport provider Mosolf Group has added six fully electric car transporters to its fleet. It presented the e-vehicles at its hub in Illingen... more
Nikola Corporation picks COO
Nikola Corporation, which specialises in solutions for zero-emissions transportation, energy supply infrastructures, via the Hyla brand, has appointed transportation executive Thomas Schmitt as its chief commercial officer (CCO). In his new role, Schmitt will align Nikola’s... more
Containerisation upgraded at Stockholm Norvik
Stockholm's Norvik port has acquired a new automated container loader, thus boosting its capacity to meet the needs of the Swedish export industry, particularly in the forestry and steel sectors. The loader, which arrived from Latvia, improves and speeds up the processing of... more
China promises financial injection for Tazara
China, Tanzania and Zambia have signed an initial agreement to rehabilitate a decades-old railway. The modernisation of the 1,860 km long line of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) will improve rail-sea transport in resource-rich East Africa, the Chinese state-owned... more