Locomotive fleet grows to 36 Vectrons 
The Polish locomotive leasing company Cargounit has ordered up to 30 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The framework agreement includes the delivery of ten units by the end of 2023 and an option for 20 additional locomotives by 2024 as well as maintenance services.... more
Austria names successor to Hercules
At a press conference, Austria's defence minister Klaudia Tanner and major general Harald Vodosek announced that all further plans for the successor to the C-130 "Hercules" will focus on the Embraer C-390. The C-130 "Hercules" has been in service at in the... more
A 16,000 sqm warehouse in Cameroon
A.P. Moller – Maersk has opened a warehousing & distribution facility in Douala, Cameroon. The site will be spread over 16,000 sqm, providing for dry warehousing and distribution. As a bonded facility, it will also provide for the storage of cargo in the customs... more
Envirotainer adds containers for the Americas
Envirotainer, a specialist in the shipment of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, has expanded its network capabilities in the Americas, by adding more containers to handle the increasing volume of orders being shipped from the region. Envirotainer’s RAP e2 containers are... more
Anna-Maria Kirchner joins Finnair Cargo
Finnair Cargo has appointed Anna-Maria Kirchner as head of global sales, effective 15 September 2023. “We are happy to welcome Kirchner to our team. As we are looking to strengthen our sales team and develop our product and digital solutions to our customers, Anna-Maria is a... more
Singapore tops global shipping centre index
Singapore has once again secured the top spot in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCDI) for the tenth consecutive year. This report, published jointly by Xinhua and the Baltic Exchange, also ranks London and Shanghai as primary global maritime... more
Faster and more cost-effective than rail and air
A new TIR route bridges the gap between China’s east coast and Central Asia and connects Uzbekistan to China’s coastal city of Qingdao. The first convoy, including Uzbek TIR trucks carrying blackcurrants, recently completed the maiden run from Samarkand to Qingdao passing... more
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: no time to waste
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and its cargo partners are combatting long truck wait times at the hub through the introduction of a new smart cargo main port programme initiative, “Digital Planning”, for which key players in Schiphol’s air freight chain signed a best effort... more
Uber and Waabi: an AI project in Texas
Uber Freight has formed a partnership with Waabi, which specialises in generative AI and simulation for autonomous technology, to accelerate the safe deployment of AI-powered autonomous trucks at scale. This agreement brings together Waabi’s core technology—the Waabi Driver—with... more
Etihad Cargo picks area general manager
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has appointed Giridharan Srinivasan to the role of area general manager – Indian Subcontinent. Based in Bangalore, Srinivasan will report directly to Latha Narayan, Etihad Cargo's director east cargo commercial –... more