Second ULCV for Evergreen is on 
The Taiwan-headquartered carrier Evergreen Marine has taken delivery of the second 24,000 teu containership from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The mega container ship “Ever Aria” follows its sister ship “Ever Alot” delivered in June this year. Both newbuilds have been flagged in... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
If the horse in an equestrian statue has two hooves in the air, it means that the rider has fallen in battle. more
US cargo airlines: few job losses in July 2022
US airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment decreased to 767,772 workers in July 2022, 97 (-0.01%) fewer workers than in June 2022 (767,869) and 24,732 (3.33%) more than in pre-pandemic July 2019 (743,040). US cargo airlines employed 276,128... more
Faster, safer and closer trailer services
The multi-brand, full-service workshop concept 'Alltrucks Truck & Trailer Service' and BPW Bergische Achsen have inked an international cooperation agreement. With his partnership, BPW will enhance its service networks with Alltrucks workshops in Germany, the... more
What crisis? It’s an opportunity!
In conversation with Nurgül Karabaki, LAM’s airfreight business development manager. Turkey’s skies are full of airfreight activities. Might the Iata World Cargo Symposium, which was scheduled to take place in Istanbul in 2020, return to the Bosphorus again next year? The... more
Hactl ups DG training standards
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), which gained the status as an ‘Iata accredited training school’ in 2003, has become the first cargo terminal operator in Hong Kong to achieve Iata’s new competence-based training and assessment (CBTA) centre certification.Following... more
1,400 exhibitors to present innovations
The IAA Transportation 2022 exhibition will open in Hanover (Germany) tomorrow, 20 September. Formerly known as IAA Commercial Vehicles, which focused on light and heavy commercial vehicles, the new concept covers the entire transport and logistics spectrum. Over five days,... more
111 years of Hamburg airport
Hamburg airport is celebrating its 111th birthday. But you wouldn’t be in Germany’s largest port city if the airport hadn’t initially been built with reference to airship travel. Thus the “LZ-10 Schwaben”, a zeppelin carrying large quantities of airmail for the first time, made... more
Two new partners for Transnatur
Transnatur Group signed a partnership for the region of Strasbourg with Ziegler as a new agent on 15 September 2022. The companies have been working together for many years, especially in France, where they already cover the Bordeaux area. Under this partnership, Transnatur will... more
A big takeover for Abu Dhabi Ports
In mid-September 2022, the Abu Dhabi Ports Group completed the acquisition of a 70% equity stake in the Egyptian companies Transmar International Shipping Company (“Transmar”) and Transcargo International (“TCI”). The total value of the transaction amounts to AED 514 million... more