New service to Africa and its islands 
Hapag-Lloyd has started a new MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service, including connections to the Middle East and South Asia. The carrier from Hamburg entered the African market about twelve years ago and speaks of a "steady and significant growth in transported... more
Evgeniya Khokhlova wins Fiata award
For over twenty years both Fiata and the specialist insurer TT Club have championed the development of young professionals in freight forwarding. Now in its twenty-second year, the young international freight forwarder of the year (YIFFY) award has been supported by both... more
Etihad Cargo introduces winter network
Leading Etihad Cargo’s annual refresh of its winter network is the enhancement of its freighter services between Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Columbus, Ohio (USA). A weekly service, now via Europe to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, will be supported by its RFS network to... more
Improving traffic flow between Mombasa and Nairobi
The African Development Bank Group has approved loans of EUR 209 million to fund the expansion of a highway that links major economic hubs in Kenya. The five-year project will convert the 84 km Kenol–Sagana–Marua road in central and eastern Kenya from a two-way single... more
Global railway industry bucks the trend
The business climate of the international railway industry remains on a high level in Q3/2019 quarter and is even registering a slight increase compared to Q2/2019. This is shown by the current SCI rail business index – a regular survey which the consultancy SCI Verkehr conducts... more
Capacities at the Cape 
Cape Town, the host of this year’s Fiata World Congress, is set to be re-connected nonstop to the USA again from 15 December. The skies in neighbouring countries are also full of good news. Here’s a brief overview – without making any claim for completeness. more
Magma Aviation launches new Kigali service
Starting today, 2 October 2019, UK-based Magma Aviation, which provides worldwide air freight transportation on a regular and charter basis, continues to focus on its Africa services, launching a weekly B747F flight from Liège (Belgium) to Kigali (Ruanda). Flying on behalf... more
Traxens joins forces with ITP/ITPL
Traxens, experts in providing high-value data and services for the supply chain industry, has formed a partnership with logistics and transport services specialists ITP (Inter Transit Pharma) and ITPL (Inter Transit et Prestations Logistiques) for precision tracking of... more
Kale lends Kenyan freight forwarder a helping hand
The Indian IT logistics solutions provider Kale has been chosen by Mitchell Cotts, a trusted name in the shipping, freight forwarding, warehousing and transport business in Kenya, to digitise its entire air cargo handling operations at Nairobi airport with the web-based airport... more
One more flower logistics certification
Just before attending the Proflora exhibition in Bogotá, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo announced the FlowerWatch approval for its flower exports out of Colombia, as an extension of the programme after the launch of the FlowerWatch certification in Kenya in June. AFKLMP... more