Marketplace reaches new heights 
Wildberries has opened its highest-altitude order pickup point in Khorog, Tajikistan, at around 2,500 m above sea level in the Pamir Mountains. The new location will serve all seven districts of Khorog and more than 40 rural communities, providing access to millions of... more
MOL expands Otec plans
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Kumejima Town in Okinawa prefecture to advance renewable energy, decarbonisation and tourism initiatives. The collaboration will focus on ocean thermal energy conversion (Otec), CO₂ capture and... more
Interferry names new board members
Interferry announces that it has strengthened its worldwide representation with the appointment of six new board directors and a new chairman. At its AGM in Sorrento on 6 October, the global ferry association named FRS CEO Götz Becker as chairman and welcomed six new directors... more
Siemens healthineers names KLN distributor
KLN logistics group has named its healthcare arm, KLN medical limited, as the exclusive distributor of Siemens healthineers’ 'Point-of-Care testing' solutions in Hong Kong. The agreement expands KLN’s position to the life sciences sector and covers full agency, distribution... more
transport logistic and ITJ expand cooperation
Messe München—with its exhibitions transport logistic, air cargo and project cargo—and Logismedia Group AG, publisher of the ITJ International Transport Journal, are both active on four continents and reach every segment of logistics, supply chain, and transport. During the BVL... more
Salvage completed after ACT Airlines accident
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has completed the recovery of the ACT Airlines Boeing 747-400F operating flight UAE9788 for Emirates SkyCargo, which veered off the North Runway into the sea on 20 October. The aircraft, arriving from Dubai, carried four crew members, all... more
Shipping moves beyond IMO
Following the IMO’s decision to delay amendments to 'Marpol Annex VI' by one year, NatPower marine has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing decarbonisation without waiting for regulation. The vote, taken at the marine environment protection committee’s extraordinary session in... more
PCTC joins fleet
Grimaldi group has taken delivery of the 'Grande Melbourne', a new ammonia-ready pure car & truck carrier commissioned by Shanghai Waigaoqiao shipbuilding and China shipbuilding trading, subsidiaries of CSSC. Measuring 200 m long with a 38 m beam and 77,500 t gross tonnage,... more
From Chengdu to Katowice
Katowice Airport has welcomed its first-ever Boeing 777F from Central Airlines, marking the launch of a new charter cargo route between China and Poland. The connection, operated three to five times weekly on behalf of Chinese e-commerce platforms, further strengthens Poland’s... more
McKay elected new Chair of ICHCA International
The International Cargo Handling Association (ICHCA), an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the safety, productivity and efficiency of cargo handling and movement worldwide, has elected Scott McKay of Australia as its new Chair, effective 30... more