NTC India goes Malaysia 
The NTC group, an Indian 3Pl founded in 1997, has opened an office at Port Klang in Malaysia. The Chennai-headquartered group wants to enhance its logistics services not only in the Asia Pacific regions, but also with an outlook on the Americas and Europe. NTC currently has... more
Agency award ceremony for Turkish Cargo
The global air cargo brand Turkish Cargo brought its business partners in the air cargo sector and numerous agencies operating in Türkiye together in the ‘Agency Award Ceremony organised for the 11th edition this year. Commenting on the agency award ceremony, Turkish Airlines... more
Gerry’s Dnata obtains Isago for Pakistan
Gerry’s Dnata, a Pakistan-based provider of ground services, has obtained Iata safety audit for ground operations (Isago) station accreditation at Islamabad International Airport (ISB), following the successful completion of a comprehensive audit of its ground handling... more
Middle Corridor - a new alternative
Customers of a. hartrodt may now avoid the increasing disruptions on the sea freight routes between China and Europe. As a new alternative, the freight forwarder is offering rail transport via the Eurasian Middle Corridor. This route goes via Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea,... more
New Zealand fines cartel
New Zealand’s High Court has imposed penalties of NZD 9.7 million on two international freight forwarding companies for "a serious breach of law". Mondiale Freight Services and Oceanbridge Shipping are to pay USD 4.9 million and USD 4.6 million, respectively. In... more
Three Asians form one service
In July, Yang Ming is launching a new service connecting the Far East with the West Coast of Latin America. The FE-WCSA Loop will be called SA8 and will be operated in partnerships with Wan Hai and Pacific International Lines (PIL). Altogether eight 2,400-3,700 teu vessels will... more
Felb welcomes A. Redkin and R. Marakhovskii
The railway operator Felb – Far East Land Bridge is reorganising its management team. With immediate effect, Alexander Redkin will take over the position of COO and Ruslan Marakhovskii will become the new CFO. They will share the leadership of the logistics company with interim... more
China's 500 kg unmanned freighter in the skies
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Avic) has announced the completion of the successful maiden flight of the TP500 unmanned freighter, the country's first large unmanned transport plane produced under Chinese Civil Aviation Regulation requirements. Developed by the... more
Support for modernising India’s railways
The World Bank’s board has approved a USD 245 million loan to support India’s efforts to modernise railfreight and logistics infrastructure. The rail logistics project will help India shift more traffic from road to rail, making transport—both freight and passenger—more... more
More newbuilds for MSC
As Alphaliner reports, MSC is continuing to increase its fleet. Another round of 20 new containerships has been ordered to be built by shipping company’s partner Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding. These 200,000 additional teu would boost MSC's maritime capacities to 5 million... more