New roadside facilities for truck drivers in Australia 
Roadside facilities are set to improve for truck drivers using national routes in South Australia. New parking bays will be built on the Stuart Highway north of Coober Pedy and south of Glendambo, the Eyre Highway near Kimba, and the Sturt Highway east of Monash and west of... more
Plans proceeding for new coal rail line in Australia
The Australian railfreight company Aurizon and the Indian coal company GVK Hancock have agreed to develop a rail line and new coal terminal at the existing Abbot Point port in Queensland (Australia). The proposed rail solution means that in the initial stage, only 300 km out of... more
China Airlines to increase Taipei-Pudong service
While the People's Republic of China has installed an "air defence zone" between Taiwan (Republic of China) and Japan, the Taiwanese SkyTeam Cargo member China Airlines is to increase the service between its hub Taipei Taoyuan and Shanghai Pudong. Starting next Sunday... more
Logwin opens new branch office in northern India
Logwin, an international logistics service provider based in Grevenmacher (Luxembourg), opened a new branch office in Ludhiana in mid November. The new location is the company’s twelfth in India. The industrial city of Ludhiana in the northern Indian state of Punjab is reckoned... more
TasRail receives first two new locomotives
The Australian transport provider TasRail has taken delivery of the first two out of 17 new locomotives from Downer Rail’s technology partner Progress Rail Services (PRS) in the USA. The PR22L series of locomotives is a new product for the Downer brand and is a PRS design based... more
Dubai International's cargo volume continues to rise...
Dubai International (DXB) handled 208,695 t of cargo in October, an increase of 3% over the 202,619 t recorded for October 2012. The UAE airport's year to date freight volumes reached 1.99 million t compared to 1.88 million t handled during the corresponding period last year, an... more
Sparx Logistics merges with Aqua & Air Cargo
Sparx Logistics, an international transportation and logistics company based in Hong Kong, and the Aqua & Air Cargo Company, an established supply chain management firm operating in Shanghai and across China, have merged. Aqua & Air Cargo, which was established in... more
Doubled to a two-month high 
News about positive developments concerning freight rates between Asia and Europe have been few and far between in the past few months. Now the WCI has more than doubled to 7 November, however. Can a higher rate level be sustained? more
CIS and UIC set to cooperate
The Council for Rail Transport of the CIS (CRT CIS) and the International Union of Railways (UIC) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) in Moldova. In the framework of the MoC, it is proposed that the two organisations will cooperate on traffic safety, anti-terrorism... more
Kuwait Airways has internal troubles, but back in Iraq
Kuwait has suspended Sami al-Nisf, the chairman of state-owned Kuwait Airways in a dispute over his plans to buy five used aircraft from India's Jet Airways. The company has since abandoned these plans. Reuters reported that the government had requested to stop the A330 aircraft... more