K Line announces management changes 
At a recent board meeting Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) decided to make several promotions, as of 1 April 2019. The Japanese carrier, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary that month, has organised its future business foundation under the current management to rebuild... more
Thailand's Nokscoot appoints ECS Group as GSSA
Created in 2014 through a joint venture between Singapore Airline's subsidiary Scoot and the Thai Nok Air company, the "smiling" low-cost airline Nokscoot has appointed the ECS Group as its GSSA to represent its cargo business in total cargo management (TCM). It is... more
Coal rich region Xinjiang gets new rail service
China Railway Urumqi Group has established the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway that connects the coal-rich northeast Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwest China with wider areas in the east. The first train, carrying 3,700 t of coal, ran along the 435.6 km track in week... more
More autonomous trucks on trial in Australian mine
Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active... more
Qatar Airways ends successful 2018 investing in China
As part of its strategy to invest in the strongest airlines around the world, Qatar Airways completed an on-market purchase of certain A and H shares of China Southern Airlines on 28 December 2018. This investment results in an aggregate holding of approximately 5% of the... more
Icao looks back on "moderate" 2018
After the sharp pick-up in airfreight growth during the inventory restocking period in 2017, air cargo traffic growth moderated in 2018. That coincided with the softening demand drivers impacted by trade tension and declining import and export orders. Preliminary figures... more