Korean Air increases China operation 
Korean Air is increasing operations on a number of routes linking its hub Seoul Incheon with China. Starting today (8 July 2014), the service frequency to Beijing will increase from eleven to 14 weekly, and to Yanji from five to seven weekly. From 9 July, the service to... more
TNT Express invests in new Brisbane logistics hub
TNT Express is to build a new Queensland (Australia) regional head office and distribution centre at Redbank in the Ipswich region. Construction of the new facility is planned to begin this month (July) with completion slated for June 2015. The new depot's state-of-the-art... more
UPS offers China-Europe rail service
UPS is adding a full container load (FCL) rail solution to its China-to-Europe transport lineup. The US integrator now offers the rail service from Chengdu (China) to Lodz (Poland) and from Zhengzhou (China) to Hamburg (Germany). By combining the new rail offer with a truck... more
Russian port project Zarubino takes shape
The Russia-based Summa Group and the country's ocean transport and port developer Rosmorport have signed a cooperation agreement about the implementation of the Bolshoy Zarubino port project on the country’s Pacific coast. Under the terms of the pact, Summa will be... more
DHL signs 15th conversion agreement with Precision
Precision Aircraft Solutions has begun the conversion of a DHL-owned B757 aircraft. The unit will be operated in India by Blue Dart Aviation, a DHL affiliate. It will be the 15th overall aircraft and the fifth B757 plane converted by Precision to fly in the DHL global network.... more
Progress on BAM and trans-Sib rail project
Expansion work on Russia’s Baikal-Amur (BAM) railway line and the trans-Siberian railway is making progress. At a conference entitled “Baikal-Amur mainline: geo-economics of rail transport and role in the development of Siberia and the Far East”, it was announced that EUR 1.32... more
Iata: outlook for air cargo traffic stabilizes
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) released data showing that May's global air cargo volume was 4.7% higher than in the same month a year ago. The May figure is also an increase on the 3.8% year-on-year growth recorded in April. Cargo volumes, measured by freight... more
TIR system to continue in Russia until 30 November 2014
The Russian Federation's federal customs service (FCS RF) has officially notified the Russian TIR guaranteeing association Asmap about the extension of its agreement until 30 November 2014. However, considering this very late announcement from the FCS RF and the lack of... more
First LTE network for heavy-haul railways
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced that its eLTE solution has won the bid for the Shenhua Group Corporation’s Shuo Huang Railway (SHR) LTE project. Delivery is scheduled for the near future. Shenhua, one of... more
Bleak year ahead for carriers says Drewry
Drewry’s 2Q14 Container Forecaster highlights that there is a widening gap between the positive financials of the few carriers really focused on cutting costs and the rest of the top 20 lines, as they battle with the pressure of falling freight rates. Drewry forecasts that... more