World Bank supports Central Asian road links 
The World Bank has approved an allocation of around USD 45 million to finance the first phase of the transformative Central Asia roads links programme (CARs), to be implemented in the Kyrgyz Republic in 2014-2019. The CARs scheme is a collaborative regional, multi-phase... more
First MAN vehicles for Turkmen oil and gas company
Turkmen Oil and Gaz Construction has placed an order for 61 off-road MAN TGS WW vehicles. It is the first time that the company is counting on the German manufacturer’s trucks. The heavy-duty 360 hp tipper trucks will be used to build roads to reserves of oil and gas in... more
Cargolux now flying to Zhengzhou
Cargolux Airlines International is commencing regular scheduled services between its home hub Luxembourg and Zhengzhou, the capital of Chinese province Henan, today (24 April). The carrier intends to operate at least four weekly flights to Zhengzhou. The aircraft will be routed... more
Yet more freight for Indian Railways
Indian Railways carried 1.05 billion t of revenue earning freight in financial year 2013-14. This is 43.78 million t more than in the previous year. In March 2014, the rail service provider hauled 100.49 million t of revenue earning freight, an increase of 2.15 million t... more
TransContainer launches new blocktrain
TransContainer, a Russia-based intermodal container transport and integrated logistics company incorporated in 2006, has launched a new blocktrain on the 5,500 km long St-Petersburg-Tovarny-Vitebsky–Batareynaya route. The first train carrying consumer goods departed from the... more
10,000 BharatBenz trucks sold in India
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has overshot the threshold of 10,000 BharatBenz trucks sold since its market launch in September 2012. The youngest brand in Daimler Trucks’ portfolio, which sold roughly 2,200 vehicles in Q1/2014, also achieved a 67% growth rate compared... more
Cairo–Jakarta now nonstop
Egyptair added the Indonesian capital Jakarta to its network with a flight via Bangkok (Thailand) at the end of last year. Now the carrier has launched a nonstop Cairo–Jakarta link with effect from today (17 April). Both services are operated four times a week and... more
Airfreight vaulting to nearly 1 million t in Hong Kong
Air cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered remarkable year-on-year growth of 10.4% to 397,000 t in March. The double-digit growth in cargo throughput last month was driven mainly by exports and transhipments, which were up by 10% and 17%... more
Damco assisting Kerui's global growth
The global freight forwarder and logistics provider Damco is extending its partnership with the China-based Shandong Kerui Holding Group Co Ltd, a supplier of high-tech petroleum equipment and technical services for oilfield engineering. Damco has delivered oilfield products... more
Russian Railways sending test train to North Korea
Russian Railways is carrying out two pilot runs of freight train hauling 9 t of coal. The trial is part of the Khasan-Rajin international transport project. The two trains will travel to the border station Khasan in the Russian Federation before departing for Tumangan station... more