Brenntag opens new facility in Taiwan 
The chemical distribution service provider Brenntag recently opened a new service and application centre in Shenkeng, close to its existing office in Taipei (both Taiwan). The new facility includes application laboratories for food, beverage and personal care... more
Less airfreight carried by Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways has released combined Cathay Pacific/Dragonair traffic figures for December 2013 that show a year-on-year decline of cargo and mail tonnage despite more capacity being available. The two airlines carried just under 140,000 t of cargo and mail... more
More freight for Indian Railways
Indian Railways hauled 770 million t of revenue-earning freight between 1 April and 31 December 2013. This equates to an increase of 34.5 million t, or +4.8%, compared to the 735 million t transported during the corresponding period in 2012. In December 2013, the railfreight... more
Globaltrans continues rail transport for Metalloinvest
Globaltrans has agreed with Metalloinvest to prolong their joint service contract and to continue transporting all of Metalloinvest's rail volumes until the end of 2016. Metalloinvest is a leading global iron ore and HBI producer. Globaltrans is a prominent private railfreight... more
Emirates to double Dublin service
Emirates will connect its hub Dubai (UAE) and Dublin (Ireland) with a second daily non-stop flight from 1 September 2014. The new service will complement Emirates' Boeing B777 operation that commenced in January 2012. Emirates SkyCargo, the airline's cargo division, will offer... more
Qatar Airways Cargo launches new premium products
Discover our industry foci on pharmaceuticals logistics and perishables/the cool chain in today's ITJ 01-04/2013, the first journal of the year.Qatar Airways Cargo is launching two new premium services that will optimize the transport of time and temperature sensitive goods,... more
United cancels historic transpacific route
Today (16 January 2014), United Airlines is operating the route between Seattle WA (USA) and Tokyo Narita (Japan) for the last time. Served since April 1983, this link was one of the Chicago-based airline's first international transpacific connections. www.unitedcargo.com more
Russian Railways Logistics delivers confectionery to CIS
Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) has started an LLC Chipita Saint Petersburg confectionery delivery service to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. In the framework of this project RZDL provides a full range of logistics services including truck forwarding to the loading station,... more
Toll and Asciano strengthen rail relationship
The Toll Group, Australia’s largest provider of transport and logistics services, has entered into a 13-year rail haulage agreement with the rail operator Pacific National Rail (PN Rail). Under the terms of the pact PN Rail will take over operation of the North Queensland rail... more
Heuver Tyre Wholesale now counting on Asia-Euro railway
Heuver Tyre Wholesale, headquartered in the Netherlands, has added an additional transport corridor for tyre deliveries from China. Instead of choosing a maritime shipping route, the company is using the new AsiaEur railway line that directly connects several locations in China... more