Precision and Zela ink strategic agreement 
Cyprus-based Zela Aviation, which has been active in the aircraft chartering and sales business for the last 16 years, is adding a deal to its portfolio. At the end of last month it signed a strategic partnership agreement at Precision Air’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam,... more
TTC takes advantage of SAF offer
Total Touch Cargo Holland BV (TTC) and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) have formed a partnership within the framework of the airline’s sustainable aviation fuel programme. Under the agreement, AFKLMP Cargo will use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on selected... more
Two intra-African air cargo partners
Five months after signing an MoU in Kinshasa, Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), Kenya's flag carrier, has signed an aircraft lease agreement and begun operating a cargo codeshare partnership with Congo Airways. The agreement will see Kenya Airways lease two E190 jets to Congo Airways,... more
From TC3 to own offices in Morocco
After focusing on its connections to East Africa in May 2021, Hapag-Lloyd is now enlarging its footprint in Morocco as well. The shipping company currently has three bases in the country: a head office in Casablanca and satellite offices in Tangier and Agadir. In a press... more
Turkish Cargo: Sputnik-V doses from Serbia
Turkish Cargo has delivered more than 35,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines produced in Serbia as a donation for African countries, from Belgrade to Tunisia and Lebanon. The vaccines, which were specially packaged and loaded on the aircraft with the Lifo (last in first out)... more
90 trucks delivered to South Africa
Daimler recently handed over an impressive fleet of 90 Mercedes-Benz Actros 2645LS trucks to logistics provider Bakers in South Africa. This purchase adds to company’s current mega fleet of nearly 650 vehicles, of which all are Mercedes-Benz trucks. The partnership began when... more
ICS proposes decarbonisation by tax
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has presented to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) a new proposal for a market measure (market based measure, MBM) in the form of a global fuel tax. Its aim is to “accelerate the deployment of fuels with zero carbon... more
Imperial logistics: latest results
Before the prospective takeover by DP World in February 2022, Imperial logistics has presented the figures of its last financial year, which ended 30 June 2021. Revenues were up 13% to ZAR 52.2 billion (USD 3.69 billion), ebitda rose more strongly by 22% to ZAR 4.99 billion... more
The shipper's view
According to the latest container shipping market review carried out by MDS Transmodal and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and distributed by the Swiss Shippers' Council (SSC), container traffic continues to grow, but the market is still in turmoil. Container flows increased... more
Senator adds Tianjin to its SAB network
Another expansion: Senator International added China to its "SAB" network on 8 September 2021. After the Hamburg-based forwarder launched its own airfreight services with the "Africa Bridge" between Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) and Johannesburg and with the... more