By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 20, 2019: Harjeet Kaur Joshi took charge as the 13th chairperson and managing director of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and became the first female to head the shipping company. The appointment was confirmed by the appointments committee of the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 20, 2019: Kuehne + Nagel, the global logistics provider, has announced its accession to the ‘Development and Climate Alliance’, a multi-stakeholder German partnership to promote the voluntary reduction of CO2 emissions. The alliance was launched in…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 19, 2019: Delta Air Lines is re-entering the India market on December 22, 2019, with nonstop daily service from New York-JFK to Mumbai International Airport, since it last flew to India in 2015. The airline has scheduled a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 19, 2019: The logistics IT solutions provider, Kale Logistics Solutions developed a new air cargo community system (ACS) for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States along with the airport airfreight community.…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 19, 2019: Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, will be increasing its services to Mumbai from six flights per week to daily during the peak summer months of 2020. The announcement came during the airline’s celebration…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 19, 2019: Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, released its revamped remote container management (RCM) application ‘Captain Peter’ with more advanced and chargeable features. The reefer visibility tool that can be accessed through a desktop,…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 18, 2019: The fintech service provider, KG Information Services (KGISL), named as the first diamond partner in Asia for the robotic process automation platform gaint UiPath. KGISL already have customers in banking, finance and insurance industry and…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 18, 2019: The cargo operations of Air India with its Dreamliner 787 carried 40 tons of solar televisions and speakers in four consignments from Mumbai to Nairobi between December 6 and 18. “Air India is privileged to carry of solar panel shipment on…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 17, 2019: The AI-driven supply chain platform provider, JDA Software announced the opening of a new, expanded 1.6 lakh square feet facility capable of accommodating more than 1,300 associates. The office is one of JDA’s Center of Excellence (CoE),…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 17, 2019: Managing director of Sevenseas Global Express Logistics, Biju Thomas was talking at a session on ‘Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC) and infrastructure for Armed Forces’ at the 10th edition of CII EXCON 2019 in Bengaluru last week. The 5-day…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 16, 2019: British business magnate Richard Branson was in Mumbai last week to discuss the Pune-Mumbai hyperloop project with Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and launch the new London-Mumbai flight of Virgin Atlantic. In 2008, Virgin…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 12, 2019: India & South Asia managing director of French train maker Alstom, Alain Spohr announced that the company will be doubling the capacity of its manufacturing units in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh from 240 to 480 cars per year. He was talking at…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 12, 2019: GoAir announced the addition of 22 new flights in the routes Bengaluru-Kochi, Kochi-Hyderabad, Delhi-Varanasi, Ahmedabad-Varanasi, Delhi-Indore, Ahmedabad-Indore and Delhi-Goa. This includes Varanasi and Indore as new destinations and six…

By: Shalini Nair Share this article December 12, 2019: Future Supply Chain Solutions (FSC) signed a business collaboration agreement (BCA) with Nippon Express South Asia & Oceania, a subsidiary of Nippon Express. Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Group will sell 22 percent stake to the Japanese…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 12, 2019: Hindalco Industries Limited, the aluminium and copper manufacturing company of Aditya Birla Group, launched a new all-aluminium freight trailer in Jaipur, Rajasthan last week. The high-strength aluminium alloy used in the new freight…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 12, 2019: The UK government-owned development finance institution, CDC Group announced a $36 million equity investment in the tech-enabled Indian logistics company, Ecom Express. Ecom Express has a network reaching over 90% of India’s population,…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 11 2019: Walmart and Flipkart today announced a joint investment in Ninjacart, the agri-tech startup with business-to-business (B2B) supply chain infrastructure and technology solutions. ‘Best Price’, the B2B e-commerce platform of Walmart India and…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 10, 2019: Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) is one of the most important air cargo hubs for India which has a cargo capacity of one and a half million tonnes for a single calendar year. Manoj Singh, senior vice president and head cargo,…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 10, 2019: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) announced a new weekly scheduled export train on every Saturday from Ludhiana Inland Container Depot (ICD) to JNPT for faster evacuation at a trade meet held in…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 9, 2019: During the recently concluded 12th edition of Logistics Colloquium organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Kolkata, N. Sivasailam IAS, special secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce and Industry said the logistics policy…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 9, 2019: Sichuan Airlines Cargo launched a weekly-twice (Friday and Sunday) freighter service to Mumbai by landing its inaugural aircraft Airbus 330-200F at Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) on Sunday. The launch came after the commencing of the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 9, 2019: United Airlines launched its daily nonstop seasonal service between Delhi Airport and its hub at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will operate daily during the winter months and three times weekly…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 09, 2019: Flipkart is expected to have invested $30 million in Shadowfax as part of its $60 million Series D funding, as told by sources. Existing investors Eight Roads Ventures, NGP Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Mirae Asset Naver Fund and World…

Sumit Sharma, co-founder, GoBOLT writes about how AI and ML are influencing the road logistics in terms of safety, tracking real-time behaviors and optimization of trucks and truck drivers. The logistics sector has always been one of the most growing sectors and a laggard not only in terms of…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 7, 2019: OceanPro, the start-up accelerator of Maersk for shipping the logistics industry, announced the graduation of its second cohort of Indian start-ups showcasing the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) led solutions developed…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 07, 2019: According to the AI-based prediction from ‘DHL Global Trade Barometer’ , India is the only country with a positive trade outlook for the running quarter out of the world's seven largest economies. Thanks to the strong maritime exports and…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 7, 2019: The AI-based supply chain management platform provider based in the US announced the appointment of Umesh Gaur as managing director of JDA’s Centers of Excellence (CoE) in India and Vinok Sequeira as senior vice president (SVP), associate…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 7, 2019: The fourth edition of the ‘Air Cargo Thought Leadership Summit’ organised by Kale Logistics Solutions – CLEAR VIEW 2019 – was held on November 4 and 5 in Cape Town, South Africa. Vineet Malhotra, Director, Kale Logistics Solutions, said,…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 7, 2019: Prakriti E-Mobility, a start-up based in New Delhi, on Friday announced that it is introducing ‘Evera’ a fleet of 500 app-based electric vehicles (EV) cabs in the pollution-hit Delhi-NCR this month. With a plan to scale it up to 5000 EVs…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 6, 2019: Allcargo Logistics on Thursday announced that it has forayed into the express logistics space by acquiring a controlling stake in Gati Ltd. The company now hopes to offer end-to-end transportation by combining the less than container load…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 6, 2019: Sichuan Airlines commenced their twice-a-week freighter aircraft operations to Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi on November 27, 2019. This is the first-ever Indian cargo service of the airline which flies from Xi'an, the capital of…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article December 5, 2019: Auto Supply Chain Management Summit 2019 concluded in Pune on Wednesday by putting a dream future in front where the whole industry stakeholders could collaborate with trust enabled by technology. The stakeholders put forth a great amount of…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 27, 2019: Visakha Container Terminal at Vizag port announced that they have operated the first-ever direct service from South East India to North Europe (IEX) which also connects the Mediterranean region. The vessel M.V.E R Sweden operated by Cosco…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 27, 2019: Tesla unveiled three variants of its first-ever electric pickup, Cybertruck , with up to 14,000 LBS towing capacity from a starting range of $39,900 on November 22, 2019. Within five days it has got 2.5 lakh preorders according to Tesla CEO…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 27, 2019: The 650 kilometres of railroad along the golden quadrilateral that connects the four metros of India- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata will soon get the automatic train protection (ATP) system to improve safety, says the Railway Board…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 26, 2019: Allcargo Logistics today announced an agreement with ONE Line India Pvt. Ltd. to partner in transporting containers to Nepal from the ports of Kolkata in West Bengal and Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. Allcargo Logistics recently completed the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 26, 2019: In a high-level meeting held in Rail Bhavan through video conferencing Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal directed general managers of Zonal Railways to interact with industry to attract new traffic and increase…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 26, 2019: Bolloré Logistics India signed a contract with CFM Aircraft Engine Support South Asia last week for aircraft engine transportation including customs clearance documentation at the Dubai Airshow. @BolloreLog #India signed a contract for…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 26, 2019: Vistara will be installing AMOS, the maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) software made by ‘Swiss Aviation Software’, into its entire fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Vistara’s newly phased-in Boeing B737-800NG will be directly managed…