By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 26, 2019: The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) on Monday announced the appointment of Dr Stéphane Graber as its new director-general who will take the role on January 01, 2020 in its new headquarters in Geneva.…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 25, 2019: 41,444 kgs of marigold flowers passed through the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru on November 22, 2019, on its way to Dubai. The consignment of fresh flora was handled by DHL Global Forwarding on a chartered Boeing 777 Freighter…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 25, 2019: SpiceJet today announced the signing of a codeshare and interline agreement with Emirates to give travellers access to a wider and a stronger route network. This is the first-ever codeshare agreement signed by SpiceJet. The codeshare…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 25, 2019: JSW Infrastructure today announced the commissioning of its new iron ore terminal at Paradip Port in Odisha that can load at a rate of one lakh tonnes per day. The capacity of 18 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of the 370-meters-long…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 25, 2019: Virgin Atlantic Cargo announced its ‘Summer 2020 Flying Programme’ with a second daily Boeing 787 service to Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport from London Heathrow, commencing on March 29, 2020. With the additional daily flight to Delhi and the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 25, 2019: PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (PSA Mumbai) and Gateway Rail Freight Limited (GRFL) on November 18 announced a weekly train service between PSA Mumbai and GRFL’s Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in North India. The service will…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 25, 2019: Minister of Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha informed that the government has spent Rs13308.41 crore in the last three years to upgrade major ports with different projects. According to the ministry,…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 22, 2019: JLL Industrial Services Research announced that it is venturing into the field of Port, Airport, Global Infrastructure (PAGI) in a new report published on Thursday in Delhi during the CILT India Expo 2019. The global real estate services…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 21, 2019: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led cabinet committee on Wednesday gave the approval to sell more than 51 percent stake and transfer management control of five major Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Shipping Corporation of India…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 20, 2019: DP World today announced the near completion of the expansion of Sokhna terminal at the port of Sokhna in Egypt which will bring their total investment in the country to $1.6 billion. “Basin 2 will be operational by the second quarter of…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 20, 2019: SpiceJet and Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore interline and codeshare agreements, coordinated cargo services, engineering services and pilot training. The…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 20, 2019: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) on Tuesday delivered it 102nd warship, ICGS Amrit Kaur, to the Indian Coast Guard. This is the third in the series-of-five Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) that the miniratna-category-1 warship…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 20, 2019: Bengaluru Airport registered an unprecedented 70 percent increase in the cargo of coriander leaves sent out from the airport between July and September 2019. The Kempegowda International Airport handled 5,620 tonnes fresh leaves of…

By: Surya Kannoth Share this article Today, logistics cost in India accounts for 13-17 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is nearly double (6-9 percent) the logistics cost to GDP ratio in developed countries such as the US, Hong Kong and France. Much of these escalating costs are due…

By: Blessy Chettiar Share this article The IMO's move to introduce a 'global sulphur cap' presents a significant regulatory move aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions and making shipping more environmentally responsible and friendly. We probe how shipping lines are preparing for the big move and…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article Dachser, the “intelligent logistics” company, founded in 1930 by Thomas Dachser in Kempten/Allgäu, Germany, is one of the most successful companies in the world combining the ethical culture of a traditional family-owned enterprise with a passion for…

By: Shalini Nair Share this article When festive season sales failed to cheer the auto industry, logistics providers have taken it as an opportunity to utilise this period to create value by streamlining their operations. With the Indian government's ambitious plans of shifting the focus to electric…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article Since 1996 Gandhi Automations has been a leader in manufacturing as well as exporting, distributing and installing entrance automation systems and loading bay equipment that are problem free and easy to operate. The company specialises in designing,…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 19, 2019: To market and operate the Golden Chariot Train, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) in New Delhi today.…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 19, 2019: Gopal Krishna, secretary, Ministry of Shipping, today announced in a CII event that the Government of India intends to develop an all-weather port at Wadhavan, 140 kilometer north to Mumbai. The construction of the port will begin in 2020…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 19, 2019: Even when the September report of World Air Cargo Data (WACD) showed a 5.4 percent decrease in global air cargo tonnage, Turkish Cargo achieved a whopping 8.8 percent increase. On the basis of the tonnage sold, the air cargo brand which…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 19, 2019: The minister of state for shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply that the government has raised the target of cargo movement through coastal shipping as 230 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by 2025…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 19, 2019: Flipkart recently announced a pilot scheme to take back the plastic packaging from consumers at selected hubs in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, and Ahmedabad. This intends to build awareness among customers about the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 19, 2019: Skyways SLS Frugal (BD) Pvt. Ltd., the Bangladesh arm of the Indian logistics company Skyways group launched a new logo recently. “Everyone around the world is looking at Bangladesh with a lot of enthusiasm for a lot of learning on how to…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 18, 2019: Boeing and Etihad Airways today announced plan to use one of the airline's 787 Dreamliner as a flying laboratory for testing and initiatives that could cut fuel consumption and carbon emissions. "Innovation, productivity and sustainability…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 18, 2019: The freighter aircraft of China Airlines Cargo, Boeing 747 400F, landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Saturday morning, launching its first-ever cargo service to Mumbai connecting Taipei and Amsterdam. The Taipei…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 15, 2019: Gateway Distriparks Limited recorded a total income of Rs328.6 crore in the second quarter as against Rs107.1 crore for the same period in the last year, registering a growth of 207 percent. EBITDA increased by 247% to Rs75 crore for the Q2…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 15, 2019: China Airlines Cargo announced Group Concorde as the general cargo sales agent for its new Mumbai freighter service starting on November 16, strengthening their 20 years of partnership in Delhi. The cargo division of China Airlines has been…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 14, 2019: Chennai International Terminals Pvt Ltd (CITPL) operated by Singapore’s PSA International Pte Ltd on November 7, 2019, registered a new vessel productivity record of 173 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) moves per hour for South and East…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 13, 2019: Department of Consumer Affairs, under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (MCAFPD), on Monday notified the draft rule ‘Consumer Protection (e-Commerce) Rules, 2019’ which prohibits e-commerce companies from offering…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 13, 2019: Boeing, the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, forecasts air operators in India will need 2,380 new commercial airplanes of $330 billion due to the rising demand for air travel in next 20 years. To operate and maintain the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 13, 2019: Head On Generation (HOG), a new technology that doesn’t require any diesel consumption, recently introduced by the Railways and installed in 11 trains of Southern Central Railway (SCR) has reduced the fuel cost by 83 percent. The energy…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 12, 2019: Celebi Aviation appointed Ibrahim Burak Kurt as the CEO for Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management India on November 4, 2019. With 18 years of experience in cargo and ground handling, he began his career at Celebi Aviation in 2001 as an…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 12, 2019: Kerala-based IBS Software has incorporated a new revenue management solution into its iCargo cloud platform that manages the cargo movement of Korean Air, one of the top cargo carriers in the world by volume. The solution transforms the…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 12, 2019: The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB) has launched seven new destinations and two new international airlines for the winter schedule that started on October 26, 2019, and will be in effect until March 28, 2020. Ethiopian…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 11, 2019: 21CC Education on Friday announced its partnership with Portall Infosystems to provide online course materials on maritime and logistics in an effort to provide accessible training solutions to address skill-gap in the industry. 21CC makes…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 11, 2019: The Delhi based logistics startup TruckSuvidha on Friday announced the raising of an undisclosed amount from Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) in a seed funding round. As a 5-year-old connector between the transporters, truck drivers…

Sumit Sharma, co-founder, GoBOLT writes about the challenges in the logistics sector and how artificial intelligence and machine learning could solve them. Rapid technological development in the fields of big data, algorithmic development, connectivity, cloud computing and processing power have made…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 8, 2019: The Emirates Group today announced its half-year results for its 2019-20 financial year with Emirates airline registering 8 percent decrease and dnata showing 6 percent decrease in cargo volume amid global trade tensions and unrest in key…

By: Our Correspondent Share this article November 7, 2019: Qatar Airways today announced the signing of a codeshare agreement with IndiGo to place its code on IndiGo flights between Doha and Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Sales will start from today with the first codeshare flights to operate from…