Share this article August 22, 2019: Essar Ports has declared that the higher capacity utilisation at its recently commissioned terminals at Salaya and Vizag, and an increase in third-party cargo were the two key factors that will help it to achieve its target of handling 60 million tonnes (MT) of…

Share this article August 21, 2019: Vandana Aggarwal, economic advisor, ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) is set to inaugurate Indian Transport and Logistics News' (ITLN) Ecommerce Logistics Summit 2019 at ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru tomorrow (August 22). Apart from Aggarwal, the Ecommerce Logistics…

Share this article August 21, 2019: Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru has selected Unisys Corporation to integrate and manage all IT and non-IT systems for phase 1 of the second terminal (T2). India’s third busiest airport and…

Share this article August 21, 2019: NEC Technologies India (NECTI) has announced that Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) Logistics Data Services (DLDS) has appointed Ichiro Oshima as the new chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from April 2019. DMICDC is a joint…

Share this article August 21, 2019: Maersk has collaborated with BlackBuck, India’s largest online marketplace for trucking, to provide an online marketplace for containerised trucking in EXIM logistics in India. The Indian government has set ambitions to reduce logistics cost from 14 percent of the…

Share this article August 21, 2019: SATS, a Singapore-based ground handler and Singaporean research platform TUMCREATE will be working together to explore commercialisation opportunities for their artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system, SPEEDCARGO. SPEEDCARGO is a system…

Share this article August 20, 2019: CEVA Logistics has renewed its contract with Borr Drilling for another year till August 2020. The companies have been working together since Borr's inception in 2016. "There were a number of key highlights to this contract retention including CEVA's overall value…

Share this article August 20, 2019: Global restaurant search and discovery provider Zomato has partnered with digital logistics company FarEye to help it gain end-to-end logistics visibility and enhance restaurant compliance. Through its intelligent route optimisation engine, FarEye aims to help…

Share this article August 20, 2019: Travel agents in India will now be able to settle payments directly as Scoot, the low-cost arm of Singapore Airlines, has become a member of the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) under the prefix 668. BSP is a global remittance system that consolidates…

Share this article August 20, 2019: Oman Air Cargo has launched the mobile application SmartKargo platform for all its customers including, shippers and freight forwarders. The app was launched in collaboration with QuantumID Technologies, Oman Air's system solution provider. The app, available to…

Abhishek Bansal, co-founder & CEO, Shadowfax writes about the sea-change retail industry in India is undergoing due to the explosion in demand in the online retail segment Sushmarani lives in a small town in Rajasthan. She is an avid reader but her local bookstore and library cannot fulfil her…

Share this article August 19, 2019: Supply chain solutions company Panalpina has established its presence in Oman, with its office in the capital Muscat expected to open by the end of the third quarter in 2019. Panalpina recently completed the registration of Panalpina Oman with a minority…

Share this article August 19, 2019: Danish transport and logistics company DSV A/S (DSV) will settle the previously announced public exchange offer for all publicly held shares of Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG today in accordance with Swiss market practices. Panalpina will appoint Jens Bjørn…

Share this article August 16, 2019: Rupert Hogg, CEO, Cathay Pacific has resigned from his posts of CEO and executive director in the wake of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Augustus Tang has been appointed as CEO. Moreover, Paul Loo, chief customer and commercial officer also resigned from…

Share this article August 16, 2019: thyssenkrupp Materials Services has introduced DESCA (Digital Extended Supply Chain Accelerator), a flexible IT infrastructure for smart, agile management of all processes along the supply chain. DESCA can process and forward millions of datasets like material…

Share this article August 16, 2019: Global special speed logistics company time:matters has added three new stations to its highly efficient standardised network – Japan, Singapore and Thailand. time:matters now has presence in 10 Asian business centres – Tokyo (NRT), Singapore (SIN), Bangkok (BKK),…

Share this article August 16, 2019: Rossiya Airlines has appointed Zeal Global Group as its exclusive General Sales Agent (GSA) in Goa, as part of the joint collaboration between Zeal Global and Taprobane Aviation. According to the partnership, Zeal Global will be responsible for the local handling…

Share this article August 15, 2019: Global logistics company Agility has reported second-quarter 2019 (Q2, April to June 2019) earnings of 12.99 fils per share on net profit of KD21.6 million, an increase of 8.1 percent over the same period in 2018. EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax,…

Share this article August 15, 2019: Danish transport and logistics company DSV A/S, Hedehusene (DSV) has released the definitive notice of the final result of the exchange offer for all publicly held registered shares of Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG. DSV had published an exchange offer for…

Share this article August 14, 2019: FedEx in association with Manchester-based DEKA Research & Development Corporation has officially launched- Roxo, a battery-operated robot on August 6 in Manchester. Roxo, which means 'purple' in Portuguese, is a nod to FedEx's purple branding. In February 2019,…

Share this article August 14, 2019: Etihad Airways has said it will not reinvest in India’s Jet Airways, citing "unresolved liability issues" as the reason. In another setback, Volcan Investments, the family trust of Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal has withdrawn exploratory expression of interest a…

Share this article August 14, 2019: Temperature-controlled logistics service provider Snowman Logistics has reported revenue of Rs62.07 crore, a 11 percent increase in the quarter ended June 30, compared to the same period last year (Rs55.76 crore). EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax,…

Share this article August 14, 2019: MV Bhavya, the first ever containerised movement from Haldia International Container Terminal (HICT), kickstarted its journey via inland waterways - National Waterway 1 at the Haldia Dock Complex (KoPT) on July 30. The vessel, operated by Adani Logistics, left…

Aditya Vazirani, CEO, Robinsons Global Logistics Solutions talks about the key reasons why technology savvy Indian start-ups are keenly relying on modern logistics service providers. In the era of digitally enabled businesses and the disruptive wave of technology start-ups, there is a rising demand…

Share this article August 13, 2019: The government of India has issued an order giving the additional charge of interim chairman, Airport Authority of India (AAI) to Anuj Agarwal, member, (human resources) at the organisation. Aggarwal took over from Guruprasad Mohapatra who was appointed the first…

Share this article August 13, 2019: The Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) has urged for greater collaboration with Nepal Freight Forwarders Association (NEFFA) for mutual benefits and enhancement of bilateral trade. Speaking at the silver jubilee celebration function of…

Share this article August 12, 2019: Logistics leasing in India in the first half (H1) of 2019 recorded a growth of 31 percent on a yearly basis, crossing 13 million sq. ft, says a report by real estate consulting firm CBRE South Asia. According to ‘India Industrial and Logistics Market View, H1…

Share this article August 12, 2019: cargo-partner has completed the construction of its 25,000 square meters iLogistics Center near Ljubljana Airport in Slovenia. The modern warehouse complex has begun operations and will be opened in September 2019, creating 30 new jobs in the first stage.…

Share this article August 12, 2019: Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) launched two Ro Pax vessels for Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on August 8. The new vessels are the third and fourth in the series of a 10-vessel order from IWAI. The launch ceremony was attended by senior officials of…

Share this article August 9, 2019: The Express Industry Council of India (EICI) has noted that the draft national logistics policy overlooks the express industry, the tax burden caused by Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), and suggested measures to streamline E-Way Bill system. EICI also said that air…

Share this article August 9, 2019: Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has reported an increase in revenues in the first half year to EUR 6.2 billion, as compared to the same period of the previous year which was EUR 5.4 billion. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased to EUR 389 million (H1…

Share this article August 9, 2019: CSafe has made its new service centre in Hoofddorp, Netherlands operational. The centre, located 7.8 km from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, will manage and service all inbound and outbound traffic of the CSafe RKN and CSafe RAP active temperature-controlled…

Share this article August 9, 2019: Software and robotics platform GreyOrange has appointed Terrie O’Hanlon as its chief marketing officer. O’Hanlon will be responsible for global brand positioning and influencer strategies, as well as for leading GreyOrange’s market development, communications and…

Share this article August 8, 2019: Logistics automation company Locus will host FMCG 2025, an FMCG round table for decision makers in the supply chain business on August 23 at ITC Maratha hotel in Mumbai. The topics of discussion will include disruption by e-commerce in the consumer market space,…

Share this article August 8, 2019: Qatar Airways has renewed its partnership with the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) for a further three years, up to 2021. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker said, “Qatar Airways is proud to renew its Partnership with the Qatar Racing and…

Share this article August 7, 2019: Demand in global air freight markets decreased by 4.8 percent in June 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, revealed International Air Transport Association (IATA). Measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), the fall in demand marked the eighth consecutive…

Share this article August 7, 2019: Essar Ports’ 20 MTPA Essar Bulk Terminal Salaya Ltd (EBTSL) has registered a cargo throughput of 1.3 MT (million tonnes) in the quarter ended June 30, 2019. The performance marks a 160 percent growth in cargo handling over the corresponding quarter in the previous…

Share this article Aug 7, 2019: Aircraft leasing company Air Transport Services Group, Inc (ATSG) has reported customer revenues of $334.6 million, up $131.0 million, which is a 64 percent increase for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2019, as compared with the second quarter of 2018. The…

Share this article August 7, 2019: FedEx Express has announced enhanced temperature-controlled shipping services in which packing for an international shipment is completed at the customer’s place of business. FedEx will offer two different packaging options with the service. The va-Q-one is for…

Share this article August 7, 2019: Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Mike Barber to the position of group compliance and quality manager at the company's global headquarters at London Heathrow. Barber will be responsible for managing trade compliance across the group and for…