FROM MAGAZINE: Plan to reach one million partners in next 5 years Share this article Bengaluru-based Shadowfax, started in 2015 with an aim to make instant deliveries a reality in India. At present, the plug-and-play platform caters to 3,500 pin codes across 200 cities and fulfils two lakh orders…

FROM MAGAZINE: Mission is to digitise freight forwarders Share this article Chennai-based startup FreightBro has been changing the face of digital logistics ever since 2016. It recently inked new business deals with Port of Wilhelmshaven and NAFL. Raghavendran Viswanathan, CEO & founder, FreightBro…

Share this article Backed by the investments from Accel and Nandan Nilekani, the co-founder of Infosys, Fortigo Network Logistics Pvt Ltd (4TiGO) entered into digital logistics platform to empower the Indian truck network through technology and networking. Over the last 18 months, the company has…

Share this article July 25, 2019: Kuehne + Nagel Austria has acquired medium-sized logistics enterprise Jöbstl to expand its overland network and simultaneously strengthening the region as the gateway to Eastern Europe. Jöbstl is headquartered in Wundschuh near Graz. “By adding the Jöbstl Group…

Share this article July 25, 2019: Air Canada will resume its daily, non-stop Toronto-Delhi flights on October 1 (eastbound) and October 3 (westbound). The Toronto-Delhi flights will be operated initially with Boeing 787 Dreamliners. From October 27, additional capacity will be added to this route…

Share this article July 25, 2019: Global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, has predicted mixed near-term expectations for the transportation industry in 2019. According to its Air Freight Transportation Technology Trends application analysis report, increasing air freight traffic is moving to…

Share this article July 25, 2019: Shipa Freight, the online global freight service powered by the Agility network, has released a global study of 800 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) from developed and emerging markets, including 100 small and medium-size businesses from India. According to…

Share this article July 24, 2019: The Kempegowda International (BLR) Airport, in partnership with Vistara, has launched Vision-Box and installed One-ID biometric platform technology that will enable passengers to breeze through BLR Airport. The 'Early Go Live' initiative is a fully biometric based…

Share this article July 24, 2019: Lufthansa Cargo is the latest airline to qualify and approve the CSafe RAP for flight. Thorsten Braun, senior director of industry development & product management, Lufthansa Cargo says, “To me it represents a typical win-win situation. With the addition of the…

Share this article July 24, 2019: Logistics specialist Kuehne + Nagel Group has reported an increase in net turnover by 5.3 percent, gross profit by 5.5 percent and EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) by 2.0 percent in the first half of 2019, compared to the previous year's period. The growth…

Share this article July 24, 2019: Saudi Arabia and Senegal have signed an agreement for better cooperation in the field of air transport services. The agreement was signed by Abdulhadi Al Mansouri, Saudi Arabia's president of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and Senegal minister of…

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Share this article July 23, 2019: GEFCO India, subsidiary of the supply chain solutions and automotive logistics provider GEFCO Group, has appointed Prasanna Kumar MV as chief executive officer and managing director. With over 28 years of in-depth experience in the logistics and global supply chain…

Share this article July 23, 2019: Amazon has announced its plans to open two Ohio fulfillment centers, each more than 700,000 square feet — in Akron and Rossford. The centres will create more than 2,500 full-time jobs and will be used to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books,…

Share this article July 23, 2019: Cathay Pacific has completed the acquisition of Hong Kong Express Airways (HK Express), making the latter its wholly owned subsidiary. Effective September 1, Cathay Pacific Cargo will be the General Sales and Service Agent (GSSA) for all HK Express cargo activities…

Share this article July 22, 2019: Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) will begin flying on a new route from Narita to Chennai from October 27, 2019, using its Boeing 787-8 aircraft. When service begins in October, ANA will be the only airline providing direct flights from Japan to South India. This…

Share this article July 22, 2019: DHL Supply Chain has implemented its first smart warehouse in Asia Pacific with the digital twin technology, which involves using digital models to better understand and manage physical assets. DHL Supply Chain has implemented an integrated supply chain solution for…

Share this article July 22, 2019: Cathay Pacific Airways has appointed Lavinia Lau as director commercial with immediate effect. She will be responsible for the passenger functions of revenue management and sales and distribution, together with planning for both the passenger and freighter fleets…

Share this article July 22, 2019: Hardeep Singh Puri, minister of state (independent charge) for civil aviation, housing and urban development has said that by 2040 air passenger traffic would increase nearly five times. He was speaking at the international conference cum awards on civil aviation…

Share this article July 22, 2019: Virgin Hyperloop One recently invited members of Avishkar Hyperloop, a student team from IIT Madras, to take a tour of the company’s facility in Los Angeles. Virgin Hyperloop One co-founder and CTO Josh Geigel briefed them of the company’s plans to create a vast…

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Share this article July 19, 2019: Vivek Anand Chourey has taken over as executive director (operations) at corporate headquarters of Airports Authority of India (AAI). Prior to this appointment he was serving as general manager (operations) in AAI. Chourey is a senior airport professional with more…

Share this article July 19, 2019: Liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd will launch its South-East India-Europe Express (IEX) service in October 2019. The service will include direct connections between India, the Middle East (Jeddah and Damietta) and Europe (Piraeus, Le Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam,…

Share this article July 18, 2019: IndoSpace will add two new industrial parks near Chennai - Mevalurkuppam and Koodapakkam - to its existing portfolio of five parks in Tamil Nadu. The IndoSpace Industrial Park Meva is spread across an area of over 15 acres and located in Mevalurkuppam village of…

Share this article July 18, 2019: IBS Software, a member of IATA interest group Cargo iQ, has received the Cargo Data Management Platform (CDMP) certification. The process involved a preparatory phase, a pre assessment phase, which included the verification of test reports, and then a final…

Share this article July 18, 2019: Qatar Airways will launch flights to Botswana capital Gaborone starting October 27, 2019. The largest city of Botswana will be the airline’s first destination in the African country. The three-times weekly flights will be operated by an Airbus A350-900 aircraft,…

Share this article July 18, 2019: Alpha Ori Technologies' (AOT) patented digital shipping solution SMARTShip™ has been certified by the leading ship classification society ClassNK. Hourai Maru, a mid-sized gas carrier delivered recently, was the first ship certified with a ClassNK-approved…

Share this article July 18, 2019: Turkish Cargo drafted yet another homecoming story by safely transporting Dobrila, an endangered griffon vulture to Belgrade. The endangered griffon vulture, named Dobrila, started flying in Serbia and became exhausted in Sanliurfa after flying 1,600 kilometres on…

Share this article July 18, 2019: Nirbhik Narang has been appointed the cargo division head of national carrier Air India. Prior to this position, Narang worked as general manager - commercial at Air India Headquarters in Delhi. Narang replaces Abhay Pathak, executive director (commercial),…

Share this article July 18, 2019: Cargolux Airlines subsidiary Cargolux Italia has launched a flight between Milan-Malpensa in Italy, and Incheon in South Korea, where the country’s primary international airport is located. The main commodities that will be carried on this route include fashion…

Share this article July 18, 2019: With Pakistan re-opening its airspace in the early hours of July 16, United Airlines has decided to resume the daily non-stop service between New York/Newark and Delhi and Mumbai on September 6, 2019 (eastbound). “After reviewing and re-evaluating plans, our network…

Share this article July 17, 2019: JP Alex has taken over as executive director (air traffic management) at corporate headquarters of the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Prior to this appointment, he was working as executive director (operations) since 2015. Alex joined the civil aviation sector…

Share this article July 17, 2019: Lactalis India, the Indian subsidiary of Lactalis Group, has appointed DHL SmarTrucking as a logistics partner for two of its companies. DHL SmarTrucking will provide customised cold chain transportation solutions for Thirumala Milk Products Private Limited and Anik…

Share this article July 17, 2019: Classification company Bureau Veritas has audited and certifed shipping and logistics company CMA CGM Group for its Quality Management System in compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 standards. The certification covers all agency activities undertaken by CMA CGM India…

Share this article July 17, 2019: Qatar Airways Cargo has added Singapore as a new freighter destination on its transpacific freighter route. The twice-weekly Boeing 777 freighters arrive into Singapore from Chicago. From Singapore, the freighter departs for Macau on Tuesdays and Saturdays and…

Share this article July 17, 2019: United Cargo will collaborate with WebCargo by Freightos to design and implement a new online portal that will provide its customers expanded on-demand booking, dynamic pricing and real-time updates based on the WebCargo Horizon software-as-a-service platform. The…

Share this article July 17, 2019: Emirates will launch a new daily service on its Boeing 777-200LR from Dubai (DXB) to Mexico City International Airport (MEX), via the Spanish city of Barcelona (BCN), effective December 9, 2019. The Mexico flight will be a linked service with Barcelona. Emirates…

Share this article July 16, 2019: Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded contracts to WTA Aviation and Swissport in Israel to support the launch and growth of the airline’s new daily flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv, effective September 25. WTA will be responsible for selling the 20 tonnes of…

Share this article July 16, 2019: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) for 2018, an authoritative yearbook on the aviation industry. Passenger load factor in 2018 was 81.9 percent, while freight load factor was 49.3 percent.…

Share this article July 16, 2019: Nearly five months after closing its airspace, Pakistan has reopened it for all civilian air traffic. The move comes as a huge relief for Indian airlines, especially national airline Air India that suffered massive financial loss to the tune of Rs491 crore as it had…