Share this article January 14, 2019: Cement manufacturing company JK Lakshmi has roped in logistics software startup FarEye, to get predictive visibility, strategic insights, and better control into goods movement and improved collaboration with third-party vendors. Maintaining an efficient…

Share this article December 11, 2019: Ministry of Railways PSU, Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR’s) maiden voyage vessel- SSL Mumbai recently set sail from Kandla Port to Tuticorin via Mangalore and Cochin. The vessel was flagged off by Minister of Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal and Minister…

Share this article January 10, 2019: Announcing one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country, Bangalore International Airport Limited or BIAL is set to undertake a massive Rs 13,000 crore capital programme to cater to the demands of a civil aviation market that has been growing at a…

Share this article January 10, 2019: In a first, Kandla Port recently handled MV Zardis with a LOA (Length overall) of 304.07 metres, making it the longest vessel to berth at the port. In this voyage, the vessel would be loading 1041 TEUs of export containers to Bandar Abbas. The arrival of MV…

Share this article January 9, 2019: Robotics and warehouse automation company, GreyOrange, will launch its new modular sortation system and demonstrate upgraded versions of its Butler and PickPal at LogiMAT 2019, the 17th International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management…

Share this article January 8, 2019: PSA's Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Private Limited (BMCT) recently welcomed the first regular service call of Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM)’s China India Express (CIX) service. The 8,562 TEU capacity M.V. Hyundai Loyalty is one of six vessels deployed on this…

Share this article January 8, 2019: Çelebi Aviation Holding has won the ground handling license for Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA). Strengthening its commitment to expand in the India market, this is the third win for Çelebi since last year, after winning the license for the…

Share this article January 7, 2019: In a first for an ICD in India, APM Terminals Inland Services’ integrated Inland Container Depot (ICD) and supply chain solutions facility at Chakan, Pune has been awarded the Enviromental Clearance (EC) certificate by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and…

Share this article Jan 5, 2019: A ground-breaking ceremony for a greenfield commercial port near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh was recently held by GMR Kakinada Gateway Port, part of the GMR Group. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for the commercial port,…

Share this article Jan 4, 2019: Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways Mansukh L Mandaviya, has stated that the Bhoomi Rashi portal- the government’s one-point platform for online processing of land acquisition and notifications - is helping in expediting the land acquisition process…

Share this article January 3, 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone for three National Highway projects of nearly 200 kilometre worth Rs 3318 crore in Baripada in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha on Saturday. The projects include four laning of Rimuli-Koida section of NH-215 (New…

Share this article January 3, 2019: Leading commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has acquired 27.25 percent additional stake in Ashley Aviation, increasing its shareholding in the aviation firm to 76.25 percent. "The company has acquired 10,89,985 shares of Rs 10 each constituting 27.25 per…

Share this article January 3, 2019: The extension of interest equalization benefit to merchant exporters will help in increasing country’s exports, believes Ganesh Kumar Gupta, president, FIEO. Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval to the proposal of including…

Share this article January 2, 2019: In a major boost to the air cargo segment in the northeast, SpiceJet through its subsidiary SpiceFresh, launched an air freight service, from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport recently. On the occasion, two flights took off for Hong Kong and…

Share this article December 31, 2018: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has been certified as IATA eAWB360 compliant airport. With this, DIAL became the first airport to get the certification in India. The airport said that DIAL bagged the certification due to its continued pursuance of…

Share this article Dec 29, 2018: The wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, Alliance Air is planning to introduce introducing flights between Pantnagar and Dehradun under the regional connectivity scheme, Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN), from January 4, 2019. The airlines will commence its flight on…

Share this article December 27, 2018: Union Minister Jayant Sinha has said that the government has worked on a revival plan for cash strapped Air India that provides for a comprehensive financial package, differentiated strategies for each of the airline's core businesses and robust organisational…

Share this article December 27, 2018: SpiceJet is starting a daily direct flight service on the Kolkata-Lilabari route, under the UDAN scheme. The airline is also starting another service from Kolkata and Jabalpur. It will also add an additional frequency on Hyderabad-Jabalpur route. All new flights…

Share this article December 26, 2018: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone have reportedly concluded the import and delivery of fifty US made GE locomotives to Indian Railways. The GE Electromotive Division in the US has manufactured all 50 locomotives, which were transported to Mundra port. “Adani…

Share this article December 24, 2018: Niti Aayog has urged for the opening up of India’s dredging market to boost trade by its major ports. The government think tank says that the major ports cannot handle very large vessels in absence of proper draft depth. It stressed on attracting more players,…

Share this article December 21, 2018: Panalpina has joined the global innovation platform Plug and Play, the an active accelerator program in the area of supply chain and logistics. “This partnership will allow us to get access to digital start-up companies in Plug and Play’s global network and…

Share this article December 21, 2018: Saudi Airlines Cargo Company ( SACC ) has extended its services to its customers offering a cargo capacity of 60 tonnes a week to Calicut International Airport (CCJ) in Kerala, on the daily operation of Saudi Arabian Airlines passenger Airbus A330 flights- four…

Share this article December 20, 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought Parliament's approval for an equity infusion of Rs 2,300 crore ($330 million) in Air India. This move by the government effectively rules out an immediate revival of its plan to sell the cash strapped carrier. The…

By Sahil Mithal, co-founder, ShiftKarado Technology has massively innovated and benefitted businesses in India and across the globe. The relocation industry is no different. It has powered relocation businesses with tools that offer low-cost pricing and real-time solutions to customers. This wasn’t…

Share this article December 19, 2018: Boeing raised its long-term forecast for commercial airplanes in India as unprecedented domestic passenger traffic and rapidly expanding low-cost carriers (LCCs) drive the need for 2,300 new jets – valued at $320 billion – over the next 20 years. This year…

Share this article December 19, 2018: IAG Cargo has announced a new direct service from the UK to Islamabad, Pakistan, starting from June 2019. The service will run year-round, three times a week from London Heathrow and customers will have access to up to 15 tonnes of lift per flight. The new…

Share this article December 18, 2018: Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL) has registered a 7 percent growth in its transshipment volume; clocking 20,600 TEUs for November 2018-19 compared with 19,316 TEU for the same period of the fiscal year 2017-18, making it the largest transshipment port…

Share this article December 18, 2018: APM Terminals Mumbai has achieved a record of handling more than 2 million TEUs throughput in 2018 for the first time since the terminal was commissioned in 2006. “I am very proud of all our employees, contractors and frontline workforce who have all worked as a…

Share this article December 18, 2019: Global logistics company Gxpress has reported over Rs 7 crore in revenue in 2018. The company said that it now aims to double its revenue to Rs 15 crores by end of next year. The company has grown rapidly and has created a logistics network that allows Indian…

Share this article December 18, 2018: In a first for a cargo airline, Lufthansa Cargo has introduced an application available for digital creation of the transport documents required for dangerous goods. The new DGD.online offering will strongly support shippers and can be used in equal measure for…

Share this article December 17, 2018: Real estate developer Hiranandani Group has launched industrial and logistics parks and is going pan India. India’s burgeoning logistics sector is estimated to require 839 million square feet of light industrial and logistics space by 2022. The newly established…

Share this article December 17, 2018: Patna’s Gaighat IWT terminal recently received 16 TEUs of container cargo (equivalent to 16 truckloads), from Kolkata. With the opening up of Kolkata-Patna as a new origin-destination pair on Inland Waterways, the vessel containing the containerised cargo,…

Share this article December 14, 2018: Investment group Everstone and a leading global provider of logistics facilities and technology-led solutions GLP have established a long-term partnership dedicated to investing in the logistics ecosystem in India. The collaboration expects to invest…

Share this article Dec 13, 2018: "For the Indian air cargo industry to move into the next phase of growth it is important that the industry improve its revenue and better its yield," said Prithviraj Singh Chugh, Director, Group Concorde. Chugh was speaking at a recent air cargo summit in Delhi on…

Share this article December 13, 2018: The Kandla International Container Terminal (KICT), which started its commercial operations in January 2017, has reported that it has marked a milestone by berthing its 300th Vessel at KICT in November this year. “MV TSS Neptune berthed at 1525 hours from M/s.…

Share this article Dec 12, 2018: The global airline industry net profit is predicted to be $35 billion in 2019, slightly ahead of $32.3 billion expected net profit in 2018, which was revised down from $33.8 billion forecast in June, as per the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Lower…

Share this article December 11, 2018: Saudia Cargo helped bring the Saudia Airlines sponsored FIA’s Formula E championship to Riyadh. Saudia is sponsoring the season opening race for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship that will be held in the historic city of Ad Diriyah, located on the outskirts of…

Share this article December 11, 2018: Jet Airways and Saudi Arabia’s first budget airline- flynas have entered into an extensive codeshare partnership to enhance connectivity between India and Saudi Arabia. As part of the agreement, Jet Airways will place its marketing code ‘9W’ on flynas flights…

Share this article December 10, 2018: The JM Baxi Group commissioned its first Temperature Controlled Warehouse (TCW) with a capacity of 8300 pallets in Sonipat, strategically located near the Delhi International Container Terminal (DICT). The TCW has 19 adjustable chambers which can be set at…

Share this article December 10, 2018: Logistics major Agility will invest $100 million over three years to launch Shipa.com, a digital logistics platform that lets businesses, entrepreneurs and consumers manage their freight, e-commerce, and urban deliveries online. “Shipa.com makes life easier…