Share this article August 27, 2018: Nepal Airlines Corporation, the flag carrier of Nepal has signed a five-year agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions for the supply and management of ULDs. Unilode will supply pallets and new lightweight containers for Nepal Airlines' two Airbus A330-200 which…

Share this article August 25, 2018: India and Nepal are expected to ink two key agreements on Kathmandu-Raxual railway line and movement of bulk cargo from three more transit points between the two neighbours. Nepal officials are preparing a MoU for this, ahead of the regional summit of Bay of…

Share this article August 25, 2018: The expressway construction to connect Delhi with Mumbai will begin from December and will be completed within three years, union minister of road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari has said. The ambitious project that is estimated to cost around Rs 1-trillion,…

Share this article August 23, 2018: Emirates SkyCargo will carry flood relief cargo of over 175 tonnes to Kerala, joining the UAE community in their support of the people of Kerala. The air cargo operator will fly over a dozen flights to transport the relief goods, which have been donated by various…

Share this article August 22, 2018: Kandla International Container Terminal (KICT) and the Container Corporation of India (Concor) have entered into an agreement under which Kandla will be connected with various ICDs. The partnership between CONCOR and KICT began in February 2018, when the first…

Share this article August 22, 2018: Mumbai Maersk has announced that it has carried the highest-ever load of 19,038 TEU thus surpassing the mythical 19,000-mark for the very first time, not only for a Maersk vessel, but any vessel in the world. The second generation Triple-E vessel left the dock of…

Share this article August 22, 2018: The Ministry of Shipping has stepped up its efforts to reach relief material from various parts of the country to Cochin Port through coastal shipping. The Cochin Port Trust has earmarked two berths at Mattancherry and Ernakulam wharfs for priority berthing of…

Share this article August 21, 2018: Aeroflot recently celebrated 60 years of scheduled flights to Delhi. The first regular flight between Moscow and Delhi took place on 18 August 1958 on a Tu-104. India was Aeroflot’s first country in Southeast Asia, and since then Aeroflot has been operating the…

Share this article August 21, 2018: Jet Airways and Bangkok Airways have announced the expansion of their existing codeshare agreement to provide more choice and convenient travel options. Guests travelling between key destinations across Thailand, Vietnam, and India, will benefit from this…

Share this article 20 August 2018: Qatar Airways Cargo has announced its relief efforts to deliver urgent aid to Kerala following the devastating flooding in the region. The cargo carrier has organised an operation to deliver relief goods to flood-stricken districts including Cochin and Karipur via…

Share this article August 20, 2018: As the flood situation remains alarming in Kerala much of downtown Kochi including Cochin Shipyard Limited has remained unaffected. Cochin Shipyard has informed that the company’s plant and machineries are safe and did not suffer the adverse impact of the…

Share this article August 17, 2018: Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) is now expected to remain unoperational till August 26, in wake of the heavy downpour and flood in the region. This has led to all the flights at the airport being cancelled and has prompted airlines to make special…

Share this article August 17 2018: Airbus has appointed Anand E Stanley, a veteran leader in the global aerospace and defence industry, to succeed Pierre de Bausset as president and managing director of Airbus India. Pierre and Anand will work through a transition before the new appointment takes…

Share this article August 14, 2018: Gati Ltd, a leader in express distribution and supply chain solutions posted its financial results for the first quarter ending June 30, 2018. In the first quarter of FY19, the company’s consolidated revenue from operations was Rs 4,557 million, up 6.8 percent…

Share this article August 13, 2018: IAG Cargo recently completed a shipment of over 5.3 tonnes of the diphtheria vaccine from India to Caracas, Venezuela, working in partnership with Indian biopharmaceutical company, Biological E. This increased demand for diphtheria vaccines comes following an…

Share this article August 13, 2018: Maersk Line has restarted its shipping operations to the Republic of Maldives on the heels of rapidly growing market and meeting customer needs. The container shipping company introduced a weekly service between Colombo and Male offering better connectivity. The…

Share this article August 10, 2018: DHL Express has inaugurated its service center in Madurai. This marks the ninth facility established by DHL Express in Tamil Nadu. Speaking on the occasion, RS Subramanian, country manager, DHL Express India said, “With Madurai evolving as a prominent trade hub…

Share this article August 10, 2018: WoW Express has expanded its business to move human body fluids and blood samples from collection centres to central diagnostic labs through a new venture, Wow Health Express. According to reports, the logistics start-up has tied up with 10 large diagnostic…

Share this article August 9, 2018: Hey Deedee, India’s only all-women last mile logistic services company has started its logistics services for last mile, mid mile deliveries with an all women team. The company has taken a step towards entering the bulk and bigger parcels delivery and mid mile…

Share this article August 8, 2018: India can focus on numerous goods for expanding its exports to the US and China markets following the hike in duties by both countries on imports from each other, said the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). With the US imposing additional duty of 25 percent on…

Share this article Aug 08, 2018: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that the demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), rose 2.7 percent in June 2018, compared to the same period last year. This continues the slowdown…

Share this article Aug 08, 2018: India's low cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet is all set to expand its cargo business and will soon start freighter service both for domestic and international destinations. SpiceJet will officially launch the freighter service later this month in Delhi. It will be the…

Share this article August 08, 2018: Shadowfax, a market leader in the online-2-offline (O2O) logistics segment announced that it has closed $ 22 million in Series C funding led by NGP Capital. Qualcomm Ventures, Mirae Asset and existing investor, Eight Roads Ventures, also joined the oversubscribed…

Share this article August 7, 2018: Agility has reported second-quarter earnings of 13.8 fils per share on net profit of KD 20 million, an increase of 18.7 percent over the same period in 2017. Agility EBITDA grew 13.6 percent to KD 37.1 million. Revenue increased 12.3 percent to KD 384.2 million.…

Share this article August 6, 2018: At Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode, Kerala, 14 airport operations experts from across India have gathered for a five-day training from 6-10 August 2018 to learn how to make their airports disaster-ready, and to become national trainers for GARD (Get…

Share this article August 3, 2018: Safexpress has launched its 35th logistics park in Bengaluru. The state-of-the-art facility is strategically located on National Highway 75. Speaking at the launch ceremony, Rubal Jain, managing director, Safexpress said, “We have made a significant investment to…

Share this article August 2, 2018: GMR Aero Technic, (GATL) a subsidiary of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has attained permit from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on popular Narrow Body Aircraft (B737 and A320), making it an authorised MRO services provider for all C checks…

Share this article August 2, 2018: Maersk Line, the global containerised division of the Maersk Group, set a new record by successfully moving the largest ever break bulk cargo of 103 feet in length and weighing over 16 tonnes from Krishnapatnam to Tianjin, China. The break bulk cargo consisted of…

Share this article August 1, 2018: The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has launched a dedicated portal to connect cargo owners and shippers with real time data on availability of vessels. The landmark e-connect measure will enable direct interaction among the vessel operators, shippers…

Share this article August 1, 2018: Jet Airways is introducing new flights effective August 01, 2018, on the Indore – Chandigarh – Indore – Hyderabad and Bengaluru – Guwahati routes, thus connecting guests from emerging cities to the metropolises. Jet Airways will commence services from Indore to…

Share this article July 31, 2018: Container Corporation has reported a strong YoY increase of +11.4 percent in Exim volume at 794,402 TEUs during Q1FY19. It has also marked similar growth in domestic at 142,559 TEUs (+9.7 percent YoY). However, volumes failed to pick-up sequentially. Even…

Share this article July 30, 2016: Expenditure on investment in logistics, including infrastructure, will touch $500 billion, annually, by 2025, union minister of commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu has said. He further said that this will create millions of jobs and also do away with the hurdles…

Share this article July 30, 2018: Boeing and India recently took a significant step toward modernizing the Indian Air Force’s helicopter fleet by completing the first flights of Apache and Chinook helicopters destined for delivery next year. “We look forward to delivering this phenomenal capability…