Share this article March 1, 2018: DHL Express has inaugurated its first service center in Goa. Located in Verna, this would be the international express services provider’s 47 th service point in India and will cater to the substantial growth of imports and exports in the state. The new 3088 square…

Share this article March 1, 2018: cargo-partner is strategically expanding its network in Southeast Asia. The most recent additions were the opening of an office in Myanmar (May 2017) as well as new logistics centers in Bangkok (August 2017) and Singapore (January 2018). cargo-partner began its…

Share this article 28 February, 2018: Kuehne + Nagel has reported a surge in tonnage in its airfreight division, by 20.4 percent, in 2017. The company’s industry-specific airfreight solutions, for example, the pharma and healthcare or the aerospace sectors have, generated significant growth. The…

Share this article February 28, 2018: Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari recently inaugurated a truck parking terminal at the VO Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin under the ambitious Sagarmala Project. Built at a cost of Rs 23.69 crore, the terminal can handle up to 200 trucks. Minister of State…

Share this article February 27, 2018: Robotics and supply chain automation company GreyOrange is set to unveil at the 16th edition of LogiMat 2018 in Germany, its expanded range of Butler robots capable of managing a variety of payloads from 100 to 1600 kilograms. The goods-to-person Butler™ system…

Share this article February 27, 2018: Divya Jain, Founder & CEO, Safeducate has been honored with the Young Woman Achiever Award at the ASEAN Awards. This award was bestowed upon her by the Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj at the recently concluded ASEAN Summit held in New Delhi, in the…

Share this article 26 February 2018: The CMA CGM Group has recently started an offering for drop-off of empty containers (post de-stuffing of Nepal-bound import cargo) at ICD Birgunj, the key gateway dry port in Nepal, for Rail containers with 21 days detention free time for all Nepal Rail bound…

Share this article February 26, 2018: Embassy Industrial Parks, a joint venture between Embassy Group and Warburg Pincus, has announced that it has signed Mahindra Logistics as its client in their project based in Chakan, Pune. Mahindra Logistics, a leading 3PL logistics firm, has signed one of the…

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Share this article February 23, 2018 : Kale Logistics Solutions has signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Cargonaut, an established cargo community service provider based in the Netherlands, to create a digital air freight corridor between the two countries that will enhance shipment…

Seems like Alphonso the ‘king of mangoes’ which have captured the fantasies of world famous chefs, is going to make it to the tables of few more lucky souls, reason being India’s growing emphasis on agri-export. The hunger is not only for mangoes but a wide range of fruits and vegetables, seasoned…

Share this article February 21, 2018: Excitement among the air cargo industry stakeholders reached a new level as the 7 th edition of Air Cargo India, kicked off today. The three-day event, dubbed as the biggest congregation of the global air cargo supply chain, organised by The STAT Media Group, is…

Share this article February 20, 2018 : After 21 years of wait, the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is finally taking shape. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone for the Rs 16,700-crore airport on February 18 has opened the doors for a well-connected megapolis. Planned in…

Share this article February 19, 2018: The fourth container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He officiated the BMCT opening remotely from the site of the future Navi Mumbai…

Share this article February 16, 2018: Reacting to the Trade Data for the month of January, 2018, Ganesh Kumar Gupta, president, FIEO said that though we have witnessed positive growth for third time in a row, however, the rate of growth is declining month-on-month basis. Out of export growth of…

Share this article February 16, 2018: The government of Dubai, global trade enabler DP World and the government of Jammu and Kashmir have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to develop trade infrastructure in the Indian state. The agreement will see discussions take…

The Transportation & Logistics (T&L) is the backbone of the Supply Chain ecosystem. In India, this industry is projected to grow at 9-10 percent per annum from $115 billion to $360 billion by 2032. However, this projection will hold ground only if the industry is able to quickly adapt to the…

Share this article February 15, 2018: Port of Hamburg has said that it has handled 136.5 million tonnes of seaborne cargo in 2017, comprising general and bulk cargoes. The port further stated that a slight downturn occurred in handling of containerized general cargo at 8.8 million TEU, being one…

Share this article February 14, 2018: The 4,051 TEU XIN NAN TONG, part of COSCO Shipping Lines, on COSCO’s CI1 service had its maiden call at APM Terminals Mumbai recently, adding another important Far East service to India’s importers and exporters. Far East trade services comprise 62 percent of…

Share this article February 13, 2018 : On a trade mission to India, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has signed a cooperative agreement with Mundra Port that aims to develop cooperation in marketing and business development while sharing information on marine operations and industry best practices.…

Share this article February 12, 2018: PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) continued on its growth path with the arrival of Hapag-Lloyd’s ‘Express Rome’ at the terminal, marking BMCT’s second weekly service call and its first direct Europe service. The 10,114-TEU, 122,961 dwt Express Rome…

Share this article February 10, 2018: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation, India (CILT-INDIA) is organising a three day seminar on FOIS (Freight operating Information System). The seminar will be held from 14-16th March 2018 at CILT India headquarter. This program will be…

Share this article February 09, 2018: Given the growing passenger traffic on the popular route, Jet Airways will commence a second daily frequency from Bengaluru to Singapore from March 15, 2018. The introduction of the second frequency forms part of Jet Airways’ focus to strengthen its presence in…

Share this article February 9, 2018: International express services provider, DHL Express has launched its fourth Service Center in Rajkot. Further enhancing the company’s network capabilities in the state, the new Service Centre is situated in the Saurashtra region. The 2,518 square feet facility,…

Share this article February 8, 2018: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari recently laid foundation stone for 137 km of highways projects worth Rs 5632 crore around Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Besides widening of national highways, this includes construction of a new, six-lane…

Share this article February 8, 2018: The Jammu and Kashmir government and Dubai Ports Group have reportedly signed an agreement for a joint venture involving Rs 1,500 crore foreign direct investment for setting up inland logistic hubs in Jammu and Srinagar capital cities. The agreement was finalised…

Share this article February 8, 2018: The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 4.58 percent and together handled 560.97 million tonnes of cargo during the period April 2017 to January, 2018 as against 536.41 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year. For the…

Share this article February 8, 2018 : Air India’s regional carrier Alliance Air has signed a three-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) to deliver fleet maintenance services and support for PW127M engines. P&WC is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation. “We continue to deliver…

Share this article February 7, 2018: CEVA Logistics has relocated its Iberia cluster's head office to a new site in Madrid. The former head office was at Alcobendas, to the north of Madrid. The new office which became fully operational this month is at Coslada. The three storey building hosts all…

Share this article February 7, 2018: UPS has expanded its services in India under its International Special Commodities (ISC) programme wherein customers would be able to ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities, and shipments utilizing dry ice via UPS. The services have…

Share this article February 6, 2018: Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is expanding its footprint in Europe with the launch of new scheduled freighter services to Maastricht starting 6 February 2018. Maastricht will join Emirates SkyCargo’s global freighter network of over 40…

Share this article February 6, 2018: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 4.18 lakh TEUs in January 2018, which is highest ever container traffic handled during a month at JNPT and increase of 13 percent over the same month last year. Among the four terminals, JNPCT handled 1.12 lakh TEUs,…

Share this article February 6, 2018: Delhi-based logistics management company FarEye appears to have received Rs 61.5 crore in Series C financing as strategic investment from Deutsche Post DHL Group. As per the company's regulatory filings, sourced through data intelligence platform Paper.vc, FarEye…

Share this article February 6, 2018: UPS is launching a daily non-stop flight from its Worldport® global air hub in Louisville, KY, to Dubai, UAE, improving time-in-transit from North and South America to key destinations in the Middle East by a full business day. The flight, operated with one of…

Share this article February 6, 2018: DP World has handled 70.1 million TEUs across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2017, with gross container volumes growing by 10.1 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and 9.7 percent on a like-for-like basis, ahead of Drewry…

Share this article February 5, 2018: Ethiopian Airlines Group has announce that it has launched a direct freighter flight from Bahir Dar to Liege, one of the largest Ethiopian flower importer destinations, carrying 45 tonnes of flowers. Ethiopian has always been at the forefront to support the…

Share this article February 5, 2018: PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) recently received its first container vessel call with the berthing of CMA-CGM’s ‘Centaurus’. The 3,426 TEU vessel operates on the Swahili Express Service (SWAX) linking India and East Africa on a fixed day weekly…

Share this article February 3, 2018: On the occasion of the Advantage Assam Global Investors Summit being held at Guwahati, supply chain & logistics company Safexpress has announced an investment of Rs 100 crore in the Northeast region. Safexpress, which has the largest logistics network in…

Share this article 2 February 2018: The Union Budget 2018, which had major announcements for the logistics and transport sector, evoked mixed reactions from the industry players. “The budget has sought to strike a balance between India’s need for economic growth and the wellbeing of its citizens.…

Share this article February 2, 2018: Welcoming the Union Budget 2018-19, Ganesh Kumar Gupta, president, FIEO said that it’s a balanced budget for the country aiming at inclusive growth and transforming rural India. The focus of the budget is on agriculture, rural economy, infrastructure, MSME and…