Major container ports could be facing an investment crisis that will dwarf the problems seen in liner shipping over the last few years.

Anticipating further growth in maritime cargo transport by rail, experts from the rail and port sector are going for digitalization and automation.

Moscow - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the Russian Federation to implement global standards and best practices, in order to maximize the economic and social benefits generated by its growing air transport sector.

Norway is the first nation in the world to implement maritime broadband communication on ships and planes in public service. The system enables exchange of information that can be crucial in limiting damage when accidents occur.

CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading supply chain management companies, has launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China's Guangdong province to Hamburg in Germany. In conjunction with the Chinese state railway company, the new regular block trains will route Shilong, Manzhouli (China), Zabakalsky (Russia), Brest (Belarus), Malaszewicze (Poland) and Hamburg with a station-to-station lead time of 17-19 days. CEVA's new year-round service solution will save customers up to 2 days in time compared with other routings and will also deliver cost savings as a result.

AIRON Logistics is an affiliated company of Başak Logistics Group basing in Istanbul.

Quote of the week:
"Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur." (A friend in need is a friend indeed)
Quintus Ennius (239 – 169 BC) - Roman writer, considered father of Roman poetry.

ECDIS updates and crew welfare improvements in focus

At yesterday’s award ceremony in London, the Treasury Today Group recognised Kuehne + Nagel’s fully integrated invoice-to-cash platform as highly commended winner in the category “Best Trade / Supply Chain Finance Solution”. Kuehne + Nagel’s solution enables suppliers to raise their electronical invoices online and to receive payments within a few days once they have signed up for the receivables purchase programme.

New software enables flexible response to customer wishes

On 23 May, the Federal Administrative Court delivered its written judgement to the court’s decision of 9 February this year to the parties fighting the law suit. Both the Federal and Hamburg administrations have already been working since February on the Court’s remaining reservations, eliminating them in supplementary proceedings. The Court’s judgement contains some clarifications,
making this work easier. A considerable part of this consists of an additional measure compensating for the loss of stocks of the hemlock water dropwort. A suitable area for this has been found at
Billwerder Island.

Finnair has been named, for the eighth consecutive year, as Northern Europe’s Best Airline at the World Airline Awards at the Paris Air Show.

With Brexit talks due to get underway in Brussels later today, the British International Freight Association - www.bifa.org - is calling for the UK negotiators to push for a deal that keeps the UK in the European customs union.

Quote of the week:
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
English Proverb

New ILO report shows closing the gender gaps by 25 per cent by 2025 could add US$ 5.8 trillion to the global economy and boost tax revenue.