India races against time to build capacities amid rising air cargo demand

May 17, 2022
The country’s air cargo industry faces hurdles such as high dwell times, congested cargo terminals, sub-optimal use of belly cargo capacity, missing/damaged non-traceable cargo, and manual processing. The Government of India (GoI) is pursuing a...

Daimler Truck reaches out to Ukraine as Russia continues aggression

April 7, 2022
The company donated EUR 1 million to UNICEF as emergency aid amid this humanitarian tragedy. Its trucks and buses as well as touring coaches are being used for various aid transports and transporting refugees...

Lufthansa Cargo carried 7.2 billion FTKs in 2021

April 7, 2022
Its biggest throughput in its history yielded to record revenues of EUR 3.8 billion. The cargo carrier continues to modernize its long-haul fleet, launching in March its first Airbus 321 freighter for service. Lufthansa...

India’s airline industry soars but on a flight-path of profitless growth

April 7, 2022
India’s airline industry is gung-ho about growth prospects, emerging stronger post the third wave of Covid-19. Passenger and cargo numbers are accelerating fast with passenger traffic projected to reach about 167 million next year....

‘Truck It In’ raises largest seed round in MENAP trucking space

March 14, 2022
Startup seeks to transform Pakistan’s $25B road freight market to help SMEs and truckers grow their business KARACHI, Pakistan—Homegrown logistics tech startup “Truck It In” has closed a $13 million seed round jointly led by venture...

The delicate but rewarding global food business shines at Gulfood 2022

March 14, 2022
Food & retail industry projected to soar to $17 trillion in value by 2027 but food wastage is also a major concern with 1.3 tons wasted annually worldwide costing US$1 trillion More foods are...

Indian Airports Outlook Pan-India connectivity at core of rapid expansion

March 14, 2022
Recently the Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that India had become the third largest domestic aviation market in the world, behind the United States of America and China. “We all know that...

Ford brain research could hold the key to more quickly identifying when drivers switch off at the wheel

February 15, 2022
Ford is working with neuroscientists to develop a faster and more effective way to detect when drivers are tired, distracted or not concentrating. Driver fatigue may be a contributing factor in up to 25...

Global air cargo industry posts stellar performance in 2021

February 15, 2022
Demand up by nearly 19% but supply chain challenges remain GENEVA, Switzerland—The global air cargo demand went up by 18.7 percent in 2021 compared to 2020, year-on-year, making it the industry’s second best performance...

Mercedes-benz Trucks: 125 years of innovative mobility

January 14, 2022
The truck, that would go on to define the global trucking industry was sold weeks later to the British Motor Syndicate, a London-based automobile company, and the rest is history. It’s been 125 years...