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07.02.2020

KKR-Led consortium sells BLK Pyeongtaek Logistics Center

The investment firm KKR announced that Korean real estate asset manager Pebblestone Asset Management will acquire BLK Pyeongtaek Logistics Center from a KKR-led consortium. The hub is a newly developed multi-tenant modern...

07.02.2020

Carbon-free trucks for breweries

Beer brewer Carlsberg's Swiss branch has ordered 20 electric trucks from Renault. The 26 t, 100% electrically driven type D Wide Z.E. vehicles will be delivered to Carlsbergs‘ Swiss breweries Feldschlösschen in Rheinfelden near...

07.02.2020

Situation in the Gulf of Guinea deteriorates

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), founded in 1965, used the recent ECR conference on maritime security and the blue economy in the European Parliament to raise the alarm about the dire security situation in...

07.02.2020

100 years ago: airmail clears blockade

In the winter of 1919/1920 Estonia was isolated from the outside world because of bad weather conditions and armed conflicts. As Camille Allaz discovered (The History of Air Cargo and Airmail, p. 47), taking to the air the...

07.02.2020

Turkish Cargo elects new senior vice president

Turkish Cargo continues to strengthen its team to pursue its global strategies. The company has announced that Cornelis Paul de Man, a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in logistics, supply chain management,...

07.02.2020

Kuehne + Nagel acquires 78 new vehicles in UK

Ryder has supplied 78 new Mercedes-Benz 314CDI Sprinter chassis cab vans to Kuehne + Nagel in the UK. The new vehicles are equipped with automatic gearboxes and air conditioning and are being used to deliver fresh produce and...

07.02.2020

DHL must lower prices

On 1 January 2020, DHL raised the package prices for private customers by an average 3%. The company had informed the German federal network agency about the planned price increases already in autumn 2019 and had demonstrated...

07.02.2020

Evergreen adds new service to Puerto La Plata

Tec Plata, which operates the container terminal in Puerto La Plata (Argentina), has signed a contract with Evergreen Marine, Taiwan. The new service between Asia, the Far East and the Americas can now set sail. With this...

07.02.2020

Airbus: standstill in China, departure from Wales

Airbus China is observing Chinese Government requirements for staff to work from home and is helping with IT equipment so that employees from all locations including Tianjin do not need to travel to work where possible. With...

07.02.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

For the early morning of 30 October 1974, the wake-up service of the German telephone network received 600 more wake-up requests than usual. Millions of Germans did not want to miss the television broadcast of the boxing...

07.02.2020

FMS opens new office

As a part of the strategic expansion of Fr. Meyer's Sohn (FMS), the German logistics company is opening a new office in Arnstadt (Thuringia). The launch of this location in the middle of Germany is part of the FMS Overland...

07.02.2020

UPS invests in electric delivery vehicles

UPS reports that its venture capital arm, UPS Ventures, has completed a minority investment in Arrival, which makes electric vehicle (EV) platforms and purpose-built vehicles that offer a highly competitive value proposition when...

07.02.2020

US class I railway invests in core network

BNSF Railway intends to spend USD 3.4 billion on capital expenditures in 2020. Similar to last year’s USD 3.9 billion plan, the major part of the strategy will be to replace and maintain BNSF’s core network and related assets....

06.02.2020

Etihad Cargo extends handling framework

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group, has renewed its cargo handling agreements with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS). The three-year framework extension will see WFS continue to...

06.02.2020

More hinterland connections for German seaports

As part of its German network, IGS Intermodal Container Logistics will connect its Heilbronn location with the German seaports Hamburg and Bremerhaven as from April 2020. Initially, the container trains will run three times per...

06.02.2020

Forwarder orders large number of tailor-made e-vehicles

UPS has placed an order for 10,000 purpose-built electric vehicles from Arrival and has also announced an investment in the UK-based e-vehicle developer. The initial 10,000 vehicles will be rolled out in the UK, Europe and...

06.02.2020

DP World's ambition remains global

DP World draws a positive balance for the year 2019. The Dubai-headquartered port and terminal operator handled 71.2 million teu across the globe, with a modest uptick of +1.0% on a like-for-like basis. Q4/2019 brought momentum...

06.02.2020

Intersped Logistics scoops top award

Intersped Logistics, a European transport and logistics provider based in South East London and Nottingham (UK), won the commercial excellence-multi trunk award at the Fortec distribution network annual awards – commended by...

06.02.2020

Panattoni to build another facility for Haase

Panattoni is setting up another logistics centre for Haase Hausgerätelogistik in Garbsen (Germany). The real estate developer will construct the build-to-suit property on a 30,702 sqm plot. The project comprises 15,000 sqm of...

06.02.2020

More details on Finnlines' construction programme

The Finnish shipping company Finnlines, owned by the Grimaldi group, is building three new RoRo ferries of the Superstar class at the Jingling Chinese shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for 2023. The technology group Wärtsilä will...