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26.02.2020

Guadeloupe holds a steady course in 2019

The Caribbean Grand Maritime Port of Guadeloupe (GPMG) has reported its traffic figures for 2019, speaking of "encouraging results". After a record year in 2018, GPMG's freight traffic experienced a slight setback in...

26.02.2020

Christos Spyrou joins Tiaca’s board of directors

Nominated at Tiaca’s most recent board meeting at the opening of the executive summit in Budapest, Christos Spyrou, CEO and founder of Neutral Air Partner (NAP), has joined the association's board of directors, which will next...

26.02.2020

Descartes acquires Peoplevox

Descartes Systems Group has acquired Peoplevox, a provider of cloud-based ecommerce warehouse management solutions. Headquartered in the UK, Peoplevox serves direct-to-consumer ecommerce customers around the world. ...

26.02.2020

Turkish Cargo continues to buck the trend

According to the international air cargo information provider WACD's December data, Turkish Cargo, which serves 321 destinations (88 maindeck destinations) in 127 countries of the world, grew significantly in 2019 and reported a...

26.02.2020

EU: CFR Marfa must now recover illegal aid

The European Commission has found that rail freight operator CFR Marfa received at least EUR 570 million incompatible state aid from Romania through a debt write-off and failure to collect debts from the company. Romania must now...

26.02.2020

Cargojet continues to rise

The Canadian air cargo carrier Cargojet has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ending 31 December 2019. Total revenues were CAD 486.6 million (EUR 340.4 million), an increase of CAD 31.7 million (EUR 22.2...

26.02.2020

West P&I to acquire stake in Nordic Marine Insurance

The West of England P&I Club intends to acquire a significant stake in specialist marine insurance provider Nordic Marine Insurance (NMI). Founded in 2012 and based in Stockholm, NMI is a provider of specialist marine...

26.02.2020

KPI Bridge Oil acquires Ocean Connect

The Danish KPI Bridge Oil, a global trader and broker in marine fuels and marine lubricants, will acquire the online bunker platform Ocean Connect Marine, hitherto belonging to Glencore. Subject to regulatory approval, the...

26.02.2020

LIS inaugurates new office building

Logistische Informationssysteme (LIS) has inaugurated its new office building, the third on this site, in Greven (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). From now on, around 40 programmers and developers will be working in the 1,200...

26.02.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

Every hour, the universe expands over a billion kilometres in all directions.

26.02.2020

Pallet services forge ahead

Cranleigh Distribution Services, part of Pall-Ex in UK, has acquired the goodwill of the UK Pallet operation from Cranleigh Freight Services. The new business will share premises with the founder-member at Dunsfold Park....

Italienische Pioniere

Bio-LNG ist quasi die umweltfreundliche Forsetzung von LNG und kann es auch mit Diesel aufnehmen. Die Codognotto Group und San Marco Petroli Distribuzione wollen noch in diesem Jahr die erste Bio-LNG-Tankstelle in Italien in...

25.02.2020

Another rail motorway in France to open by 2021

As hauliers and transport operators seek ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, Brittany Ferries has outlined plans for an intermodal transport service for unaccompanied goods-trailers, on the rail network...

25.02.2020

Austrian freight trains become “smart”

The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has started the “SmartCargo” project in cooperation with A1 and A1 Digital to equip its wagons with special telematics. By the end of 2020, RCG freight wagons will have position detection, motion...

25.02.2020

Rearranging Middle East services

Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Yang Ming, the members of The Alliance, have specified the changes to their network they announced in January 2020 and released updated details concerning...

25.02.2020

Noatum Logistics develops new facility

Noatum Logistics has agreed terms on a new 14,000 sqm facility at London Medway (UK), to develop a dedicated retail and e-commerce facility. The strategically located London Medway facility, which is due for completion at the...

25.02.2020

DSV opens transpacific air cargo service

Because of the reduced number of air services due to the risk of spreading the coronavirus, there is an estimated 5,000 t less air cargo capacity available per day to/from Mainland China. "Determined to assist our customers...

25.02.2020

Friedrich Merz leaves Stadler's board of directors

Friedrich Merz has decided not to stand for re-election as member of the board of directors of Stadler Rail at the company’s next annual general meeting on 30 April 2020. He said he wished to fully focus on his political...

25.02.2020

Qatar Airways arranges "cargo convoy" to China

Less than three weeks after transporting 100,000 medical-grade N95 respiratory masks and 2,700 medical-grade disposable latex gloves, providing essential protection to healthcare professionals working around the clock at...

25.02.2020

Scania deploys battery electric trucks in Norway

Norwegian wholesaler ASKO is using two battery electric Scania distribution trucks for its operations in Oslo, Norway. This pilot marks another milestone in the cooperation between Scania and ASKO with regard to electrified...