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14.02.2020

(Animal) lovers rely on German-Japanese JV

ANA Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo have jointly transported about 2 t of relief supplies to Australia. Starting on 3 February in Frankfurt, the German carrier performed the first leg to Tokyo. From there, ANA Cargo took over the...

14.02.2020

ZIM changes its Asia-Pacific service in the North West

ZIM has updated its Asia-Pacific North West product with effect from April 2020. The ZP8 (ZIM Pacific Procyon) will then call the following ports: Nansha – Yantian – Shanghai – Busan – Yokohama – Prince Rupert - Vancouver....

14.02.2020

Family reunion at Ifchor

The Lausanne (Switzerland)-based shipbroker Ifchor has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Giovanni Ravano as joint chief executive alongside Emanuele Ravano. Giovanni Ravano is an experienced shipping professional,...

14.02.2020

Conveyor system for automotive supplier

Dematic will automate a new logistics centre for ZKW Lichtsysteme, an automotive supplier. At its headquarters in Wieselburg (Austria), ZKW is building a new property for production supplies, as the existing storage facilities...

14.02.2020

Air India to add belly capacity to Saudi Arabia

From Sunday, 16 February 2020, Air India is adding a Calicut – Jeddah service, as the Star Alliance member schedules two weekly flights operated by B747-400 aircraft. The Indian flag carrier reserves 14.1 t of the 55.6 t of the...

14.02.2020

UWC receives gold award for best IP department

The Russian United Wagon Company (UWC) received the gold award for the best intellectual property (IP) department: Russia & Central and Eastern Europe 2020 at the third international innovation & IP forum and awards in...

14.02.2020

Fifteen new vehicles for meat deliveries

Wetralog has added fifteen premium freezer boxes manufactured by Kögel Trailer to its fleet. The international food forwarder is in charge of all logistics services for the Westfleisch group and specialises in empties...

14.02.2020

Celtic Freight forced to close down

For 23 years, the South African transport company Celtic Freight offered primarily road haulage services between South Africa and Zambia. Now this once-thriving business has come to the end. The company had to cease trading,...

14.02.2020

The port of Rotterdam moved sideways in 2019

The port of Rotterdam handled the same amount of freight in 2019 as the year before. Freight throughput remained practically on the same level with 469.4 million t. Following a good start in the first six months of 2019, growth...

14.02.2020

EUR 20 million for Shippeo

The start-up Shippeo has successfully closed a EUR 20 million series B financing round. NGP Capital and ETF Partners, with participation from Bpifrance Digital Venture and Partech, are the biggest investors. Shippeo provides...

14.02.2020

Africa's global leadership in drone operations

Stressing the importance of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations to sustainable development, ICAO highlighted the significance of Africa’s global leadership in this area during last week’s African drone forum in Kigali,...

14.02.2020

Broekman Logistics scores above average on SQAS

Broekman Logistics Antwerp (Belgium) scores above average on the SQAS-results from 2019. The company reaches an increase of 17%, compared to the last test. SQAS stands for safety and quality assessment for sustainability and is...

14.02.2020

RFG: HS2 must keep its promises on railfreight

Rail Freight Group (RFG) has strongly welcomed the UK government's announcement that HS2 is to be delivered in full, with work on phases 1 and 2A given the green light to commence immediately. HS2 has the potential to deliver...

14.02.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

Valentine's Day is the second largest card giving day of the year, just after Christmas. This year, it is expected that 1 billion cards will be exchanged around the world.

14.02.2020

A felicitous anniversary for Niedersachsen Ports

15 years ago, Niedersachsen Ports assumed the responsibilities of the ports and shipping administration in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since then, it has invested almost EUR 1 billion into the expansion and maintenance...

14.02.2020

From America(n) with love

From 29 January through 13 February, demand for Valentine’s Day flowers marks one of the busiest seasons for American Airlines Cargo. On average, the airline ships up to 500 t of flowers during this time each year. And the floral...

Dubai umgarnt Schwellenländer

Das Emirat will mit dem sogenannten World Logistics Passport Anreize schaffen, um die logistische Infrastruktur besser auszulasten und Güterströme über Dubai fliessen zu lassen. Im Fokus dieser Anstrengungen stehen insbesondere...

13.02.2020

USA: high-tech equipment speeds railway's tie cleanup

Union Pacific (UP) is using new high-tech work equipment to remove ties more quickly. The US class I railroad annually replaces between 3 million and 4 million railroad ties along its more than more than 51,500 route kilometres....

13.02.2020

Peel Ports to sell shares?

A sale of shares of the Peel Ports Group seems to be imminent. According to the British press, the current shareholders, the property mogul John Whittaker and DWS as Deutsche Bank's investment branch, have agreed to sell 25% of...

13.02.2020

Ciblex joins Eurodis

Eurodis has integrated Ciblex as a member for France to strengthen its international transport network for parcels and pallets in 36 European countries. In Belgium, the national Ciblex organisation already became a Eurodis...