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13.03.2020

UPS evaluate Gaussin electric shifters

UPS has begun testing the suitability and durability of Gaussin electric vehicles, which also have autonomous driving capability, to move semi-trailers and containers on the grounds of UPS’s advanced-technology London Hub in UK....

13.03.2020

DP World: organic growth and acquisitions

DP World looks back in joy on its results of 2019. Both organic growth and acquisitions led to a significant uptick in revenues to USD 7.69 billion (+36.1%). Adjusted ebitda increased by 17.7% while the profit of USD 1.33 billion...

13.03.2020

JCL Logistics picks CEO for Swiss branch

The international logistics group JCL Logistics is reinforcing its presence in its core regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux. For its three segments air & ocean, road & rail and contract logistics the...

13.03.2020

B&H Worldwide takes AOG Technics on board

B&H Worldwide has won new business managing the logistics of aircraft spare parts and engine materials for AOG Technics in Germany. AOG Technics is an independent specialist in the aviation industry. The two companies...

13.03.2020

Port of Los Angeles' corona loss so far

The 544,000 teu handled in the port of Los Angeles in February stand for a 22.9% decrease in volumes compared to last year. While February imports decreased 22.5% to 270,000 teu compared to 2018, exports decreased 5.7% to 134,000...

13.03.2020

New 52-foot container carriers added

Short, weight-optimised 52-foot container carriers, known as SGMNS, have just been added to Kombiverkehr's existing fleet of wagons. Thus the fleet now comprises 362 proprietary wagons with a total capacity for more than 500...

13.03.2020

Europe's biggest cargo gateway feels sick in February

This is no surprise: In February 2020, Frankfurt airport, Europe's biggest air cargo hub, witnessed cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) shrinking by 8% to 148,500 t. The impact of the coronavirus, particularly towards the...

13.03.2020

New project cargo director for Bati Group

The Turkish company Bati Group has appointed Erman Atik as its new project director and head of breakbulk & project cargo forwarding. Atik has over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of breakbulk and...

13.03.2020

Hellmann: contract logistics for Jakks Pacific

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics will manage all contract logistics for the US toy manufacturer Jakks Pacific. As part of the cooperation, Hellmann will handle around 360,000 cartons per year in its warehouse in Rotterdam in the...

13.03.2020

Airport on Shetland's main island to close

Scatsta airport (SCS), the historic airfield on Mainland, the main island of Shetland, will shut down at the end of June. The airport was originally developed by the Royal Air Force 80 years ago. It was awakened in 1978 from...

13.03.2020

Wilhelmshaven reaches Top 20

In the rankings of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Güterverkehrszentren (DGG), which are published once every five years, the Güterverkehrszentrum (GVZ) of the Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven has reached the Top 20 of Europe's...

13.03.2020

Scotland promotes shift from road to rail

The Scottish government has allocated GBP 1.49 million (EUR 1.7 million) to the sustainable building materials group Tarmac in a freight facilities grant. The fund, which is open to companies looking to move freight by the more...

13.03.2020

Gecas appoints two new heads

Gecas, a commercial aircraft financing and leasing company, has appointed Jonty Nel as Gecas’ EVP commercial – International and John Bordeaux as new chief investment officer. Both will take up their role from April 2020. Nel...

13.03.2020

Profits down for Swiss Post

Swiss Post posted a disappointing result in 2019, generating a group profit of CHF 255 million, CHF 149 million down from 2018. At CHF 450 million, operating profit (ebit) was CHF 55 million or 11% lower than in the previous year...

13.03.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

There are about 1,500 active volcanoes on the surface of the earth with perhaps 100,000 more under the sea.

12.03.2020

US railroad heads for a more sustainable future

Union Pacific (UP) intends to set science-based targets to determine a time-plan and strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. A letter of commitment was submitted to the science based targets initiative (SBTi),...

12.03.2020

CLA and coronavirus (don't) affect ABC

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the scheduled carrier of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group, is about to terminate lease agreements for five out of its 21 B747Fs. Talks are being held with Gecas and Sberbank Leasing. In other news, the...

12.03.2020

China - Thailand in five days

In China, the Qinghai international intermodal train with railway containers carried by Hong-Kong-based SITC successfully sailed from Chongqing railway central station to Thailand within five days. According to the logistics...

12.03.2020

Etihad Cargo launches mobile tracking app

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has expanded its digital portfolio by launching the first version of its mobile application, offering customers the ability to gain real time access to...

12.03.2020

ONE enhances TPV service

The Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) will introduce a new call to Batangas on its Thailand Philippines Vietnam (TPV) service starting from April 2020. The TPV service currently connects Laem Chabang and Cai Mep...