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13.12.2019

Combining road haulage and air freight

Due to fluctuating air freight capacities in flights from China and south-east Asia, an increasing number of customers are opting for cargo-partner’s alternative solutions combining air freight and road haulage services. In...

13.12.2019

Transfera thrives in Serbia

The logistics company Transfera is making some serious buzz in Serbia’s logistics market. Established in 2013 in Belgrade, and offering road, air and sea transport and customs clearance services, warehousing and distribution,...

13.12.2019

Iberia to be back in Guayaquil

From today, 13 December 2019, IAG member airline Iberia is resuming its Madrid - Guayaquil service. An A330-200 aircraft offering 16 t of bellyhold cargo capacity will operate this route new route departing IAG's key connector to...

13.12.2019

Planning next steps after latest intermodal launch

Italy-based Transmec is already planning ahead following the successful launch of its latest intermodal service. Running between Transmec’s privately-owned terminal at Oradea, Romania, and Lodz in central Poland, the 48-hour...

13.12.2019

Pall-Ex delivers 180,000 Christmas trees

Pall-Ex is helping a local Christmas tree wholesaler reduce the kilometres from forest to front door by transporting products via its pallet network through the UK. The logistics company has been enlisted by Cadeby Tree Trust to...

13.12.2019

Project forwarding award for Deugro

Lloyd’s Loading List honoured Deugro at the global freight awards 2019 ceremony. For the company’s implementation of the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (PIC) Project, Deugro took home the first-place award in the project...

13.12.2019

ONE takes another step towards digitalisation

ONE makes digital and mutually enforceable contracts part of its business environment. The shipping group joins a number of carriers that use the platform NYSHEX. Seven of the major global ocean carriers are already on board,...

13.12.2019

Ethiopian Airlines next week, next year

Starting next Monday, 16 December 2019, Ethiopian Airlines will operate flights to Houston, TX, three times per week. The fourth most populous city in the USA and the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research...

13.12.2019

New head for Britannia’s Greek Office

Britannia P&I Club has announced that Konstantinos Samaritis will be taking over as head of its office in Greece with effect from 1 January 2020. Samaritis is a qualified Greek lawyer and accredited mediator. He joined...

13.12.2019

DHL tests cargo bikes in New York

DHL is launching its cubicycle in New York City. As part of a trial programme the company is testing the deployment of up to eight cargo bicycles, in order to take the weight off road traffic and reduce air and noise...

13.12.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Friday the thirteenth has been considered an unlucky day only since the beginning of the 20th century. It occurs at least once and at most three times a year.

13.12.2019

Switzerland: efficient railfreight even on the last mile

It is a stone’s throw, the service the Swiss railfreight company SBB Cargo started to run for Feldschlösschen recently. The distance from the brewery’s headquarters in Rheinfelden in Argovia to Rickenbach in Solothurn is about 40...

13.12.2019

Another generation of MOL vessels

The Tokyo-based Japanese carrier MOL is ordering two new bulk carriers from Oshima Shipbuilding. The so-called 'EeneX' series was designed in pursuit of the best possible coal carrier for electric power companies in Japan. The...

Öl-Sucher zählen auf Bourbon

Das französische Logistikunternehmen unterstützt ein Explorationsprojekt von Total in Namibia mit einer Vielzahl von Dienstleistungen.

12.12.2019

New boost for rail logistics

In Germany, Duisport and Cargo Beamer have joined forces to plan eco-friendly supply chains from ramp to ramp. The project centres on Cargo Beamer’s first wagon park in Duisburg, which offers automated cargo handling for...

12.12.2019

Kerry Logistics opens new office in Bahrain

Kerry Logistics is deepening its presence in the Middle East by setting up a new office in Bahrain and opening a new bonded logistics facility in Dubai (UAE), in order to extend its footprint and enhance its service capabilities...

12.12.2019

Authorities support Hong Kong's cargo hub status

To reinforce Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)’s competitiveness and its global status as one of the largest air cargo hubs (2018: 5.1 million t), the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) supports carriers to introduce the...

12.12.2019

Arcbest board director to retire and new member added

The American logistics company Arcbest announced that William M. Legg will retire from the board of directors in 2020 and that one new director has been added. The new director is Fredrik J. Eliasson, whose term began on 5...

12.12.2019

Is DB Cargo facing radical restructuring?

The Deutsche Bahn (DB) is considering how to make its loss-making subsidiary DB Cargo profitable again, the logistics consultancy HDS reports, referring to information from the news agency Reuters. According to the report, the...

12.12.2019

Successful feasibility test on French waterways

A feasibility test for intermodal cement transport was recently conducted by the company Eqiom. Starting from its production site near Rouen (France), the loads were transported to customers in Ile-de-France via the multimodal...