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27.01.2020

Leipzig/Halle airport marks yet another record

In 2019 cargo handling at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany's second and Europe’s fifth largest air cargo hub, increased for the fifteenth time in succession. A total of 1,238,000 t were handled, representing yoy growth of 1.4%....

27.01.2020

Sustainable food deliveries in Finland

Finland has one of Europe’s most developed biogas networks, comprising 33 public stations. With such an excellent infrastructure in place, it is not surprising that Havi Logistics switched half of its eight-strong Finnish fleet...

27.01.2020

Ocean Alliance and Maersk switch from Hamburg to Antwerp

From April onwards, the Ocean Alliance NEU 5 service handled by Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg – CTH will be transferred to Antwerp (Belgium). The service will be run by the Ocean Alliance Partner CMA CGM as FAL 3 with an...

27.01.2020

Applications for trucking industry awards are now open

The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has launched the 2020 national trucking industry awards. Nominations will close on 5 March 2020. The award winners will be announced at the ATA foundation sponsors awards gala dinner,...

27.01.2020

Delta introduces premium pet transport solution

With the launch of its "care pod" solution, Delta Cargo tries to provide many industry leading features including real-time updates throughout the journey, heralding a new standard of first-class safety and care for pet...

27.01.2020

Panalpina gets an "A" for its environmental efforts

Panalpina, which was acquired by DSV in 2019, has been commended for its climate action, achieving a place on non-profit CDP's ‘A List’ for climate change, based on the company’s climate reporting. “This is a magnificent...

27.01.2020

Hellmann plans new facility for contract logistics

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, which is headquartered in Osnabrück, Germany, will move into a new contract logistics facility in Wörrstadt in April 2021 and thus strengthen its position in the country’s Rhine/Main area. The...

27.01.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

In 1960, Fred and Wilma Flintstone became the first couple allowed to appear in bed together on American television.

27.01.2020

Two trial runs for autonomous shipping

The Norwegian technology group Kongsberg will install and test autonomous navigation equipment on board two ships this year. Kongsberg, the Norwegian Sintef research institute and several European partners will take part in this...

Klar zum Rennen!

Die Rallye ist legendär und ein echtes Marathonrennen über lange Distanzen durch die Wüste – die Rede ist von der Dakar 2020. Zur 42. Auflage der Rallye wurden Fahrzeuge und das zusätzliche Material auf einem RoRo-Schiff der...

24.01.2020

Modern technology for Brazil’s rail network

Brazil's largest rail-based logistics operator Rumo has signed a multi-year contract with Globalsat, Inmarsat and Cobham to install a satellite communications across Brazilian railway network. The system will connect Rumo's cargo...

24.01.2020

Hamburg Süd’s CCO to retire

Frank Smet, CCO of Hamburg Süd, will be retiring at the end of March after roughly 27 years with the company. Smet, who has been working in the shipping industry for over 40 years – including in Brazil, Chile, Australia and Hong...

24.01.2020

Flexport terminates company-owned B747F services

The "digital forwarder" Flexport is becoming more conventional and is discontinuing the the company-owned Trans-Pacific Services it began to introduce step-by-step two years ago. As from tomorrow, 25 January 2020,...

24.01.2020

Panalpina delists from SIX Swiss Exchange

Pursuant to its decision of 7 January 2020, the Appellate Court of the Canton of Basel-City has cancelled all registered shares of Panalpina with a nominal value of CHF 0.10 each which are not directly or indirectly held by DSV....

24.01.2020

Grimaldi's next PCTC will sail transatlantic waters

Recently, the Naples (Italy)-headquartered shipping company Grimaldi Group took delivery of the third of the seven ships commissioned to the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, located in Zhoushan. Just like her two sister ships delivered...

24.01.2020

Hungarian rail carrier renamed

The Hungarian company AWT Rail HU has been renamed PKP Cargo International HU. It has been offering rail transport services and operating railway sidings in Hungary since 2010. It uses the facilities of the parent Group PKP...

24.01.2020

Clive claims power of "real" air cargo load factors

According to data retrieved by Clive Data Services' award-winning "Selfie app", the real utilisation of air cargo capacity is 35% higher than the traditional indicator based only on weight. Managing director Niall...

24.01.2020

DHL Freight implements new TMS in France

DHL Freight is taking the first major step towards creating a single transport management system (TMS) for all DHL Freight operations throughout Europe. The IT system, called EVO as a reference to “evolution,” combines all...

24.01.2020

BDP International picks Katherine Harper as CFO

BDP International has named Katherine Harper as CFO. Harper will oversee all aspects of BDP’s financial operations throughout its global network of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. Harper is a...

24.01.2020

Port of Strasbourg: reconquista à la française

The inland port of Strasbourg handled 7.6 million t of cargo in 2019. This significant increase of 28.5% compared to 2018 was partially due to the recovery after the exceptional low water phenomenon of the previous year. In 2019,...