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15.11.2019

A train that goes down in history

The first freight train in history recently crossed the Marmaray tunnel in Turkey under the Bosporus. The train departed from the Chinese city of Xi'an and is on the way to Prague in Czechia. China Railway Express handled the...

15.11.2019

Roland Etter elected managing director of Saspa

Saspa (Swiss Aviation Services Providers Association), which was founded a year ago, has appointed Roland Etter as its managing director. The association comprises eight airport service companies with 10,000 employees at the...

15.11.2019

Bergé Gefco aims at 20% reduction of CO2 emissions

The logistics services provider Bergé Gefco was honoured by the Spanish industry association AECOC for its efforts to cut back CO2 emissions. In particular, the company wants to focus on reducing its carbon footprint by...

15.11.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

The predator Dimetrodon lived 290 million years ago and looked like an oversized lizard. It hunted mostly on land, but it also caught sharks in shallow waters.

15.11.2019

Thai Airways celebrates and expands

Thai Airways is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its arrival in Switzerland. On 4 November 1984 the Southeast Asian airline landed at Zurich airport for the first time, a milestone that was remembered at the airport a few days...

14.11.2019

New train running between Austria and Hungary

With the TransFER Wels-Vienna-Budapest, the Austria-based ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail connection, thereby creating further network effects for intermodal solutions on key corridors and between three of the...

14.11.2019

ECS Group deepens footprint in Southeast Asia

Thai LCC Nok Air, represented by CEO Wutthiphum Jurangkool and Pravej Ongartsittigul, chairman of the executive committee (2nd and 1st from right), has concluded a total cargo management (TCM) agreement with AVS GSA Thailand, a...

14.11.2019

Innovative engines for cross-border railfreight

Metrans, a subsidiary of the Hamburger Hafen and Logistik, Hamburg’s port operator (HHLA), has received the first Vectron MS locomotive at the company’s container terminal in Prague (Czechia). The vehicle is part of a group of...

14.11.2019

ICTSI makes good progress in the first nine months of 2019

Philippines-headquartered port and terminal operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has just published its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first nine months of 2019. Revenue from port...

14.11.2019

Blockchain: UPS and Herd X ship beef from USA to Japan

UPS will work with Herd X, a USA-based agri-tech solutions provider, to deliver blockchain-verified traced beef from an American farm to Japan. The delivery represents a significant step forward in quality assurance and...

14.11.2019

Mark Frese to become new CFO of Hapag-Lloyd

During its meeting, Hapag-Lloyd’s supervisory board appointed Mark Frese to the executive board, effective 25 November. On 1 March 2020, he will become the new CFO, replacing Nicolás Burr. Mark Frese was most recently employed as...

14.11.2019

Busiest day ever at Hactl

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has broken its all-time record for the number of freighters handled in a 24-hour period. On 3 November, Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler took care of 104 freighter...

14.11.2019

Volvo Group to restructure its marketing efforts

The Volvo Group has decided to expand the footprint of its two brands Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks in Europe. For this purpose, the company will create separate market units (importers) for both brands across Europe as from 1...

14.11.2019

HHLA faces more volatility in its markets

The terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is satisfied with its results in the first nine months of 2019. Container throughput grew moderately due to the integration of the Estonian terminal operator HHLA TK...

14.11.2019

Founder of Cebu Pacific passes away at 93

JG Summit Holdings has announced the passing of its founder chairman emeritus John L. Gokongwei Jr. on November 9, 2019. He was 93. He was the founder of the first Philippine multinational conglomerate including the airline Cebu...

14.11.2019

PSI warehouse management system for DFB's equipment

The German soccer federation (Deutscher Fussball-Bund, DFB) organises the supply of equipment for its national football teams from the new logistics centre in Langen near Frankfurt/Main (Germany) using the warehouse management...

14.11.2019

Golden October in east Belgium

In these challenging times with air cargo volumes being down all over the world, Liege airport is going against the trend. It has the best month in its history - almost 84,000 t in October 2019 - bringing the volume up to 730,000...

14.11.2019

Climate-neutral transports per mouse click

The fleet.tech-CO2 balance provides the commercial vehicles industry with an innovative tool to easily measure the amount of CO2 greenhouse gases emitted by their vehicles. The companies can then compensate for the emissions with...

14.11.2019

Maritima del Principado extends its equipment in Gijón

In Gijón, the Spanish shipping company Maritima del Principado (Marprin), operational since 2009 and also active as shipping agent, stevedoring company and customs broker, recently extended its portfolio by a new LHM 600 crane....

14.11.2019

Issa Baluch wins Tiaca’s air cargo professional award 2019

Each year, the Tiaca hall of fame honours air cargo professionals who have played a role in the progress made by the aviation sector and have helped to shape and grow the industry. This year, Tiaca has chosen to give recognition...