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13.11.2019

Emirates Skycargo strengthens its pharma offerings

With +75,000 t of pharmaceuticals flown during FY 2018/19, Emirates Skycargo continues to enhance its offerings to pharma shippers and freight forwarders. Earlier this year, the carrier inaugurated a 1,000 sqm facility with...

12.11.2019

Raben expands to Bulgaria

Raben has opened its first warehouse in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The regional group, Raben Logistics Bulgaria, plans to expand its business activities across the entire country and offer services in the national and...

12.11.2019

AN-22 returns to commercial market

With two flights on the Madrid-Baghdad-Madrid route performed for DSV Spain, the logistics operator of the Spanish ministry of defence, Antonov Airlines' AN-22 "Antei" is back in the commercial market of outsized air...

12.11.2019

Grimaldi's first new PCTC sets sail

The first unit of a series of seven sister vessels ordered by the Neapolitan group Grimaldi is entering service. The pure car & truck carrier “Grande Torino” of the Grimaldi Group was recently christened in the Italian port...

12.11.2019

Russian-made freight cars for Zimbabwe Railways

Wagon Company (UWC) and the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) have signed an agreement for the supply of freight cars intended for operation on the 1,067 mm gauge track. By striking the deal, in addition to an earlier supply of...

12.11.2019

Sigrid Nikutta to lead DB Cargo

The supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn (DB) has approved the restructuring of its management board. Sigrid Nikutta, CEO of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Germany’s largest local public transport company, will be joining DB’s...

12.11.2019

Röhlig Logistics expands its global network

In Mexico, Röhlig has acquired 100% of the shares in its previous joint venture. "We now operate independently in the Mexican market under the Röhlig brand," says Michael Gerding, managing director of Röhlig Mexico....

12.11.2019

More software, less hardware

Descartes Systems Group, a major player in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, has announced that EgyptAir Cargo is using the "Descartes Velocity Mail" solution to streamline air mail transportation...

12.11.2019

Modernised rail stretch to increase speed and axle load

Lithuania railways has awarded Eurovia Lietuva and UAB the EUR 51.1 million contract for the construction of the second way in the section Livintai – Gaiziunai. The stretch is situated within the most important corridor IXB,...

12.11.2019

Red Sea Terminal focuses on ULCS

The Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has purchased two ship-to- shore (STS) cranes supplied by ZPMC in Shanghai, China. The new cranes, each with a 70 m reach and a 52 m high, represent an investment...

12.11.2019

New appointment for Celebi Aviation Holding

Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management India has been the pioneer of its industry in providing cargo operations for its customers. In this regard and in keeping with the “promote within” culture, Celebi has announced that Ibrahim...

12.11.2019

Cargo-partner uses Spot's time slot management

The Austrian logistics services provider cargo-partner has being working with the cloud-based chain management platform Spot since 2000. The company uses the steadily increasing number of functions to optimise its cooperation...

12.11.2019

Turkish Cargo gains security status

Turkish Cargo is entitled to the Group A “TAPA (transported asset protection association) FSR" certificate created to reduce the loss in the international supply chain and based on the security of facilities. TÜV...

12.11.2019

Electric trucks for urban traffic

Volvo Trucks has begun to sell its electric trucks Volvo FL and Volvo FE in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. The two electric vehicle models were developed in Gothenburg (Sweden) in close...

12.11.2019

Bremenports extends lobbying activities

The ports of Bremen are intensifying their lobbying activities in the west and south of Germany. The port management company bremenports has signed contracts with Hartwig Weidt and Christoph Kernen to promote Bremen’s interests...

12.11.2019

Ecuador: Contecon wins ISO certification

Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), the Ecuadorian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services. (ICTSI), recently obtained the ISO 14064-3:2006 international certification for carbon neutrality. The verification and audit...

12.11.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Lew Wallace, who ordered the shooting of Billy the Kid, wrote the famous novel Ben Hur.

12.11.2019

B+S opens hub in Bremen

Half a year after the ground-breaking ceremony, B+S GmbH Logistik und Dienstleistungen has put its new hub within the cargo handling centre (GVZ) in Bremen (Germany) into operation. The state-of-the-art logistics real estate...

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Vor einem Jahr, am 29. Oktober 2018, wurde der neue Flughafen von Istanbul offiziell eingeweiht, am 6. April hat er den «alten» Atatürk-Flughafen endgültig ersetzt. Aber «fertig» sind beide noch lange nicht. Ein Blick auf die...

11.11.2019

Longer trains and new hinterland services for Kiel's port

The structure and technology of the tracks leading to Kiel’s shunting station in Meiersdorf (Germany) have been enhanced by Deutsche Bahn in such a way that freight trains with an effective length of 740 m (535 m before) can now...