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09.10.2024

STG Logistics: investments to drive growth

The US-based transport specialist has secured a USD 300 million financing package to continue its ongoing expansion and strategic growth initiatives. The company’s aims for 2025 include a 25% growth in domestic services by...

09.10.2024

Delivering lifesaving colposcopes to Ghana

United Cargo, in collaboration with Quick, a Kuehne + Nagel company, and JDM Operations Management, recently completed a critical humanitarian mission that has the potential to save countless lives in Ghana. The shipment,...

09.10.2024

ICTSI's EJMT terminal opens in Indonesia

The East Java Multipurpose Terminal (EJMT), operated by International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), has officially opened in Lamongan Regency, Indonesia, following 18 months of construction. It features a 300 m quay,...

09.10.2024

Röhlig to reduce sea freight emissions

Röhlig Logistics is working on reducing shipping emissions in collaboration with the container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd. The agreement sees the logistics provider leveraging Hapag-Lloyd’s “Ship Green” biofuel product, which...

08.10.2024

Etihad Rail Freight wins transport contract

The subsidiary of Etihad Rail has signed a transport and logistics agreement with an UAE construction company. Through this partnership, Etihad Rail Freight will provide first and last-mile services to transport aggregates...

08.10.2024

Tanzania to boost cargo transports by rail

The African state has launched its rail cold chain programme. It is designed to facilitate the transport of temperature-sensitive goods, such as perishable food items, while improving the efficiency and sustainability of the...

08.10.2024

Hactl welcomes MSC Air on a regular basis

After changing Aliscargo Airlines’ name on 5 September, MSC Air started operating into Hong Kong under the new brand five days later, flying three times weekly from its Milan base. The air cargo carrier, part of the giant...

08.10.2024

A EUR 23.5 million loan for Arkas

The Turkish company Arkas Logistics has secured an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for a loan of up to EUR 23.5 million to purchase heavy equipment, wagons, and supplementary machinery....

08.10.2024

KN assembles Lego hub

Kuehne + Nagel is opening a distribution hub for Lego in Australia, adding 26,000 pallet positions to the toy company’s capacity down under. On an area of 26,500 sqm, the site will assist Lego with its B2C and B2B activities by...

08.10.2024

Wisestella founder takes on the MD role

Ship management specialist Ferhat Abul, a co-founder of Singapore headquartered maritime software developer and consultancy, Wisestella, has agreed to assume the role of managing director. Abul will work with his fellow...

08.10.2024

Trucks on trucks

A Chinese-operated TIR truck has exported finished Chinese goods with two semi-trailers, each weighing 7,300 kg, for the first time. The vehicles were produced by the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group. Until now, Chinese TIR...

08.10.2024

“Curiosity of the Day”

59 countries sent athletes the 1948 summer Olympic Games, held in London, with fourteen making their first official appearance at the modern Olympics. Germany, Japan and Bulgaria, under Allied military occupation, weren’t allowed...

08.10.2024

First guide to help reduce underwater noise

Commercial shipping is one of the main contributors to underwater noise at low frequencies and research has shown that the noise is harmful to the critical life functions of a wide range of marine life. The International...

08.10.2024

Extended duties at ADAC Truckservice

With effect from 1 October 2024, Tajana Bozic-Stiplosek will take over as site manager at the ADAC Truckservice headquarters in Laichingen (Germany). She has been running the company’s truck breakdown service since April this...

08.10.2024

A new member in South Korea

Project Cargo Network (PCN) has welcomed Korea Total Logistics, a cargo handling, shipping and transport company based in South Korea as a new member. Since its foundation in 2000, the logistics provider has set up branches...

08.10.2024

Chapman Freeborn conducts movement

Chapman Freeborn was selected for the return transport of the 185-strong Prague National Opera to the Savonlinna Opera Festival due to its ability to accommodate musicians’ requests for instruments to be walked onto a Boeing...

Betrieb im Herzen der Ukraine

Güterumschlag Strasse/Bahn. Der Schienenfahrzeugbetreiber Lemtrans hat einen Hub für den Containerumschlag in der Ukraine mit einer Jahreskapazität von bis zu 30 000 TEU eröffnet. Der Blick geht bereits über die Grenzen des...

07.10.2024

Universal extends hub infrastructure

Universal Logistics Holdings, a full-service provider of customised transport and logistics solutions, has acquired Parsec for USD 193.6 million. Parsec offers terminal services at over 20 rail yards throughout the USA and...

07.10.2024

A strategic partnership

The MMAG Aviation Consortium (MAC), the aviation arm of the Malaysia-based MMAG Holdings Berhad, is partnering with outsourced ULD management specialist Unilode Aviation Solutions to enable MAC to deliver enhanced services to its...

07.10.2024

Tazara concession deal to be finalised this year

Representatives from China, Tanzania and Zambia recently signed an MOU for the concession to run the Tanzania-Zambia Railway. The signing marks a significant step towards the revitalisation of the line's infrastructure and...