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27.11.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

When the Playmobil brand first entered the market in the 1970ties, it offered customers a building set that included a small plastic beer crate.

26.11.2019

Milestone for eco-friendly beer deliveries

Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with Nikola Motor and BYD Motors, have completed their first ever ‘zero-emission beer delivery’ in St. Louis (MO, USA). Last week, a Nikola hydrogen-electric truck picked up the load of beer and...

26.11.2019

Turkish Cargo broadens "pharma corridor"

Turkish Cargo continues to bring health to the world by carrying pharmaceuticals between destinations certified by global aviation authorities through a "pharma corridor" between 400+ stations. Turkish Airlines’...

26.11.2019

Floating terminal in Australia completed

In Australia, a division of Singapore-headquartered transhipment and logistics group Rocktree has completed the engineering and design for a new floating terminal for the Bauxite Hills Mine, which is operated by Australia’s Metro...

26.11.2019

Intermodal terminal in Iowa creates new hub in Midwest USA

Valor Victoria, Iowa Northern Railway (IANR), Watco and Union Pacific (UP) will launch an internationally focused intermodal service through the newly-developed Butler intermodal terminal in Shell Rock, Iowa (USA) in December...

26.11.2019

Element International opens two new offices

Turkey-based Element International Forwarding & Logistics has successfully achieved its targets for 2019 with new offices in Gaziantep and at the new airport in Istanbul. Melih Can Sayar at Element International says:...

26.11.2019

Singapore cargo community seeks "fresh" certificate

Changi Airport Group, together with the civil aviation authority of Singapore, Enterprise Singapore and Workforce Singapore, will be supporting the air cargo community – with Dnata and Singapore Airlines as pioneer members – to...

26.11.2019

Cargosoft launches freight handling platform

Cargosoft has introduced the information and booking platform “eForwarding”. The Bremen (Germany)-based provider of logistics software thus brings its own solution to the market, which includes all modes of transport and offers...

26.11.2019

DFDS goes up despite Brexit downturn

In Q3/2019, the Danish ferry operator DFDS revenue increased 2% to DKK 4.5 billion (EUR 600 million), while ebitda was on the level of 2018. For the first nine months of 2019, revenues rose 7% to DKK 12.6 billion (EUR 1.69...

26.11.2019

First dual mode locomotives for Germany

Railsystems RP has ordered two Vectron dual mode locomotives from Siemens, marking the first order for the new locomotive that can be operated either as a diesel or electric unit. The locomotives will be delivered at the end of...

26.11.2019

Formula-E cars flying from Europe to Riyadh

Saudia Cargo has for the second year in a row transported the World Championship Formula-E cars, which took place last week-end at the historical Diriyah, carrying 67 cars in four shipments totalling 375 t. Formula-E cars...

26.11.2019

Wings for Aid wins Tiaca sustainability award

The first winner of the sustainability award, which is sponsored by Champ Cargosystems, was announced during the gala evening of the Tiaca executive summit 2019 in Budapest (Hungary). The winner, Wings for Aid, received funding...

26.11.2019

Huge facility at Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Council (UK) has approved the construction of a 325,000 sqm advanced manufacturing and logistics development located at Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA). The scheme will create around 4,300 jobs and provide...

26.11.2019

PSA Marine and Wartsilä agree on technology partnership

The Helsinki (Finland)-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä and Singapore-based PSA Marine have agreed to collaborate in the co-creation of smart technologies for the marine sector. The parties have agreed on specific...

26.11.2019

BNSF names ARZC ‘Short line of the year’

The US class I railway enterprise BNSF has named Arizona & California Railroad (ARZC) as its 2019 ‘Short line of the year’ during its annual short-line conference. ARZC runs a 330-km line between Matthie AZ and Cadiz CA and...

26.11.2019

New refrigerated warehouse in the Port of Dunkirk

In the Port of Dunkirk (France) the foundations have been laid for a new refrigerated warehouse for Nofrigo. Nofrigo is a joint venture of the sea food producer Le Garrec and the cool logistics services provider Stef. The...

26.11.2019

Legal immigrants from Latin America to the USA

Three Bengal tigers arrived at Miami airport in the USA yesterday, 25 November 2019, before completing the final leg of their journey by road to their forever home Big Cat Rescue in Tampa (FL). After banning the use of...

26.11.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

USD 1,900 were paid for a piece of toast that John Lennon supposedly nibbled at.

26.11.2019

Fiata appoints new director general

Fiata president Basil Pietersen: “After an extensive recruitment process, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Stéphane Graber as the new director general of Fiata. He will take up his role in Geneva on 1 January...

Innenstädte neu vernetzen

Die Warenmengen, die in städtische Zentren ausgeliefert werden, steigen stetig. Zugleich werden die Rahmenbedingungen für die City-Logistik schwieriger. Wie man mit kühlem Kopf, Klimabewusstsein und Pfiff hier zu nachhaltigen...