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15.08.2019

Kale Logistics Solutions wins prestigious award in India

Kale Logistics Solutions has won the “best air cargo IT solution provider” award bestowed by the Air Cargo Agents Association (ACAAI) at the ACAAI Air Cargo Awards 2019. The award ceremony took place at The Lalit Great Eastern...

15.08.2019

XPO Logistics extends UK partnership with Arco

XPO Logistics has been awarded a multi-year contract renewal by Arco, a UK-based supplier of safety equipment, workwear and safety services. XPO provides Arco with an integrated, digitally managed transport solution for...

15.08.2019

Permanent trains running between the Thames and Scotland

In the UK, the rail service which provides a regular weekend link between the Port of Tilbury and the Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest port, is to be made permanent. Following a successful trial, the new regular two-way...

15.08.2019

Yang Ming's policy pays off

Reporting on Q2/2019, Yang Ming has reduced its financial losses significantly by 66.22% as compared to the same period of the previous year. The Taiwan-based carrier announced a gross profit from operations of NTD 1.16...

15.08.2019

BluJay Solutions teams up with AMI

BluJay Solutions, a provider of supply chain software and Air Menzies International (AMI), which supplies air freight and express services to the forwarding market, have announced that AMI will deploy BluJay’s software across its...

15.08.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

No apple fell on Isaac Newton's head to kick start his theory of universal gravitation. The story was made up years later.

15.08.2019

UPS expands its facilities in Zurich

UPS is building a new facility for sorting and delivering parcels in Bülach near Zurich (Switzerland). “We have decided to increase our cargo handling capacities owing to growing demand. We aim at continuing to link our customers...

15.08.2019

New intermodal connections from and to Ravenna

Hannibal, Contship Italia’s multimodal transport operator, has recently introduced a new rail connection that links Ravenna to central and northern Europe through Contship’s Rail Hub Milano in Melzo (Italy). The new train...

15.08.2019

Geodis appoints new industrial projects director for Germany

Geodis has appointed Peter Anetsberger as industrial projects director for Geodis freight forwarding in Germany. Since 1 July 2019, he has been heading the industrial projects unit and supervising its overall business growth....

15.08.2019

Rising figures in Hamburg

The terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) concluded the first half of 2019 with rising revenue and results. In conjunction with an increase in revenue in the logistics segment and a once again moderate uptick...

14.08.2019

New vehicles to mine 500,000 t of salt in Ireland

New vehicles for Irish Salt Miners Irish Salt Mining & Exploration has put two Volvo FMX 6x6 rigids into operation, where they will operate almost exclusively 460m below ground. The Volvos are being used to bring one tonne bags...

14.08.2019

Qantas prepares for first A321 freighter operations

Australia Post's CEO and managing director Christine Holgate (r.) and Qantas' Group CEO Alan Joyce have announced an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement to support the growing demand for parcels. Marking...

14.08.2019

HFW to launch Monaco office with new team

The law firm HFW is opening an office in Monaco with the hire of a team to be led by partners Ian Cranston, Andrew Charlier and Marco Crusafio. The team, which will also include legal directors Ian Fisher and Ruth Monahan,...

14.08.2019

ICTSI celebrates a successful first half of 2019

For the first six months of 2019, the Manila (Philippines)-headquartered port and terminal operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has reported its unaudited financial results. The revenues from port operations...

14.08.2019

Ulan Bator Railway faces a serious task

In Mongolia, the Ulan Bator Railway (UBR) has celebrated its 70th anniversary. The railway was established in 1949 on the basis of an agreement between the governments of the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People’s Republic....

14.08.2019

Trumpets and fanfares for Air Partner

While Europe’s festival season is in now full swing, the charter company Air Partner and Luxreisen, which specialises in the organisation of tours for orchestras, choirs and theatres, are celebrating 20 years of an exclusive...

14.08.2019

GAC appoints new vice president for Americas Region

GAC group president Bengt Ekstrand has announced the appointment of Pontus Fredriksson as group vice president – Americas, following the retirement of Bob Bandos, who held the position since March 2018. Bandos was part of the...

14.08.2019

Dachser to build hub in northern Germany

The logistics services provider Dachser intends to build a new subsidiary in Neumünster between Hamburg and Kiel in Germany. The facility will contain a cargo handling terminal for industrial goods and foodstuffs. About EUR 17.4...

14.08.2019

Pamyra expands into Switzerland

For some time now, shippers have been able to use the www.pamyra.de website to compare and book logistics services in most countries of the European Union. Now the platform is expanding its offer into Switzerland. Shippers can...

14.08.2019

HMM joins up two of its services in the APAC region

South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine has linked its Transpacific PS2 service to its China-India Express (CIX). This way, fourteen instead of fifteen ships of between 6,000 teu and 8,500 teu will call weekly at the following...