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05.03.2019

New hub and new rail connections

On 1 April 2019 Metrans will integrate the intermodal hub in Zilina, in the northwest of Slovakia into its network by launching a regular daily shuttle train service between Zilina and Dunajska Strada in the south of the country....

05.03.2019

New logistics platform for cocoa butter

Haesaerts Intermodal has opened a subsidiary in the port of San Pedro (Ivory Coast). The Antwerp (Belgium)-based logistics operator now controls the entire cocoa butter logistics chain, from the production region to the final...

05.03.2019

Knut Kokkeling takes charge at Cuxhaven

After a two-month transition period, Knut Kokkelink has taken over the management of the Cuxhaven subsidiary of Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts, Germany). His predecessor Hans-Gerd Janssen is retiring after 33 years of work for the...

20.02.2019

Macht der Brexit die Schotten dicht?

Wenn in fünf Wochen das Vereinigte Königreich nach 46 Jahren seine EU-Mitgliedschaft beendet, ziehen auch über Schottland und Nordirland Wolken auf. Wie steht die Luftfracht dort, wo die Mehrheit der Wähler 2016 für einen...

20.02.2019

Molinari macht’s

Der Schweizer Bahntechnik-Unternehmer Michele Molinari ist in das Projekt der trans-südamerikanischen Bahnstrecke stark eingebunden. Wissen und Technologie aus der Schweiz sollen helfen, die Anden zu überwinden.

04.03.2019

70,000th tractor rolls off the production line

Kalmar’s manufacturing plant in Ottawa (Kansas, USA) has produced its 70,000th Kalmar tractor. The truck was ordered by long-standing customer Penske Truck Leasing. Kalmar is part of Cargotec. The Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal...

04.03.2019

Third location in Turkey

Cargo-partner continues to expand and has just opened its third location in Turkey. After entering that market in summer 2018, the Austrian service provider has set up its third facility in Bursa. Cargo-partner now has 33...

04.03.2019

Damen's LNG/MGO hybrid ready for work

Success for the switchover: a dredger has been converted to a dual-fuel unit running on LNG and MGO eighteen months after the contract was awarded. It was the first conversion of its kind in Europe. Damen delivered a turnkey...

04.03.2019

Green trucks for Simon Loos and Peter Appel Transport

DAF Trucks helps Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain, to supply its shops electrically. The first electric trucks have been handed over to Albert Heijn’s carriers Simon Loos and Peter Appel Transport. It is the start of a...

04.03.2019

Success for Eurotunnel's legal action

The British government has paid out GBP 33 million to settle a claim with Eurotunnel which runs the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France. Eurotunnel took legal action over the process of the British authorities to award...

04.03.2019

Equipment for port of Posorja in Ecuador

DP World is to purchase 33 terminal tractors, three empty container handlers, three reachstackers and one forklift for the group's new deepwater port of Posorja (Ecuador). Kalmar is to supply the new equipment and start...

04.03.2019

Noerpel reinforces personnel services division

Noerpel Logistics Services has opened three additional branch offices in Germany – namely in Elsdorf, Passau and Offenburg. The company’s personnel services sector now has eight locations nationwide, where well over 500 employees...

04.03.2019

DHL Express opens new hub in Madrid

DHL Express has opened a hub at Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport in Madrid. This expansion of the company's global network strengthens the position of Madrid as an important hub for international commerce, especially between Europe...

04.03.2019

Egyptair Cargo ever more often to Cologne/Bonn

From today (4 March 2019), Egyptair Cargo is offering a once per week direct freighter service on Sundays between Cologne/Bonn airport (CGN) and Johannesburg (South Africa). The carrier will deploy an A332F. A second weekly...

04.03.2019

Finnlines sails in green waters - and earns

The Finnlines Group boosted its 2018 profit by 13.1% or EUR 12.5 million, lifting it to EUR 95.1 million. Revenue increased to EUR 589.4 million, 9.9% more than in 2017. Cargo volumes remained strong in Q4/2018. The shipping...

04.03.2019

Rituals selects Arvato for US e-commerce fulfilment

Arvato SCM Solutions began operating the e-commerce fulfilment for Rituals Cosmetics US online business some weeks ago. The services delivered by Arvato’s consumer products business unit are implemented and managed at the...

04.03.2019

Iata appoints new regional VP North Asia

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) is appointing Ma Tao as its regional vice-president (RVP) for North Asia. Ma joins Iata from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) where he is currently head of the...

04.03.2019

New rail service between Belarus and Romania

Belintertrans, the transport-logistics centre (BTLC) of Belarusian Railway, will introduce a regular container train service from Belarus to Romania. The journey will take 39 hours. Partners are Rail Cargo Logistics (Slovenia)...

04.03.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Starting out in the 1920s as the Swallow Sidecar Company, the British organisation moved from motorbikes to cars in the 1930s, calling themselves the SS Car Company. World War II rendered this name a no-no, so Jaguar was picked...

04.03.2019

Pact between Gefco and System Alliance

Gefco Germany is to become a partner of the general cargo cooperation System Alliance. The Gefco location in Mainz is taking over the production area of Hellmann Worldwide’s branch office in Nieder-Olm. The move is intended to...