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18.03.2019

Royal Air Maroc joins Cargo iQ community

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has become the latest airline to join Cargo iQ, signing up at Iata's World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Singapore last week. RAM, which is headquartered at Casablanca airport, joins more than 80 other...

18.03.2019

Alberto Nobis confirmed as new CEO DHL Express Europe

DHL Express has appointed Alberto Nobis as its new CEO for Europe, paving the way for his return to the company’s global management board. Nobis was global CFO for DHL Express from 2009 to 2012 before relocating to Italy, his...

18.03.2019

Kick-off for stage two of the UAE rail network

Stage two of the UAE’s national rail network to connect Ruwais (UAE) with Ghuweifat on the UAE border with Saudi Arabia has been initiated. At a ceremony, the state-owned railway operator Etihad Rail signed a contract with the JV...

18.03.2019

Timocom notes greater use of exchange platform

Timocom, a provider of an electronic marketplace for the transport sector, continues to expand. Sales jumped by 10% or EUR 6.7 million to EUR 74.6 million last year, and the number of users who used the IT platform to handle...

18.03.2019

Monday's the day for new Chicago - Sydney service

DB Schenker has launched its "direct express – Australia" service using the 102 t cargo capacity of a B777-300F which a non-specified airline partner schedules every Monday from Chicago IL (USA) to Sydney. "No...

18.03.2019

ONE growing fresh fruit

In the first of two new programmes, the container shipping alliance ONE worked with New Zealand avocado grower Avanza on CA reefer container exports for the full season running from September 2018 to January 2019. The avocado...

18.03.2019

GAC wins Caspian Sea contracts with Petronas

GAC’s marine branch in Turkmenistan has been awarded two contracts by Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Petronas, to provide marine services for its development of the Garagol Deniz west field. GAC Marine will supply three...

18.03.2019

New non-stop connection between Italy and Germany

The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has launched TransFER Duisburg Venice, a non-stop rail service between the port of Venice on Italy’s Adriatic coast and the bimodal terminal in Duisburg (Germany). The train will run three times a...

18.03.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Buenos Aires has the highest ratio of psychoanalysts per capita than any other city. Argentina itself has 202 shrinks per 100,000 inhabitants. Austria comes a poor second with only 80 per 100,000.

18.03.2019

Substantial growth in oil logistics for Bolloré

The 2018 financial statements have been approved by Bolloré’s board of directors. Last year’s revenue amounted to just over EUR 23 billion, a 7% increase at constant scope and exchange rates (+26% as reported), thanks to a 9%...

18.03.2019

Contship Italia taking bull by the horns

In its 50th anniversary year, the operator Contship Italia has entered into negotiations with MSC for the sale of the latter’s 50% stake in CSM Italia Gate, the company that controls the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT). MCT is...

15.03.2019

Contship Italia taking the bull by the horns

In its 50th anniversary year, the operator Contship Italia has entered into negotiations with MSC for the sale of the latter’s 50% stake in CSM Italia Gate, the company that controls the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT). MCT is...

06.03.2019

Blick nach Südwesten

Die 2011 aus British Airways und Iberia entstandene International Airlines Group (IAG) hat letztes Jahr mehr Fracht transportiert und dabei ihre Erträge verbessert. Vom Brexit gibt man sich betont unbeeindruckt und setzt auf die...

15.03.2019

Lower track access prices and innovation impulses

Several measures are urgently needed in order for the railway to continue growing. The railway trade body, Netzwerk Europäischer Bahnen (NEE), based this conclusion on the findings of a new study. Alongside extending the...

15.03.2019

Endangered birds fly onboard Air Seychelles

With the support of the Denis Private Island hotel (Seychelles), Air Seychelles recently flew endemic Seychelles paradise flycatchers from Denis, where they were introduced in 2008 as part of a national conservation programme, to...

15.03.2019

US seaports support diesel emissions reduction act

In a recent hearing before the US Senate's environment and public works committee which is currently examining the 2019 diesel emissions reduction act, Kurt Nagle, president and CEO of the American Association of Port...

15.03.2019

Turnover target - EUR 50 million in first year

Big plans for new vehicle centre in Eltmann: the Austrian vehicle manufacturer Schwarzmüller reckons that its new German hub in Eltmann will generate sales of around EUR 50 million this year. The facility - an ex-service and...

15.03.2019

Valais selects board member for BLS

Switzerland: the government of the canton of Valais has delegated Stefanie Zimmermann to the board of directors of the railway company BLS. The new cantonal representative succeeds Viola Amherd, who has been elected to the...

15.03.2019

Swift delivery service for horse breeders

To mark the start of the breeding season, Night Star Express is offering a weekend delivery service to horse breeders and stud farms. If required, horse sperm that is shipped on a Saturday reaches its consignee before 08.00 on...

15.03.2019

Port of Virginia pushing intermodal in depth

The port of Virginia was the first US port to accept megaships from China in 2016, after they passed through the newly-widened Panama Canal. As the country's competing ports have since caught up, the commercial channels in...