12.03.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

With no fixed recipe, chicken tikka masala is a British dish “invented” in 1963 in the Shish Mahal curry house in Glasgow's West End.
12.03.2019

Heléne Mellquist to preside over Volvo Trucks Europe

Heléne Mellquist, currently president of Volvo Trucks International, has been named president of Volvo Trucks Europe, as from 1 April 2019. She succeeds Roger Alm, who was appointed president of Volvo Trucks on 1 January 2019....
06.03.2019

Panalpina signalisiert Stärke

Die IT-Plattform zahlt sich aus, die Luftfracht wächst und die Seefracht schafft den Turnaround. Der Schweizer Logistiker hat ein erfreuliches Jahr hinter sich. Die Unsicherheiten und Störgeräusche rund um das Unternehmen...
08.03.2019

Reax orders 20 LNG trucks at one go

The German freight forwarder Reax is making large-scale investments into eco-friendly vehicles and has ordered 20 LNG trucks from Volvo. According to Volvo, Reax is the first forwarder in Germany to deploy so many of these new...
08.03.2019

CCS introduces new module to cater for Brexit

In order to anticipate the effects of Brexit, the managing company of the Cargo Community System (CCS) at the port of Dunkirk (France), has mandated MGI to conduct a study on the cross-Channel ro-ro flows. Taking into account...
08.03.2019

Elvir Dzanic takes over port in his hometown

The port of Gothenburg’s new CEO is Elvir Dzanic. He will commence his duties in early June. Dzanic was previously vice-president of business development at Houston TX-based Ceva Logistics North America. The Swedish port’s...
08.03.2019

New truck to carry liquids and general cargo

The Swiss transport company Hürlimann Garage- und Transporte in Mägenwil (canton of Aargau) has invested in its fleet and bought another Renault truck. The new T 520 T4x2 can carry a total load of 44 t and be deployed to...
08.03.2019

Weak start for airfreight

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) released data for global airfreight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), was 1.8% lower in January 2019, compared to the same month in 2018....
08.03.2019

Three new logistics parks by 2020

Panattoni Europe, an industrial and logistics property developer, is to build three new logistics parks in Germany by 2020, in response to demand for more space. Construction work will start at Kaltenkirchen, near Hamburg,...
08.03.2019

Cargolux opposed to new wildlife trafficking trend

As one of the first major carriers, Cargolux has placed a ban on the transport of lion bones in an effort to curb and deter this new trend in wildlife trafficking which has been growing over the past decade. Michele Pickover,...
08.03.2019

MSC extends switch to Liverpool

The Swiss carrier MSC is to include a call at the port of Liverpool (UK) in its rotation between Canada, Turkey and various southern European ports. The news comes after the 2M shipping alliance confirmed at the end of 2018 that...
08.03.2019

Ghent links up southern Europe with Scandinavia

On Monday, 11 March 2019 a new train service will be launched between the port of Ghent (Belgium) and the terminal of Luxembourg’s railway company CFL in Bettenbourg, as an alternative to container transport by road on this...
08.03.2019

Double anniversary

Jettainer, an outsourced ULD management provider, is sending a visual container around the world to mark the 60th anniversary of the airfreight container. The journey began in Frankfurt on 7 March, and the box is now heading for...
08.03.2019

Continental Cargo Carriers relocates UK team

The specialist part and full load operator, Continental Cargo Carriers (CCC), has completed the relocation of its Ramsgate sales and operations team to Dartford (both UK). The move was the first of a series of developments...
08.03.2019

Swiss carrier to operate rail services in Belgium

BLS Cargo has signed an agreement that gives the Swiss company a 100% share in the Belgian railfreight operator Crossrail. The acquisition strengthens BLS Cargo’s long-term position on the north-south freight corridor...
08.03.2019

Five years after MH370 went missing

On 8 March 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight 370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was lost - literally. Disappearing from the radar 40 minutes after take-off, the transponder of the B777 with 239 people on board also ceased...
08.03.2019

Hugo Trumpy new agent of major player in Italy

Zeamarine selected Hugo Trumpy as exclusive commercial and port agent for Italy, with effect from 1 March 2019. The only exception is Zeamarine's round the world (RTW) service. They will be managed by Trumpy from 1 June 2019....
08.03.2019

New No. 1 for Post & Paket Deutschland

Tobias Meyer will become a member of Deutsche Post’s board of management on 1 April 2019. He was appointed by the supervisory board of the German mail service provider. Meyer was most recently COO of the Post & Paket...
08.03.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

On 18 April 1930, the news reader on BBC radio simply said “There is no news." The announcement was followed by piano music.
08.03.2019

Swiss Post suffering

2018 was full of woes for Swiss Post. The service provider was forced to repay more than CHF 200 million to the confederation and cantons for unlawfully subsidised public bus services. In addition, the Postfinance (bank) ebit...
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