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27.08.2024

Port of Gothenburg: 15th quarter of growth

The port of Gothenburg has experienced growth for the 15th consecutive quarter, with container volumes increasing by 5% to 467,000 teu in H1/2024. Rail transport also rose by 6%, attributed to new destinations and growing volumes...

27.08.2024

ABP picks new Humber director

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Andrew Dawes to the position of regional director, Humber, to succeed Simon Bird when he leaves ABP at the end of October. Dawes will be part of the executive team and report directly...

27.08.2024

Growing GSSA services in Africa

GSSA solutions provider ECS Group has appointed Zouber Hachemaoui as the new commercial director of its subsidiary, Efis Maroc. This strategic move, effective 5 August, is part of ECS Group's ongoing efforts to strengthen its...

26.08.2024

Maersk's Middle Eastern maximum

Maersk recently inaugurated its largest logistics park in the Middle East at its site at Jeddah Islamic Port. The hub provides multimodal connections to sea, land and air. In a ceremony attended by representatives from the...

26.08.2024

Second TIR hub opens in western China

The new TIR facility is based in in Urumqi, western China, a key transit city along the Belt and Road route. It is managed by the Xinjiang international land port and will further open up ‘door-to-door’ corridors for...

26.08.2024

Qantas Freight: new aircraft and more capacity

From today, 26 August 2024, the Australian airline Qantas will launch new freighter services from Australia to Hong Kong, as well as to New Zealand, using its A321P2F and A332P2F aircraft. Two return services will run from...

26.08.2024

Equal opportunities for railfreight

In a two-pager memorandum, the Belgian railfreight carrier Lineas has outlined the key strategies and actions that are required to improve the competitiveness of the railfreight sector and promote the shift from road to rail....

26.08.2024

More than a ripple

Ripple Operations, a maritime software company formed by the merger of New Orleans-based Marine CFO and Vancouver-based Marine Learning Systems (MLS), has acquired Adonis HR, a Norwegian family-owned provider of crew management...

26.08.2024

AD Ports Group advances smart port digitalisation

AD Ports Group's new white paper, "Digitalisation for Enhanced Efficiency: Leveraging Data for Smart Ports," explores how emerging technologies like IoT, AI, and blockchain are transforming traditional port operations...

26.08.2024

Duties on Chinese BEVs

The European Commission is set to impose countervailing duties on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China. This draft decision is based on comments received on a previous proposal published in July. As of now, the definitive...

26.08.2024

Qatar Airways Cargo partners with Cargoflash

Qatar Airways Cargo has selected Octoloop by Cargo Flash as its digital cargo booking platform via its wallet services from India, starting with Delhi and Mumbai. With an emphasis on seamless digital cargo bookings, Octoloop...

26.08.2024

Synergies in Copenhagen

Spliethoff and Biglift, both members of the Spliethoff Group, a shipping company headquartered in Amsterdam, continue to pool their strengths and integrate their representative offices worldwide. Joining the combined forces...

26.08.2024

ONE launches BT2 service for Black Sea market

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the launch of the Black Sea Turkey Service 2 (BT2), a new offering connecting Istanbul, Turkey to Poti, Georgia, and Constanza, Romania. This weekly service aims to enhance ONE's...

26.08.2024

A focus on pharma logistics

The Global Pharma Logistics Summit (GPLS) saw its seventh edition unfold in Mumbai, India. This time, the focus lay on resilient supply chains within the pharmaceutical industry. The event brought together major players from...

26.08.2024

Volvo Trucks grows in America

The truck manufacturer will build a heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico to supplement the group’s production lines in the USA. It will also provide additional capacity to support the growth plans of both...

26.08.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

The ‘saccades’ - quick, simultaneous jumps of both eyes between phases of fixation - are the fastest movements the human body can produce.

26.08.2024

Boosting Betco's business

Redwood Logistics has supported Betco, a manufacturer of commercial cleaning solutions, in streamlining its logistics strategy, helping it to enhance on-time deliveries of equipment to various high-priority customers....

26.08.2024

Logisticians elect new leadership

After 25 years of service to the German Logistics Association BVL, Thomas Wimmer (right) has handed over the role of chairman of the board to Kai Althoff (CEO 4flow SE). Althoff was elected to the presidium together with Ilse...

26.08.2024

Freight wagon market to grow globally by 2.6% p.a.

North America, the CIS and Asia are currently the largest markets for the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) freight wagon business. Europe follows in fourth place. North America is the only one of these regions not to...

26.08.2024

Japanese typhoon and European holidays

Air cargo tonnages in week 33 dipped sharply, compared with the previous week, dropping especially steeply in traffic from Asia Pacific (-9%) and Europe (-11%). Further analysis, based on the over 450,000 weekly transactions...