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12.09.2024

Finnlines to extend freight network

Finnlines, a shipping operator of freight and passenger services in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay, is set to launch a new freight service from Finland to London Medway, managed by Peel Ports and located in...

12.09.2024

Food distributor giant goes electric

Sysco, Canada’s largest food distributor, has added a further eight heavy-duty electric tractors to its fleet in Victoria, BC (Canada). The new vehicles will serve over 1,500 customers including restaurants, healthcare and...

12.09.2024

Vessel sharing deal to boost Saudi-India trade

Folk Maritime Services has launched a new liner service connecting the Jeddah Islamic port in Saudi Arabia to India’s Mundra and Nhava Sheva ports. The ten-day service, starting in September, aims to strengthen maritime trade...

12.09.2024

UPS strengthens healthcare logistics

UPS is expanding into healthcare logistics with the acquisition of Frigo-Trans and BPL, which gives its access to the companies’ cold chain networks in Germany and beyond. With the takeovers, UPS hopes to meet the growing demand...

12.09.2024

Claus Herting banks on Hyster-Yale

Claus Herting has been area business director for Central & Eastern Europe and Turkey at Hyster-Yale Deutschland, a specialist in materials handling equipment based in Frankfurt am Main, since 1 March 2024. His main tasks...

12.09.2024

China opens assembly centre in Serbia

The New China-Europe express railway assembly centre was inaugurated last Saturday (7 September 2024) with a ceremony held in Indjija, northwest of Serbia’s capital Belgrade. At the event, which was attended by representatives...

12.09.2024

Tahiti adopts Fetia for port digitalisation

MGI has launched Fetia, the Polynesian version of its Ci5 port community system, at the port of Papeete in Tahiti. This initiative, effective from 1 August 2024, aims to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and speed of port...

12.09.2024

Hong Kong Air Cargo launches new route

Hong Kong Air Cargo has introduced a new all-cargo route between Hong Kong and Budapest, Hungary, with two weekly flights operated by the Airbus A330-200F cargo freighter. This marks the fifth new destination added by Hong Kong...

12.09.2024

Homing in on Ho Chi Minh City

Earlier this week, International Cargo Logistics (ICL) opened a new hub in Vietnam’s capital city, where the company aims to expand its multimodal portfolio. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, ICL can access important shipping routes via...

12.09.2024

TGP picks head of operations for Benelux region

Trans Global Projects (TGP) has appointed Edwin van Leth as head of operations in the Benelux region. Van Leth has worked in logistics for over 25 years, in this region and in multiple sectors, before specialising in project...

Brücke und Kreuzung

«The great connection». Vom 23. bis 27. September findet in Panama der 61. Fiata-Weltkongress statt. Verbandspräsident Turgut Erkeskin blickt mit Spannung der vom Fiata-Mitglied Asociación Panameña de Agencias de Carga...

11.09.2024

Italy: car transports by rail

Mercitalia Rail has launched a new connection for Italy’s automotive sector. The subsidiary of FS Italiane is now transporting Volkswagen cars between the Ligurian port of Savona on the north Italian coast and Arena Po near...

11.09.2024

Leviahub lines up at Go International

Leviahub will be exhibiting its newest logistics offerings at this year’s Go International in Milan, which will see various companies come together to learn about supply chains and logistics solutions. On 25 and 26 September,...

11.09.2024

Hercules conquers Egypt

The Egyptian Armed Forces announced at the Egypt International Air Show that Lockheed Martin will deliver two C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) through a foreign military sale (FMS) with...

11.09.2024

A new head for UK business

ID Logistics, a worldwide provider of contract logistics, has appointed Stuart Evans as managing director for its UK branch. He has more than 25 years' experience in the 3PL contract logistics and transport sector. The...

11.09.2024

Newcold adds to Polish cold chain

Newcold, a cold storage specialist based in Breda (Netherlands), is doubling its cold chain capacity in Poland with the completion of its new warehouse in Kutno. At the automated hub, the company has now expanded to over 112,000...

11.09.2024

Catching drivers with a luxury cab

Waldbach Fulfillment Logistik and the associated transport company WTL in Germany is purchasing Renault HGVs with a comfort cab developed by Dietrich Trucks. The cab is fitted with a washbasin, dining and cooking area with...

11.09.2024

Hutchison Ports ECT adopts shore power system

Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam terminals will be equipped with shore power by 2030, reducing CO2 emissions by around 35,000 t annually. In partnership with Rotterdam Shore Power, the project aims to connect around 5,000 vessels...

11.09.2024

Dnata further reduces carbon footprint

Global air and travel services provider Dnata has completed a major milestone in its environmental sustainability journey: all non-electric airside vehicles and ground support equipment (GSE) at its biggest operational hub in...

11.09.2024

Night-time barge movement at Singapore port

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has approved the night movement of line-towed container barges at Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT) following a successful four-month trial with six barge operators. Previously,...