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14.10.2024

Name change to unify Transworld’s global presence

Shreyas Shipping and Logistics Limited, an integral player in India’s coastal shipping sector, has rebranded to Transworld Shipping Lines Limited as of 1 October 2024. This change aligns the company with the broader identity of...

14.10.2024

Finalising new Basa arrangements

In line with the directive of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Festus Keyamo San, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, has commenced high-level discussions with the Brazilian ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Garcete,...

14.10.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Tattooing involves piercing the skin between 50 and 3,000 times per minute – depending on whether it is done by hand or with a machine.

14.10.2024

ADL gets three green trucks

The new vehicles - two FM Electric 4x2 trucks and an FH Aero 460 6x2 tractor unit - join the two Volvo e-trucks which Alliance Flooring Distribution (ADL) received in early 2024. The UK-based company is now operating all five...

14.10.2024

Adding in Austria

Craiss Generation Logistik is expanding its site in Weis, Austria by 20,000 sqm to strengthen its partnership with its customer, Siemens Energy. By enhancing the warehousing capacities of the hub, which was first opened in 2021,...

14.10.2024

Seacube bolsters its board of directors

Seacube Container Leasing, a specialist for intermodal equipment leasing solutions and one of the largest purchasers of refrigerated containers in the world, has added two members to its board of directors: Anthony Chiarello, who...

14.10.2024

Bringing a Skytrain back home

Teams from Dover Air Force Base, DE, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), AK, and Robins AFB, GA, joined forces to bring a C-47A Skytrain, which had served during WWII, from its prior home in rural Alaska down to Georgia where...

Container statt Ruhrkohle

Eröffnung des grössten Containerterminals im europäischen Binnenland. Am 16. September wurde der Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) feierlich eröffnet. Was Duisport als «einen der bedeutendsten Meilensteine in der über 300-jährigen...

11.10.2024

Switzerland: first rail tracks to get solar panels

The first solar panels designed to produce electricity from solar energy are about to be laid between the tracks at Buttes station in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. The federal office of transport (FOT) recently approved a pilot...

11.10.2024

Meeting port call data challenges

The Supply Chain Resilience Taskforce, comprising IAPH, Chainport, DCSA, TIC 4.0, and IPCSA, has released the study “Port Call Optimisation through Data Quality” at the IAPH World Ports Conference in Hamburg. The report addresses...

11.10.2024

Another coveted prize for Combilift

Irish forklift manufacturer Combilift has become the first Irish company to win the coveted top prize of “Exporter of the Year” for the third time. Combilift gained both the title for “Manufacturing Exporter of the Year”,...

11.10.2024

Improved intermodal Puerto Rico service

The two transport companies Tote and STG are teaming up to deliver a faster rail-barge combined service to the Caribbean island. The solution represents the fastest rail-focused service to and from Puerto Rico from anywhere in...

11.10.2024

A Midwestern site for Levi Strauss

Logistics provider Maersk has opened an Ohio hub for Levi Strauss & Co, giving the famous clothes brand an additional 111,484 sqm of fulfilment capacity in the Midwestern USA. Situated in Groveport, the facility supports...

11.10.2024

AA Cargo adds new routes for winter season

American Airlines Cargo has announced its winter widebody schedule with new routes and increases for the 2024/2025 winter season. Out of Latin America, American is introducing a new seasonal service from Rio de Janeiro Galeão...

11.10.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Elvis Presley (1935-1977) didn’t write any of the more than 600 songs he recorded.

11.10.2024

A deputy CEO for Eurotunnel

Didier Cazelles joins Eurotunnel, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Getlink Group, as deputy chief executive. Reporting to Yann Leriche, CEO of Eurotunnel and Getlink, Cazelles will also sit on the group's executive committee,...

11.10.2024

V. Group expands Chennai office

V. Group (“V.”), a global ship management and marine services provider, has expanded its office in Chennai, India, enhancing its regional operations and customer engagement. The new office consolidates two existing locations,...

11.10.2024

Captrain divests subsidiaries

The Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) is expanding its infrastructure activities in northern Germany with the acquisition of Teutoburger Wald Eisenbahn and Farge-Vegesacker Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft from Captrain Deutschland,...

11.10.2024

From car parks to logistics hubs

Indigo Group and Corsalis have joined forces to develop an urban logistics site in Central Paris. As part of the project, the two French companies will transform an existing car park into a 2,040 sqm hub for urban distribution....

10.10.2024

Hub Group augments intermodal services in Mexico

The US transport company has formed a JV with Easo, a Mexican intermodal carrier specialising in intermodal, trucking, truckload and freight brokerage services. Through a network of terminals in Mexico, Easo caters to the entire...