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17.05.2024

Rude Boy gets a ride home

Rude Boy has named XPO Logistics as its global forwarding partner and entrusted it with the transport of its iconic party bus to the Caribbean. The company expanded its ready-to-drink products to the UK in 2020, where XPO started...

17.05.2024

Contract extended to end of 2028

The Worms (Germany)-based logistics company TST has extended the contract of managing director Marcel Bicking ahead of schedule until the end of 2028. Appointed to the management board by TST founder Frank Schmidt in 2020,...

17.05.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

The first heart transplant in a dog was performed in Chicago in 1905.

17.05.2024

One million AWBs and growing

Last month, ECS Group’s Squair team verified its one millionth AWB since “Verify” operations first began in March 2020. Squair offers a unique back-office service to airlines and GSAs, enabling them to concentrate fully on tasks...

16.05.2024

A top-notch team

Silk Way West Airlines, an all-freighter cargo carrier based in Abidjan, recently celebrated its key contributors' long-standing partnership and achievements during a gala dinner held in Dubai. Globalink Logistics was recognised...

16.05.2024

CN opens intermodal terminal in Michigan

Target Steel, the first customer to use Canadian National Railway’s new transload facility in Flat Rock, Michigan, at the Canadian/US border, will convert a large part of its traffic for steel coils from trucks to rail. This...

16.05.2024

Brandy D. Christian announces departure

Brandy D. Christian, president and CEO of the port of New Orleans (Port Nola) will step down mid-June 2024 to pursue an opportunity in the private sector. Christian has served as the president and CEO of Port Nola since 1...

16.05.2024

Ports sign decarbonisation pact

The ports of Barcelona and Shanghai have signed an agreement to collaborate on innovation and decarbonisation projects, aimed at enhancing services and logistics chain resilience between China and Europe. The agreement was signed...

16.05.2024

GXO's newest robot fleet

GXO Logistics has put 500 autonomous mobile robots into service at one of its sites, aiming to enhance its operations for a sporting goods retailer. On 12,000 sqm at the hub, the robots are part of a tote-to-person solution...

16.05.2024

Clean truck express lane to power e-fleet

APM Terminals Los Angeles, Pier 400, is adding a second unique “clean truck express” lane. This comes as a regular customer at the terminal recently announced that it will increase add 50 heavy duty electric trucks to its fleet...

16.05.2024

Making quality data useful to freight forwarders

Cargo Ai’s Cargomart booking platform now offers up-to-date performance transparency alongside real-time price and capacity information. Cargoquality is a new feature that takes industry-established quality monitoring...

16.05.2024

New leadership for Menzies CNAC

Menzies Aviation has appointed Raymond Lo as chief executive of Menzies CNAC. The announcement follows the aviation services provider’s earlier acquisition of a 50% stake in Jardine Aviation Services Group (JASG), which will be...

16.05.2024

Rhenus builds trimodal terminal in Basel’s port

Aiming to enhance the efficiency and environmental sustainability of import/export traffic in the region, the company expects to open the terminal in late summer 2024. Basel, a key logistics hub in Switzerland, connects the...

16.05.2024

DHL comes out on top

Gartner has named DHL a “leader” in its 2024 Magic Quadrant for 3PL report for the efficiency and reliability of its supply chain and global forwarding units. The company took first place in both the “highest in ability to...

16.05.2024

Improving pallet delivery services in Scotland

Scotland has long had a reputation as a challenging region for palletised freight distribution. In response to these difficulties, Pall-Ex launched the Scotland project to set new standards in services in late 2022. Inspired...

16.05.2024

Another Gulf/Europe link in Liège

From today, 16 May 2024, Challenge Group is operating a new B747F (120 t) service from Liège to Dubai (DWC) via Tel Aviv. This frequency will double from June onwards, with flights available on Tuesdays and Fridays, utilising the...

16.05.2024

ACI: a successor for Luis Felipe de Oliveira

Airports Council International (ACI), the trade association of the world’s airports, has appointed Justin Erbacci as its new director general and CEO, slated to join the organisation in September 2024. Erbacci brings a wealth...

16.05.2024

Pioneering a low-noise ro-pax ship

Wärtsilä has equipped Stena’s new ro-pax vessel, “Ala’suinu”, with controllable pitch propellers, making it the first such vessel to achieve the DNV Silent(E) notation for reducing underwater noise emissions. Built at CMJL...

16.05.2024

Speeding up Swedish delivery services

With the opening of its new freight hub in Örebro, Sweden, Danx is aiming to improve its logistics lead times to remoter areas of the country. The new project focuses on reaching customers in hard-to-reach areas. With growing...

16.05.2024

China opts for Vossloh’s rail fastening systems

The contract involves the construction of two high-speed lines in China. One will connect the megacity of Xining with the metropolis of Chengdu in western China. The second line will run between Lanzhou and Hezuo in Gansu...