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27.02.2024

Fleet expansion with KMC

Roll Group, a heavy transportation company, is adding two wide deck carriers from KMC Line to its fleet, starting in the second half of 2025. These vessels, to be renamed “Bigroll KMC Beaumont” and “Bigroll KMC Busan”, will...

27.02.2024

Linking e-trucks with costal shipping

Pacifica Shipping is now deploying two XCMG E700 electric trucks to move full containers for the first and last mile at the ports of Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. With the project, the affiliate of Swire Shipping links...

27.02.2024

Linking the cold chain down South

Vertical Cold Storage has purchased a new 37,161 sqm facility in Burleson, Texas, thus expanding its network and portfolio of cold chain real estate. It will be the company’s second site in the Dallas-Forth Worth market and...

27.02.2024

Bettina Baumann promoted to CEO

A change at the helm at the Munich-based family business Baumann Paletten: Bettina Baumann took over from Alex Rothaermel as new CEO on 1 January 2024 after successfully completing her studies. The company is also planning...

27.02.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

You can scare off sea lions by spraying them with water.

Intelligente Robotik

Roboter- und KI-gestützte Logistik für Kosmetik-Verlader im Testlauf. Der Verbund von generativer KI mit Robotertechnik ist weniger selbstverständlich, als es auf den ersten Blick erscheinen mag. Die Vermählung beider...

26.02.2024

Who for freight?

As it announced a slate of senior appointments, promoting 19 executives including eight UAE nationals, and six women, Dubai-based Emirates Group said it "readies itself for its next phase of growth." HH Sheikh Ahmed...

26.02.2024

Lower volumes in combined transport

Falling demand, strikes, declining quality and cost pressures have impacted freight volumes: In 2023, Germany-based Kombiverkehr shifted a total of 815,467 truckloads from road to rail, or 1.63 million teu. The company therefore...

26.02.2024

Zim's new LNG vessels

Zim Integrated Shipping Services celebrated the naming ceremonies of three new LNG vessels in Korea and China, advancing its sustainability efforts. The vessels, “Zim Mount Elbrus”, “Zim Mount Vinson”, and “Zim Pearl”, are...

26.02.2024

Industry fights transit bans

Germany’s federal association for road haulage, logistics and disposal (BGL) has joined forces with other European associations to oppose the ban prohibiting truck transit on Friday afternoons on the Tauern motorway....

26.02.2024

For the future of fashion

The French clothes retailer Gémo has chosen the Manhattan active warehouse management system for its digital transformation, aiming to meet growing demands for omnichannel and sustainable purchasing. The warehouse management...

26.02.2024

First e-ATA carnet issued in the USA

Los Angeles-based Rock-it Cargo has issued and processed the first US digital ATA carnet for a time-critical hand-carry shipment from New York to London. It was used to ship microphones, designed by Emmy Award-winning costume...

26.02.2024

A promotion for Edvinas Demenius

Smartlynx Airlines has welcomed Edvinas Demenius as chief executive officer. He has been chief commercial officer and a member of the company’s board for over seven years and has helped developing Smartlynx into a major global...

26.02.2024

The sulphur switch strategy

In its latest analysis, Sea-Intelligence reports that since the implementation of the IMO2020 regulations, which mandate the use of low-sulphur fuel or approved alternatives like exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers), shipping...

26.02.2024

CTP hires business development director

CTP Germany, real estate owner, project developer and manager of logistics, commercial and industrial property, has appointed Marcus Breuer as business development director to strengthen its German team. Breuer has over 25...

26.02.2024

Haulier lands big intermodal contract

J.B. Hunt has entered into a multi-year intermodal service agreement with its long-term partner Walmart, whereby it will acquire the retailer’s rational intermodal container and chassis fleets. The North American haulier is a...

26.02.2024

A classy cooperation

Southern China’s top yogurt brand is entering into an agreement with Uni-China Group for the latter to take over all its distribution activities in Hong Kong. Uni-China Group will launch three of Classy Kiss’s yogurt products...

26.02.2024

Hermes 5 goes live in Portugal

Hermes Logistics Technologies' (HLT) latest cloud-based cargo management system, Hermes 5 software as a service (SaaS), is now live at all Ground Force Portugal’s cargo stations at Lisbon, Porto, and Funchal, following a fully...

26.02.2024

Porto Chibatão's game changers

Porto Chibatão, a major port operator in Brazil, has integrated four Lieberherr LBS 800 barge-slewing cranes into its operations. They are the largest harbour cranes over floating piers globally, with a special boom length of 66...

26.02.2024

Ralph van Eijk to head GSSA network

Neutral Air Partner (NAP) has appointed seasoned aviation executive Ralph van Eijk as head of GSSA network and airline development. Van Eijk brings two decades of experience in the aviation cargo industry, having held various...