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04.03.2024

Ankara's rail hub: links to all Turkish ports

Ankara’s intermodal terminal Baskent, Turkey, has opened its first rail line and a 700 m platform. It is operated by the Ankara Baskent organised industrial zone and Eti Logistics under the umbrella of Yilport Holding and...

04.03.2024

Building a European transport network

The Mosolf Group is now working with Apcoa, a European car park operator, to expand its urban logistics services and create hand-over zones for its customers. The group will use Apcoa's infrastructure and network of urban hubs to...

04.03.2024

Ukraine/Turkey extend visas for goods transport

The extended agreement applies to visa-free bilateral goods transports and transit traffic between the two countries and is to remain in force until at least the end of the war in Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian ministry...

04.03.2024

Seaports appoints interim MD

The marketing company of the seaports of Lower Saxony has announced changes in its leadership which will come into effect next month. Managing director Andre Heim is leaving on 31 March 2024 at his own request to take on a new...

04.03.2024

Automated future at Sines

PSA Sines in Portugal has introduced six new fully automated rubber-tired gantry cranes (aRTGs), as part of its transition towards fully automated yard equipment. Added to the existing twenty-nine, the new units will be used to...

04.03.2024

More belly capacity in less than three months

Starting 3 June 2024, Dubai-based Emirates will launch a new daily B777-300ER service from its hub to Bogotá, via Miami, complementing its scheduled services to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. As well as...

04.03.2024

50 vessels, one alliance

Jumbo Shipping, SAL Heavy Lift, and Intermarine have formed a new commercial joint venture called JSI Alliance, combining their fleets and commercial activities for breakbulk and project cargo. Set to launch on 1 March 2024, the...

04.03.2024

EV battery regulations required

In an effort to reduce supply chain costs and the risk of storage issues, Danx Carousel’s CEO is calling upon the EU to standardise regulations on electric vehicle batteries. Klaus Rud Sejling is concerned about the storage and...

04.03.2024

Granting access to CPKC facilities

Fastfrate has renewed and enhanced its agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). The deal strengthens and expands the position of Canada Drayage (CDI), a coast-to-coast drayage provider belonging to the Fastfrate Group....

04.03.2024

A promotion and a recruitment

Transport and logistics provider DB Schenker has appointed Matilde Torquemada as CEO of its branch in Iberia. Torquemada has led the company’s commercial team as a member of the management committee for the last two years. A...

04.03.2024

A strategic partnership for cargo handling

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, for cargo handling services at twelve major international...

04.03.2024

P&O Ferries charting a cleaner course

P&O Ferries significantly reduced its carbon emissions in 2023, cutting nearly 50,000 t with the introduction of a new hybrid ferry and the fleet support centre for fuel and energy efficiency. This follows a reduction of over...

04.03.2024

Combining forces on roads in Asia Pacific

Kuehne + Nagel has entered into an agreement to acquire City Zone Express. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has over 500 employees and operates 260 vehicles and 80,000 sqm of warehousing space in...

04.03.2024

JBHT: changing of the guard

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, a provider of supply chain solutions based in North America, has appointed Shelley Simpson as its CEO and president and nominated her for election to its board of directors. Simpson has served as...

04.03.2024

More space to tranship rail cargo at Vladivostok

Fesco has accelerated the handling of container trains at the universal terminal at the port of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East by 36% to 3 hours 40 minutes, thanks to the commissioning of a new facility. Fully equipped to...

04.03.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

The fastest growing nail is the one on the middle finger, while the slowest growing nail is on the little finger.

04.03.2024

Jetblue Cargo enhances air cargo operations

Aeronex Cargo, Jetblue’s exclusive cargo representative, has selected Champ Cargosystems as its software provider in a new multi-year partnership. Jetblue Cargo will thus migrate to new Cargospot products in April 2024 to support...

01.03.2024

Germany's first remote operations centre

Seafar, a Belgian provider of technology and services for remote-controlled and crew-reduced inland shipping, and its partners HGK Shipping and Reederei Deymann have set up Germany's first remote operations centre in Duisburg....

01.03.2024

Polish leasing company orders 100 locomotives

Cargounit in Poland has signed an agreement with Siemens Mobility for the purchase of 90 Vectron MS locomotives, 30 of which have already been called up. A second contract was signed for the delivery of ten Smartron locomotives,...

01.03.2024

MOL's plastic recycling trial

MOL and Idemitsu Kosan are launching a demonstration test to recycle used plastic waste generated on a very large crude carrier (VLCC). The test, conducted on the VLCC “Suzukasan” chartered by Idemitsu Tanker Co., will use the...