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02.02.2024

Improving ETAs, minimising delays

Bluebox Systems’ new product aims to improve real-time ETA information and arrival time calculations, benefitting both shippers and transport companies. The challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic and recent tensions have shown...

02.02.2024

GB Railfreight launches intermodal service

The carrier will run five scheduled trains a week from DP World London Gateway to iPort Doncaster, using new FEA-G intermodal wagons. Each of these high-density twin wagons can carry six teu, which increases the volume of cargo...

02.02.2024

Rotterdam Port Authority bridges the gap

Boudewijn Siemons has been appointed CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, effective 1 February 2024. He had been serving as CEO on an interim basis in addition to his duties as COO since Allard Castelein left the authority...

02.02.2024

Milan in the lead, Rome battling hard

While almost 200 million passengers flew to and from Italy’s airports in 2023, the current economic and geopolitical situation led to a slight decline in freight traffic. According to the national airport association...

02.02.2024

AIT picks a Dutch spare part

Chicago-headquartered AIT Worldwide Logistics has acquired Global Transport Solutions Group (GTS). The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The international freight forwarder specialises in time-critical marine spare...

02.02.2024

The trio on the Rhine

The logistics companies Danser Group, Swissterminal, and DP World have been jointly operating inland shipping services on the Rhine since 1 February 2024. The portfolio covers the route from the trinational border area to the...

02.02.2024

Two moves for Ebenezer in Singapore

Ebenezer Logistics took over the Singapore-based Havi Logistics, a specialist for the transport and storage of temperature-sensitive goods, on 29 December 2023, thus adding multiple assets in the cold chain sector to its...

02.02.2024

135 more lanes

Roadrunner has launched a less-than-truckload (LTL) service into Portland (USA) and new connections to Toronto and Montreal, Canada via Detroit (USA). The long-haul transport specialist has also added 135 more lanes to its...

02.02.2024

Kale Info Solutions expands Americas team

Kale Info Solutions, a technology provider specialising in community platforms and enterprise solutions for the multimodal supply chain, has appointed two seasoned professionals to strengthen its Americas team. Maureen Kam...

02.02.2024

WFS to handle Finnish cargo in Paris

Finnair has contracted Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, to provide cargo warehouse handling at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, domestic trucking services and cargo reception points in France. The...

02.02.2024

ICS working towards net zero

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), along with the Bahamas and Liberia, has submitted a proposal for a zero-emission shipping fund (ZESF) to the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The initiative aims to...

02.02.2024

Taking the cold chain down South

CJ Logistics America is opening a new cold storage warehouse in Gainesville, Georgia. The 25,084 sqm building is being developed by RL Cold and will feature Alta’s expert refrigeration systems and QFM blast freezing. Products can...

02.02.2024

As many rail access points as possible

56 German associations and organisations have submitted a charter containing 97 measures to the country's federal government. The Association of German Freight Wagon Owners VPI says that many more access points are required to...

02.02.2024

‘Queen of the Pit Lane’ reveals winners

Suzi Perry has announced nine victorious companies and two individual winners in the eleven categories of the Bifa Freight Service awards, which celebrated its 35th anniversary this year. Deugro (UK) triumphed in the air...

02.02.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Large parts of the area now covered by Azerbaijan were known as the Kingdom of Albania in ancient times. In the west it bordered on the Georgian Kingdom of Kartli, known then as Iberia.

02.02.2024

19,522 shipments with IPR violations

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Louisville recently seized two shipments containing 3,301 pieces of counterfeit designer rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. The items were deemed to be...

02.02.2024

An even mightier autonomous cargo aircraft

Mightyfly, a San Francisco-based manufacturer and operator of autonomous, fixed-wing, hybrid, eVTOL cargo aircraft with a significant cargo capacity, has unveiled the third generation of Cento2, an autonomous hybrid eVTOL cargo...

01.02.2024

Qatar Airways Cargo picks new COC

Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Mark Drusch as chief officer cargo, effective immediately. With over 25 years in senior airline management roles, Drusch is a well-known figure in the aviation sector. His most recent role...

01.02.2024

More roundtrips between Melzo and Rotterdam

Hannibal is expanding its rail services: starting from 5 February, direct connections between the Italian rail hub Milano terminal in Melzo and the Dutch Botlek terminal at the port of Rotterdam will increase from three to five,...

01.02.2024

MSC opts for Long Beach

MSC has announced a change of terminals on the US West Coast. Its Sentosa service connecting Asia and USA’s West Coast will be revamped as of 1 March 2024. Starting with the “MSC Audrey”, the service will then operate in Long...