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«Grösste Chancen»

Im Gespräch mit Fabrizio Bacciarini, Head of Sales, Fraikin Schweiz. Die Schweizer Landesgesellschaft des Nutzfahrzeugvermieters Fraikin will ihr Geschäft in der Deutschschweiz verstärken. Das ITJ befragte den zu diesem Zweck in...

31.01.2024

Diversifying pharma product portfolio

With its Iata Ceiv Pharma certificate and services meeting GDP standards, Turkish Cargo is now launching three products containing flexible solutions for pharmaceutical and medical consignments in various categories. With the...

31.01.2024

Intermodal link from the Atlantic to the Rhone

A new train now runs between Bayonne on the Atlantic on the border with the Basque Country and Lyon in the Rhone-Alpes region in France. Initiated by the Mendy Group, the line was set up by Ederlog in cooperation with SNCF to...

31.01.2024

Hapag-Lloyd tests the "new normal"

Shortly after announcing its plans for forming a new alliance with Maersk in February 2025, Hapag-Lloyd reported its preliminary business figures for the full year 2023. Handled volumes grew slightly by 0.5% to 11.9 million teu...

31.01.2024

Scuderia retains logistics partner

Scuderia Ferrari has signed a multi-year extension contract with Ceva Logistics, wherein Ceva will continue to provide all logistics services for the racing team’s cars and equipment. Scuderia is best known for its success in the...

31.01.2024

More support for the switch from road to rail

DP World in UK is raising its incentive for transferring freight from road to rail by almost 50% to GBP 100 (EUR 117). The modal shift programme, which is being trialled at DP World Southampton for twelve months, initially...

31.01.2024

A seamless transition

After more than 16 years at Tip/Pema Switzerland, Eric Jecker, previously managing director, is leaving the truck and trailer leasing company to pursue other, non-professional activities and is officially handing over his role to...

31.01.2024

NCM lands new contract

Network Cargo Management (NCM) has been appointed as the GSA for Bringer Air Cargo (BAC) in the USA, effective 19 November 2023. Javier Gonzalez, NCM’s sales manager based in Florida: “I am happy to confirm that we have been...

31.01.2024

Long sea route causes delays

In its latest Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, the Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence analyses the schedule reliability figures of the big carriers up to and including December 2023. Because of the...

31.01.2024

8.5 million vaccines in six weeks

Logista has distributed over 8.5 million vaccines across Europe during a six-week vaccination campaign. Based in Spain and Portugal, the logistics provider completed the task using cold chain logistics and relying on close...

31.01.2024

Port of Rotterdam opens charging station for e-trucks

The charging station is located in the Bodaanweg truck park in Waalhaven, where up to eight e-trucks can now be recharged simultaneously. The first five charging points were installed jointly by the Port of Rotterdam Authority...

31.01.2024

Lowe: new EVP for supply chains

Lowe's Companies has appointed Margi Vagell as executive vice president, supply chain, effective 1 March 2024. She succeeds Don Frieson, who has served as executive vice president, supply chain since 2018, and advised the company...

31.01.2024

Strengthening USA-Asia trade

DHL Express commenced services for the final Boeing 777 freighter deployed at the South Asia hub in Singapore last month. With a payload capability of 102 t, the aircraft joined the four other Boeing 777 freighters already...

31.01.2024

Gothenburg on course

Sweden’s port of Gothenburg was less affected by the geopolitical turmoil and economic slowdown in 2023 than other ports. Most cargo sectors saw an uptick, with the container segment taking the lead with 914,000 teu handled. This...

31.01.2024

Amazon's Austrian addition

The European VGP Group has developed a distribution centre for the online retailer Amazon at VGP Park Graz in Premstätten in Austria. Spanning an area of 62,000 sqm and including a multi-storey carpark with 671 parking...

31.01.2024

Two Californian short lines to upgrade network

Sierra Northern Railway (SNR) and Mendocino Railway (MRY) will receive a USD 31.4 million loan from the US transport department to expand and rehabilitate rail infrastructure in the Central Valley and Mendocino County in...

31.01.2024

GXO: two leadership appointments

At GXO Logistics, a pure-play contract logistics provider, Richard Cawston, president of the company’s Europe division, has assumed the newly created role of chief revenue officer (CRO) in addition to his current duties. GXO has...

31.01.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

A whip cracks because the loop that moves along it when swung reaches the speed of sound by the time it reaches the tip.

31.01.2024

Preliminary trials for Liberty Lifter X-plane

The USA’s defence advanced research projects agency (Darpa) programme aims to design, build, float, and fly an affordable X-plane that demonstrates revolutionary heavy-air-lift capability from the sea. It is now taking the next...

Tangos im Tandem

Erweitertes Angebot auf der Rheinschiene. Die Wahl zwischen Bahn oder Binnenschiff beschneiden bisweilen auch fehlende Angebote. Birsterminal hat für 2024 die Verbindungen beider Verkehrsträger aufgestockt.