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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...

01.02.2024

A sustainable multi-modal solution

DSV and Schneider Electric have launched the industry’s first multi-modal shipping model using sustainable aviation fuels. The partners have already built two of the eight planned multi-modal shipping bridges: one between...

01.02.2024

Hope and disruption at the end of 2023

According to recent data published the International Air Transport Association (Iata), global full-year demand in 2023, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres (CTKs), was down 1.9% (-3.6 compared to 2019). But December 2023 saw an...

01.02.2024

A partner to serve Gloucestershire

The haulier Superior Freight has joined the Pall-Ex network, which will enable it to improve and streamline its freight distribution services in the UK. In addition to its cooperation with the Fortec network, Superior Freight...

01.02.2024

A promotion for Charles van der Steene

The integrated logistics company A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has appointed Charles van der Steene as its new regional president for North America, effective today, 1 February 2024. He will also join the company’s executive...

01.02.2024

Søren Skou now chairs the advisory board

VTG has a new chairman for its advisory board. On 1 January 2024, Søren Skou, a proven industry expert with many years of experience as a business manager in Europe’s logistics and transport sector, took over from Alexander...

01.02.2024

Distributing auto parts in Maharashtra

Mahindra Logistics has started developing a new 600,000 sqm hub in Phaltan, close to Pune, Maharashtra. Here, the Indian logistics provider will focus primarily on automobile and engineering products, managing inbound logistics...

01.02.2024

20% more local products

LTG Cargo transported 27.2 million t of freight in 2023, 2.5 million t more than expected. Most of the cargoes were oil and oil products, which amounted to 9.4 million t, about the same volume as 2022. The Lithuanian carrier...