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12.01.2024

Reducing plastic waste

Air cargo services provider Menzies Aviation has announced that it will now use Bionatur Plastics, launched by M&G Packaging, for its cargo operations. Menzies began making the transition to Bionatur Plastics in August...

11.01.2024

Market share won, boxes lost

Antwerp’s throughput suffered in 2023, yet the merger with Bruges still paid off. Altogether, 271 million t of cargo were handled in the major Belgian seaport in 2023, down 5.5% from the previous year. The port attributed the...

11.01.2024

Willig joins groupage network

The Freiburg-based transport logistics company has joined the German general cargo network Online Systemlogistik (OSL). Willig, a family-run company founded in 1985, will handle transports in the southern Black Forest, Lörrach,...

11.01.2024

Silver bullet for Montevideo terminal

The Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP) in Montevideo (Uruguay) in Latin America is investing in new equipment. TCP, a company owned by Katoen Natie (80%) and National Port Authority ANP (20%), has earmarked more than USD 500 million...

11.01.2024

Pall-Ex Group looks forward to 2024

British logistics network Pall-Ex Group looks back on a successful business year in 2023 and is set to deliver new technologies this year. In 2023, Pall-Ex achieved a 20% increase in shareholder members with a shareholder...

11.01.2024

HNA Cargo goes digital

The China-based HNA Cargo group has selected Cargo One as its first global digital sales channel, making it the air logistics partner with the largest number of portfolio airlines on this digital platform. HNA Cargo manages...

11.01.2024

More rail connections to Trieste

Kombiverkehr has increased the frequency of its rail/ship services linking Germany with Turkey and Greece. The company now runs five instead of three round trips between Munich and Trieste (Italy). The new intermodal services...

11.01.2024

From US congress to CAA

The Cargo Airline Association (CAA), an advocacy organisation for the air cargo industry, has named Brianna Manzelli as managing director for legislative policy. Manzelli joins CAA from Senator Mitt Romney’s office where she...

11.01.2024

Record fleet expansion ahead

According to Bimco, a record 350 new container ships were delivered in 2023, totalling 2.2 million teu and surpassing the 2015 record. Container fleet capacity increased by 8%, the highest growth rate since 2011, with ships over...

11.01.2024

A radiant acquisition

The Life Couriers group is acquiring Isovital and the RLG Group to strengthen its portfolio in the radiopharmaceuticals transport and logistics market. Founded in 2005, the Radio Pharma Logistics Group (RLG) consists of...

11.01.2024

EURO 9000 expands its scope

Stadler’s Euro 9000 has received type approval for operation in the Netherlands and Belgium. The new generation of six-axle hybrid locomotives has already been authorised in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with an operating...

11.01.2024

Tracking ULDs

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has selected Skycell - a purpose-led technology company focusing on the pharmaceutical supply chain – as its preferred unit load device (ULD) tracking partner. This latest partnership will see...

11.01.2024

DAF: changing of the guard

On 1 January 2024, Gerald Puffitsch took over as managing director of DAF Austria in Wiener Neudorf (Austria) and DAF Trucks (Schweiz) in Mägenwil (Switzerland). He replaces the previous managing director Marc Blom, who will move...

11.01.2024

Japanese wind power union

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has formed a capital alliance with Hokutaku, Japan's largest wind turbine maintenance company. With this alliance, effective from 9 January 2024, MOL acquires a majority stake in Hokutaku. Independent of...

11.01.2024

From St. Gallen to Vietnam

The St. Gallen (Switzerland)-based logistics company Militzer & Münch has founded a new subsidiary in Vietnam, adding the fifth country to its network in Asia, after China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. M&M...

11.01.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Cows chew about 30,000 times a day, producing 90 litres of saliva in the process.

11.01.2024

UK: DPD signs EV partnership

The agreement gives DPD drivers full access to Allstar’s payment solution Chargepass in the UK, reducing the need for separate transactions for public and home charging. Drivers can also use Allstar's extensive EV network that...

11.01.2024

More cargo capacity for Canada's Arctic

The Canadian air cargo services provider Cargojet and the airline Canadian North have renewed their cargo partnership. Looking back on 20 years of cooperation, the partners aim to boost capacity to better serve the Canadian Artic...

11.01.2024

Quality journalism for ITJ readers

Exactly one month ago, on 11 December 2023, the Seahorse Freight Association hosted 160 guests in London for its annual Journalist Awards, supported by headline sponsor AAL Shipping. There were 350 entries by 60 journalists...

10.01.2024

Alfons Köster expands management teams

Wolfgang Koss (left) is joining the management team of Alfons Köster & Co Global Freight Logistics. As the medium-sized, owner-managed company informed the ITJ, Koss has been an authorised signatory at the international...