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06.07.2023

PIL’s new service sets sail

Starting today, 6 July 2023, the new weekly direct "Korea China Straits Service" (KCS) of Pacific International Lines (PIL) will be connecting key ports in South Korea, China, along the Malacca Straits and Vietnam....

06.07.2023

Multiple factors driving decarbonisation

It is not just legislation that is driving change on carbon emissions, but client pressure and internal initiatives are also increasingly significant factors, as an industry survey conducted by the British International Freight...

06.07.2023

Cargo-Partner opens hub in Turkey

The new iLogistics Centre has 20,000 sqm of warehouse space with 5,850 sqm of bonded warehouse space. It is located close to Istanbul's new airport and the region's seaports. At the new location, Cargo-Partner offers a wide...

06.07.2023

A new strategic associate for Cargo IQ

Air cargo quality standards organisation Cargo IQ has welcomed airline and travel IT solutions provider Hitit as a strategic associate member to help drive forward the organisation’s goal to enhance global quality standards in...

06.07.2023

Röhlig Logistics picks Simon Albrecht

The owner-managed logistics company Röhlig Logistics has appointed Simon Albrecht as global sea freight director. He reports to Hylton Gray, CEO sea freight, air freight, contract logistics & sales and member of the global...

06.07.2023

Philippine ports see container throughput rise

According to the latest port strategy report, Philippine’s ports are seeing an increase of container handling volumes. The Port of Manila handled a total of 5,474,484 teu in 2022, an uptick of 10% compared to 2021: this makes...

06.07.2023

HHPI to rent 110 more wagons

Wagon lessor Ermewa is scheduled to deliver the first batch in July 2023, with further wagons to follow gradually over the course of the year. The wagons manufactured by Greenbrier have a capacity of 49 cbm and are suitable...

06.07.2023

Simon Hegele acquires 75% of CST Transport

Christophe Jacquin, the current managing director of the French transport company CST Transport, which is based in Gonesse in the immediate vicinity of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, will remain on the management board. In...

06.07.2023

The first ten (or 50)

Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (Mehair) has inked a deal with Jekta, the Switzerland-based Pha-Ze 100 amphibious aircraft manufacturer, for ten firm orders and options for 40 more. The Indian seaplane operator would therefore...

06.07.2023

Bruna Ventura to be managing director for Brazil

Global logistics provider Rhenus Group has appointed Bruna Ventura as managing director of Rhenus Brazil. She will succeed Paul Schabbel, who will take over a new role in the organisation. Ventura has more than 16 years of...

06.07.2023

Maastricht Aachen Airport unveils upgraded runway

Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) unveiled its newly renovated runway at a launch event held at the airport on 30 June 2023. The second largest cargo hub in the Netherlands has invested EUR 35.3 million to upgrade the...

06.07.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

The American writer John Cheever (1912-1982) wrote most of his works in his underpants.

06.07.2023

Electric cargo bikes to supply bakeries

The German bakery manufacturer Höflinger Müller in Bavaria is one of the first recipients of Rytle's new cargo bike. In Munich's city centre, the heavy-duty bike will be used as an economical and sustainable vehicle to supply...

06.07.2023

Online Systemlogistik banking on "Green Cargo"

The general cargo cooperation has introduced a new product, Online Green Cargo. For each Green Cargo consignment transported, 50 cents go to a climate project to reduce CO2. The maximum delivery time of 72 hours is designed to...

06.07.2023

King Abdulaziz Port hits another record

King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, reached a record in handling the highest volume of teu ever registered in a single month: last May, the port processed 206,145 teu. In its press release, the port on the Arabian...

06.07.2023

Gebrüder Weiss: new chair for supervisory board

Wolfgang Niessner, who headed the logistics company’s management board from 2005 to 2018, was appointed chairman of the supervisory board at its constituent meeting on 19 June 2023. Niessner succeeds Rudolf Christian Stiehl,...

Einsame Leistung

Im afrikanischen Mittel punkten Marokkos Sonderwirtschaftszonen. Die Sonderwirtschaftszonen (SEZ) im Umfeld von Häfen haben u.a. beim wirtschaftlichen Aufstieg Chinas eine zentrale Rolle gespielt. In Afrika hat dieses Mittel...

05.07.2023

SVP service to call Subic Bay

Subic Bay International Terminals (Sbitc) in the Philippines, which is operated by International Container Terminal Services (Ictsi), welcomed the arrival of a new service that expands the port's connectivity to South China and...

05.07.2023

New trucking route to link China and Central Asia

Ceva Logistics recently launched a new international road transport (TIR) route along the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan corridor with a convoy of six trucks. The lorries departed from Western China’s inland city of Kashgar,...

05.07.2023

Touching down in Lyon for the second time

Qatar Airways is expanding its network in France with direct four weekly flights to Lyon. The national carrier of the State of Qatar has landed its inaugural flight to one of the country's economic powerhouses, with the new...