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14.09.2023

IHRO increases storage capacity

The medium-sized forwarding group IHRO is celebrating its 60th anniversary in September this year. Kai Ihro, managing partner of the group: "Today we provide warehouse logistics at five locations in our region on a total...

14.09.2023

MSC to acquire a minority stake in HHLA

Hamburg Port and Logistics AG (HHLA) has revealed that MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s subsidiary, Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, intends to make a voluntary public takeover offer for all HHLA's class A common...

14.09.2023

John Mizerek to lead CMC Logistics

John Mizerek joins Container Maintenance Corporation-ITI Intermodal (CMC-ITI) as executive vice president, CMC Logistics (CMCL), a full-service trucking company offering drayage and trucking services to ocean carriers, cargo...

14.09.2023

Menzies Aviation renews Jazeera Airways contract

Menzies Aviation has extended its agreement with the low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways, marking the next step in an expanding partnership with the Kuwaiti airline, which includes passenger, ramp, and air cargo services at seven...

14.09.2023

Pallet network keeps UK hauliers on the road

Pall-Ex Group has launched a CPC (certificate of professional competence) training academy in the UK, offering the nationally recognised RTITB approved course. Training takes place either at the network’s central...

14.09.2023

Green energy provider bolsters presence in Poland

GLP has completed the construction of its last warehouse in Modlniczka near Kraków. Columbus Energy, a supplier of services for the green energy market, has also renewed its lease for 4,000 sqm of modern warehouse space at GLP...

14.09.2023

Dutch-built river pusher for Paraguay

The Paraguayan shipping firm 'Girona - Rio Sur Transporte y Logistica' has commissioned Dutch shipbuilder Concordia Damen to construct a 'CDS4115' shallow draft 5,400 HP river pusher. This vessel, measuring 41 x 15.5 m, is...

14.09.2023

Sierra Leone: new director general for SLCAA

Alhaji Fanday Turay, minister of transport and aviation of Sierra Leone, thanked the outgoing director general the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA), Moses Tiffa Baio for his leadership and service to the aviation...

14.09.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

If you were to string together all veins and blood vessels in a human body, they would be around 96,000 km long - enough to wrap around the equator approximately 2.5 times.

14.09.2023

My Freighter commissions Unilode

Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management, repair and digital services, and My Freighter, a start-up cargo airline based in Uzbekistan, have formed a partnership for ULD management...

14.09.2023

A new van to expand Renault’s electric portfolio

In October 2023, the French manufacturer will launch a new commercial vehicle in the medium van segment in Europe: the Renault Trucks E-Tech Trafic. With this new model, Renault Trucks will be offering a choice of 100% electric...

14.09.2023

German logistics companies partner up

DPD Germany and the Berlin-based logtech company Instafreight are entering into a strategic partnership to further digitise and optimise the purchasing and management of additional capacity in DPD’s full truckload network. In...

14.09.2023

Eco ships for Ocean Yield

In South Korea, HJ Shipbuilding & Construction marked a milestone with the naming ceremony of two new ships commissioned by Ocean Yield, a Norwegian maritime asset investment company. These 5,500 teu container vessels,...

14.09.2023

Ecovium names CFO

Ecovium Holding welcomes Ken Ogenbratt as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and second managing director alongside CEO Jörg Jung. Ogenbratt succeeds Daniela Ventura, who will be taking up new challenges. Ogenbratt joins...

Ein echtes «Rückgrat»

Lieferung des Dachstuhls von Notre-Dame auf der Seine. Nicht nur im Hinblick auf die in elf Monaten stattfindenden Olympischen Spiele wird derzeit viel in Paris gebaut (vgl. ITJ 19-20/2023, S. 58). Dabei bewährt sich die Seine...

13.09.2023

Eco-friendly trains: from passengers to freight

Original: In-night delivery specialist Carousel Logistics has joined forces with Varamis Rail to develop a fully electric rail cargo route between Birmingham and Glasgow. The partnership was formed in February of this year,...

13.09.2023

Damaged intermediate ceiling already removed

Repairs in the Gotthard road tunnel are now underway. The damaged intermediate ceiling has already been removed, and work to replace it is to begin shortly. A steel construction with the same cross-sectional area will be...

13.09.2023

Representing Royal Brunei also in China

In July 2023, Globe Air Cargo China, part of ECS Group, took over as Royal Air Brunei Airlines' GSA to enhance the carrier’s air cargo operations in China, aligning with existing cooperations in other countries, including...

13.09.2023

A promotion for Xavier Avrard

Transport and logistics services provider Geodis has appointed Xavier Avrard as chief strategy officer. He will join the group’s management board, which is chaired by Marie-Christine Lombard, CEO of Geodis. Avrard came to...

13.09.2023

11,400 truck journeys shifted to rail

In Austria, the amended Waste Management Act (AWG) has been in force since the beginning of 2023. This law stipulates that waste transports with a total weight of more than 10 t and a distance of 300 km or more must be...