17.05.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

The average weight of an individual adult is 62 kg, but this varies from country to country: North Americans weigh an average of 80.7 kg, while Asians weigh 57.7 kg.

17.05.2023

Goldhofer wins SC&RA's President’s Award

Goldhofer has received the President’s Award from the Specialised Carriers & Rigging Association. SC&RA is an international organisation comprised of more than 1,350 members from 46 nations. The SC&RA President’s...
17.05.2023

Prologis to build logistics hub near Stuttgart

In April 2022, Prologis acquired a property of 25,000 sqm in Germany's strongest production region north of Stuttgart. The undeveloped site is in a logistics and industrial area in the north of Illingen in the southwestern...
17.05.2023

Scotland’s first all-electric tractor unit

Scottish whisky producer Chivas Brothers is now deploying the first all-electric tractor unit to be delivered into service in Scotland. The Volvo FM Electric 6x2 tractor unit pulls a tri-axle box van trailer and operates at...
17.05.2023

One elephant and many flowers transit Florida

With Mother’s Day celebrations taking place around the globe, Atlas Air saw flower volumes bloom. This year, the US cargo carrier shipped 8,000 t of fresh roses and a variety of other blooms from Colombia and Ecuador to Miami....
16.05.2023

Transfracht: more intermodal hinterland services

With its Albatros Express service, TFG Transfracht offers daily intermodal connections between the Rhine-Main-Neckar region in Germany and the North Sea ports. The company is now expanding these hinterland transports. From 4...
16.05.2023

HHLA releases Q1/2023 results

Despite the challenges caused by ongoing geopolitical tensions, EU economic sanctions and slower economic growth in the first months of 2023, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) “continues to implement its strategy based on...
16.05.2023

Geodis now has six e-logistics hubs

Geodis has opened a new site for e-logistics in in Coventry, UK. The 7,000 sqm site is located in a strategic area with good links to transport networks allowing quick distribution of the products. The facility has the capacity...
16.05.2023

1,450 EVs worldwide in two years' time

Ceva Logistics is planning to grow its fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) to 1,450 by the end of 2025. The expanded EV fleet would reduce the company’s CO2 emissions by 67,000 t per year — the equivalent of 30,000 round trips by a...
16.05.2023

Genel Transport on Turkey’s best workplace list

Turkish forwarder Genel Transport has been named on Turkey’s best workplaces list for 2023, published by Great Place To Work, which surveys millions of employees worldwide every year and uses those deep insights to define what...
16.05.2023

Stratolaunch completes separation test

One year after carrying a pylon on Roc’s centre wing, Stratolaunch has successfully completed a separation release test of the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0. The 4 hours and 8 minutes flight was the eleventh for the...
16.05.2023

WFS and DSV extend growing global partnership

DSV has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a long-term European Gateway cargo handling contract in Liege, Belgium, extending their growing global partnership. This latest agreement between the two companies reflects WFS’...
16.05.2023

First gearless vessel to call Port Moresby

Motukea International Terminal (MIT), a unit of International Container Terminal Services (Ictsi) located in the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, has welcomed its first gearless vessel. This is a ship...
16.05.2023

Melvin named 'Outstanding Woman in Supply Chain'

South Carolina Ports president and CEO Barbara Melvin (middle) received the Outstanding Women in Supply Chain award from supply chain management students Halie Fairchild (left) and Jenna Murphy (right) at The University of...
16.05.2023

Maersk opens warehouse in Cape Town

A.P. Moller – Maersk has inaugurated its first warehousing and distribution facility in Cape Town in South Africa. The hub will offer easy connectivity to rail, road, air and port infrastructure and serve as an important link in...
16.05.2023

Shifting more goods to rail

Oman and Etihad Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Brazilian mining company Vale, to explore the use of rail to transport iron ore and its derivatives between Oman and UAE. The train will run between...
16.05.2023

CBP and FDA seize Apetamin worth USD 688,000

US Customs and Border Protection officers and US Food and Drug Administration consumer safety officers seized over 25,000 bottles of Apetamin, an appetite-stimulating and potentially harmful weight-gain supplement popularised on...
16.05.2023

Three new faces on BVL’s board

On 9 May 2023, around 120 BVL members met for the annual general meeting at the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich. More than 60 other members had transferred their votes to those present in Munich and some of them took part...
16.05.2023

Three Canadian ports take up net-zero challenge

After Canada’s federal minister of environment and climate change issued the net-zero challenge in August 2022, the ports of Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières began to join forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of...
16.05.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Humanity weighs approximately 287 million t, of which 15 million t are attributable to overweight people and 3.5 million t to obese people.

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