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06.04.2023

Basel's port economy forging ahead

The Swiss association for shipping and port management (SVS) recently held its 119th general assembly in Basel. President Christoph Brutschin pointed out in his address that in addition to dealing with current economic...

Auf die Verlagerung vorbereitet

Wer wie Gürhan Takil, Chef der Spedition Taklog, bereit ist, Märkte im Kaukasus, dem Mittleren Osten und Zentralasien zu bedienen, musste schon vor der Coronapandemie flexibel sein. Nach dem faktischen Wegfall der Nordroute der...

05.04.2023

Transfesa's entire fleet to run silently by 2024

Transfesa Logistics is going to install low-noise brake blocks on wagons running in the Iberian Peninsula. The company has a total fleet of 2,662 wagons, of which the international units have already been fitted with low-noise...

05.04.2023

Another Amazon executive joins Xpdel

Xpdel, a fast-growing US based hi-tech fulfilment and logistics service provider, has hired Sai Kotha as senior vice president of operations. Kotha brings extensive industry experience, including seven years at Amazon as the...

05.04.2023

Batteries for Valencia?

After a visit at the Port of Valencia, Alfons Westgeest, general manager of Eurobat, a European lobby of multinational electric battery companies, said that the Spanish port is not only "the fourth port in Europe in...

05.04.2023

New brand for enhanced end-to-end solutions

PSA Cargo Solutions, a business unit of Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), will combine with BDP to form the new brand PSA BDP. This decision follows PSA’s acquisition of BDP in April 2022. Backed by the strength of PSA’s...

05.04.2023

Expanding in Portugal

XPO has expanded its presence in Portugal with the opening of a new transport and distribution centre in the city of Pombal, which is located between Lisbon and Porto. The inauguration of this hub represents another strategic...

05.04.2023

Services between the Far East and USA

Shortly after its inaugural flight between Billund and Hangzhou (HGH), China, Maersk Air Cargo is connecting North America and Asia Pacific with new regular services. Maersk will commence with two weekly flights between...

05.04.2023

XPO France picks Olivier Mirio

XPO, a major provider of transport and logistics solutions in Europe, has appointed Olivier Mirio as sales and marketing director in France. He will report to Bruno Kloeckner, XPO’s managing director in France. Olivier...

05.04.2023

Moving more than 9,000 containers on one ship

"ONE Trust", a vessel in the fleet of The Ocean Network Express, recently docked at Southampton after sailing from Pusan in South Korea. The DP World team in the British port exchanged some 9,315 containers,...

05.04.2023

Ethiopian Airlines: 50 years in China

Ethiopian Airlines is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its services to China. The airline made its first flight to Shanghai on 21 February 1973 and operated there for a while before it shifted its flights to Beijing on 07...

05.04.2023

Partnership to boost growth in Germany

Europa Road in UK is strengthening its German services by partnering with operator Noerpel. The cooperation enables Europa to provide an additional route, boosting its services with a new daily round trip connection to the South...

05.04.2023

Farsound relocates

The Farsound team has moved into its new 5,389 sqm headquarters in Brentwood Essex, UK. The state-of-the art property is located close to Farsound’s old HQ building and has been designed and built entirely from scratch. The...

05.04.2023

WFS and Aena launch AGV trial in Barcelona

A proof-of-concept trial for autonomous vehicles to move cargo between the warehouse and apron has been launched at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona - El Prat Airport as part of an innovation project between Worldwide Flight Services...

05.04.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

It took 13 years to sell 50 million television sets, and only three to sell the same number of iPods.

05.04.2023

A promotion and a return

Scanlog has appointed Myriam Nyström, formerly operations manager for sea freight, as commercial director sea freight solutions. “She has a strong business acumen and an excellent manner of handling our customers and...

05.04.2023

K Line Chile – 50 years of experience

The 50th anniversary ceremony, including a traditional sake barrel breaking ceremony, of the company K Line Chile brought together 150 people in Santiago de Chile, among which were His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan to Chile,...

05.04.2023

Pall-Ex network to get new tracking software

Pall-Ex in UK is partnering with technology specialist The Algorithm People which will help to offer best in class tracking for customers. Following an extensive tender process, Pall-Ex chose The Algorithm People’s Optimize...

05.04.2023

Rail/sea transport service to China launched

Trans Container has started to transport export cargoes to China via the First Container Terminal in the Russian port of Saint Petersburg. It is planned to organise shipments twice a month. The sea leg of the journey is...

05.04.2023

All's well that ends well?

The four creditors' meetings and the creditors' committee of the main company of the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group have each voted unanimously for the bid with the highest purchase price. Thus, the insolvency administrator will be...