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01.12.2022

Allcargo makes big purchase

The Belgian affiliate of India-based Allcargo has inked an agreement with NBG Logistik Beteiligungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft to acquire 75% of the shares of Fair Trade Schiffahrt, Handel und Logistik. The price of the...

01.12.2022

Negative impact on world trade

In October 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) declined sharply to 120.8 points from the 124.2 points...

01.12.2022

GoA4 passes the test

Manufacturer Alstom has demonstrated the highest grade of automation on a shunting locomotive near Breda, the Netherlands, in partnership with Dutch infrastructure manager Pro Rail and Belgian railfreight operator Lineas....

01.12.2022

Deutsche Aircraft promotes Maximilian Fahr

Deutsche Aircraft has appointed Maximilian D. Fahr as vice president, supply chain, effective 1 November 2022. Based in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Fahr will lead and manage the company’s supply chain organisation. Prior to...

01.12.2022

Switzerland adopts European drone regulations

As from 1 January 2023, drone pilots in Switzerland will be subject to new regulations. The joint committee of the bilateral agreement between Switzerland and the European Union on air transport decided on 24 November 2022...

01.12.2022

Forwarder reactivates industrial rail track

Denkinger, a logistics services provider based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is shifting more goods from road to rail. The logistics company bought an area with a railway siding for this purpose. However, before the 1.2 km...

01.12.2022

A new project team is on

The German L.I.T. Group has spun off the company's own L.I.T. Solutions to make its own projects more professional. The cross-sector team, which emerged from the business engineering department, currently has eight employees. It...

01.12.2022

Low waters leaving their mark on the Rhine

For 9M/2022, the Swiss Rhine ports (SRH) posted a throughput result that is almost a quarter (24.5%) behind the comparable period in 2021. In addition to the effects of the war in Ukraine, traffic flows were held back by the...

01.12.2022

Iata renews Ceiv Pharma for Portground

The airline umbrella organisation Iata has recertified Portground at Leipzig/Halle Airport with its Ceiv Pharma quality seal. Port Ground belongs to Mitteldeutsche Flughafen and specialises in aircraft and cargo handling....

01.12.2022

Mileway picks Aymeric Canivenc

Mileway, Europe’s largest owner and manager of real estate assets for last mile logistics, has recruited Aymeric Canivenc as country director France. Canivenc, a civil engineer (CNAM) and MRICS with MBA degrees from Neoma...

01.12.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Lake Hillier in Australia looks like a giant bubble gum. Various explanations have been suggested for its pink colour. It could be due to certain bacteria in the water, which, however, are harmless to bathers.

01.12.2022

Financial support for booking platform

Since November 2022, Modility, a booking and brokerage platform for combined transport, has been receiving financial backing from the German federal ministry for digital and transport (BMDV) to develop and promote technical...

01.12.2022

Air & logistics united for net zero

It takes two to tango - in carbon reduction as well. Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, is partnering with DSV Global Transport and Logistics to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to...

01.12.2022

Ammonia import terminal rises from the waters

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges is planning to open its new import terminal for sustainable ammonia by 2027. To assist with the import and storage of green energy and raw materials, the companies Fluxys, Advario Stolthaven Antwerp and...

01.12.2022

Avianca: three new speed service levels

"Priority", "Standard" and "Standby": these are the new speed service levels which Avianca Cargo is planning to offer its customers. The Latin American carrier just announced a renewed product...

30.11.2022

Shipping giant launches rail service

A.P. Moller - Maersk is flagging off Pratigya Express, a new dedicated weekly rail service running on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) from the National Capital Region (NCR) around Dehli to the Pipavav Port in Gujarat...

30.11.2022

ZIM appoints second female captain

In an emotional ceremony held at the headquarters of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services in Haifa, Israel, Angelina Egorenkov received the official appointment of captain, the most senior in the merchant fleet, from ZIM President...

30.11.2022

Third runway at HKIA commissioned

The third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) was officially commissioned today, 30 November 2022, marking a key milestone in the airport’s expansion into a three-runway system (3RS). The commissioning ceremony,...

30.11.2022

Mercedes-Benz: e-trucks for own supply chain

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is relying on e-trucks for its own supply chain. The aim is to electrify 100% of the delivery traffic to its largest truck plant by the end of 2026. Several freight forwarders will be participating in the...

30.11.2022

Mindanao working on its equipment

In the North of the Philippine island of Mindanao, the port and terminal operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) is upgrading its facilities in the region. The Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in the...