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27.01.2023

Improving rail service for Wilhelmshaven

TX Logistik has successfully launched its new hinterland connections between Wilhelmshaven and southern Germany. Since mid-January, the rail logistics company has been running one round trip per week between the Jade-Weser Port...

27.01.2023

Enlarging the Manila terminal

The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the flagship of ICTSI, a port and terminal operator headquartered in the Philippines, is growing. The expansion of Berth 8 will increase the terminal’s capacity from 3.3 million...

27.01.2023

Traversing the Horn of Africa again

After a 30-year disruption, air traffic control services over Somalia and the surrounding region were operationally restored on 26 January 2023. Some of the region’s busiest airways - linking the African subcontinent south of...

27.01.2023

Röhlig Logistics picks Robert Lawry

Owner-managed logistics company Röhlig Logistics has appointed Robert Lawry as managing director of its UK organisation, effective 1 January 2023. Lawry looks back on 26 years of experience in the logistics industry and joined...

27.01.2023

Opening in Memphis

Arvato Supply Chain Solutions has opened a new location in Memphis, Tennessee, whose main focus will be on the healthcare industry. The distribution centre covers a surface of approximately 33,000 sqm. The new client at the...

27.01.2023

GW introduces e-cargo bikes

Gebrüder Weiss is now deploying e-cargo bikes for eco-friendly deliveries to private households and companies in various Austrian cities. The e-bike can transport consignments weighing up to 200 kg and cover 80 kg per day on...

27.01.2023

MSC opts out of JNPT

The Mediterranean Shipping Co's (MSC) Indus 2 service no longer calls at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). Indian exporters/importers are now obliged to opt for the single MSC direct call at Mundra Port. MSC added the...

27.01.2023

Ashanti Airlines wins tender for new Ghanaian airline

The UK based investment fund Zotus Group and the Ghanaian carrier Ashanti Airlines are working together to create a pan-African aviation hub in Accra. The government of Ghana has confirmed that it has awarded Ashanti Airlines...

27.01.2023

A Dutch-German development cooperation

Leschaco’s new chemicals and dangerous goods warehouse in Malaysia, which it founded last year, is up and running. The German company’s next move has been to sign a lease with the Dutch industrial developer DHG (David Hart...

27.01.2023

Bonnier appoints Moritz Trüg

Moritz Trüg, previously responsible for business development at Amazon Books for selected major national and international publishers and groups as well as the “print on demand” vertical at Amazon Retail in Germany, will move to...

27.01.2023

UK: a new zero-carbon end-to-end service

UK’s newest train operator Varamis Rail has joined forces with Network Rail, Eversholt, Steer Consultancy and wider logistics partners to launch a fully electric and zero carbon freight service. The service runs between...

27.01.2023

More LNG projects in Japan

The Japanese shipping company MOL, MOL Ferry, Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) and Hokkaido Gas recently agreed on a joint supply project of LNG fuel for two newbuilding LNG-fuelled ferries. They will be deployed in each port...

27.01.2023

AA Cargo and Airlink unite for Haiti

American Airlines Cargo is taking part in a global effort to transport life-saving medical and sanitation supplies to Haiti as the nation struggles to control a deadly cholera outbreak. In partnership with Airlink, a...

27.01.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Danny Lloyd was only eight when he played the child in the Kubrick adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shining" (1980). At the time he was not told that he was starring in a horror film. He was already sixteen when he was...

27.01.2023

A tandem to lead Heyworld

Heyworld, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo specialising in e-commerce transport solutions, has announced staff changes at the management level. As of 1 February 2023, Boris Hueske (left) and Nikola Todic (right) will take over as...

27.01.2023

Military logistics for humanitarian aid

Switzerland is containing its aid deliveries for the Ukrainian population and delivering about 390 pallets with winter equipment. The army is providing cold protection clothing such as blankets, gloves and sweaters. The...

27.01.2023

Room for 62 pallet spaces

The new Vario Liner double-deck semitrailer is specially designed for use in hub and line haul transport. It offers up to 62 pallet spaces on two levels and, with its Code XL-certified body, is also approved for ADR transport....

Für die Verkehrsträger von morgen

Deeptech-Unternehmen tüftelt an Hochleistungsbatterien. Seit ihrer Teilnahme am Zukunftswettbewerb von Elon Musk 2015 engagiert sich eine Gruppe junger spanischer Unternehmer in der Entwicklung eines Hyperloops. Auf dem Weg zum...

26.01.2023

First 1,200 HP loco for Congo-Ocean Railways

The Belgium mechanical engineering group John Cockerill has delivered the first of four shunting locomotives to Congo-Ocean Railways (CFCO) in Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo). The vehicles were designed and manufactured in John...

26.01.2023

US transport software provider sold

The Australian company Wise Tech Global, the developer of the logistics software Cargo Wise, has acquired Envase Technologies. The US company provides transport management software for intermodal trucking, drayage (container...