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06.12.2022

ZTO tackles tough environment

The Chinese CEP services provider ZTO Express, founded in 2022 and listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, has reported its unaudited financial results for Q3/2022. Parcel volumes grew by 11.7% compared to the same period in...

06.12.2022

JAL implementing drones to support island life

JAL has concluded a drone project agreement with the town of Setouchi-cho, on the island of Amami in the Kagoshima prefecture at the southernmost tip of Japan. The undertaking studies the transportation of relief goods to...

06.12.2022

Northwestern Russian terminal doubles capacities

The company TransContainer (part of Delo Group) has completed the renovation of its terminal at the Kirov Kotlassky station. Renovation continued from 2020 through 2022. The terminal kept operating and marshalling container...

06.12.2022

German network names new board members

The members of the Central German Logistics Network (Netzwerk Logistik Mitteldeutschland, NLM) elected two new board members to their five-member governing body at their general meeting. They are Nicole Uhlmann, sales manager...

06.12.2022

Waberer’s ownership reshuffled

The Hungarian trucking and logistics company Waberer’s International has published notifications received from MHB Optimum, High Yield Vagyonkezelő and Ferenc Mike (the sole owner of MHB Optimum) on changes in the number of...

06.12.2022

Saab stepping back from port management

Saab is selling most of its shares in Maritime Traffic Management (MTM), a provider of management solutions for vessel traffic, ports and terminals. The shares will be purchased by funds advised by Agilitas Private Equity, for an...

06.12.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

M. de Voltaire (born François-Marie Arouet) and Denis Diderot were discussing god. “If god didn’t exist, he would have to be invented,” Voltaire proposed. To which Diderot replied: “That’s exactly what’s been done.”

06.12.2022

MGH renews RA3 certification

Madagascar Ground Handling (MGH) has renewed its certification for a period of two years as an ‘authorised agent for third countries’ (RA3) for the handling of freight for shipment to European Union member states. This...

06.12.2022

US forwarder broadens range

A. Duie Pyle, a 98-year-old family-owned and operated provider of supply chain solutions, is bringing its services to the US state of West Virginia. The company is expanding its supply chain solutions to strengthen routes and...

06.12.2022

CEO confirmed at the helm until 2026

The supervisory board of Trans-o-Flex Expressdienst has extended the contract with its CEO Wolfgang P. Albeck (centre) early, prolonging it by another two years to 31 March 2026. Albeck took over as CEO in 2017. “The company...

05.12.2022

ATSG selects Paul Chase as new CCO

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced that Paul Chase will assume Mike Berger’s responsibilities as chief commercial officer when Berger transitions to chief strategy officer, effective today, 5 December 2022. Chase...

05.12.2022

A shipping platform to vanish

Trade Lens’ days are over. The initiative launched by A.P. Moller-Maersk and its tech partner IBM will be withdrawn from the market. “Trade Lens was founded on the bold vision to make a leap in global supply chain...

05.12.2022

Electric trucks for intra-urban deliveries

Heppner, a provider of logistics solutions specialising in transports to and from France, is planning to integrate a first batch of 16 fully electric commercial vehicles into its fleet. The 16 t and 18 t trucks manufactured by...

05.12.2022

World ACD: Air cargo rates finally stabilise

Global air cargo tonnages have continued to slide downwards in November, normally a buoyant month in the air freight calendar, with a further steep decline in week 47 (21 to 27 November) led by falling volumes to and from North...

05.12.2022

Maersk's new centre in Pakistan

Maersk recently opened the gates of its new Integrated Logistics Park at Port Qasim in Pakistan. The facility makes the Danish group the country’s largest logistics and warehousing provider, with more than 120,774 sqm in seven...

05.12.2022

More staff shortages in the cargo handling sector

From 2023, the German Federal Aviation Authority will enforce new regulations that will make access regulations unnecessarily difficult for many air cargo companies. Air cargo handlers with the status of regulated agents will...

05.12.2022

E-power for inland navigation in Brazil

Hidrovias do Brasil has commissioned a new project to retrofit its push-barge ‘Herkules V’, to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and lower operating costs in its inland shipping services in Brazil. The Finnish technology...

05.12.2022

DHL Supply Chain picks Mihaela Isac

DHL Supply Chain, a global contract logistics provider and a business division under Deutsche Post DHL Group, has appointed Mihaela Isac as its chief information officer (CIO) for Asia Pacific. She was most recently vice...

05.12.2022

Best ever loading achieved

India’s Central Railway (CR) transported freight loads of 50.93 million t during the period April to November 2022. This figure represents the best ever freight loading and an uptick of 6.46% compared to the same period in 2021,...

05.12.2022

Asos contracts Ceva

Ceva Logistics has signed a multi-year contract extension to continue providing fulfilment services to Asos at the online retailer’s 80,000 sqm warehouse in Grossbeeren, Germany. The facility centre can store about 25 million...