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13.10.2022

Five weekly night runs to Scotland

Eversholt Rail has reached agreement with Varamis Rail to lease a Class 321 Swift Express Freight train to deliver light goods at high speed in UK. Varamis will be running services five nights a week from Birmingham to Scotland...

13.10.2022

Forward Solutions picks Dan Clarke

Transport technology firm Forward Solutions (FS) has added another experienced infrastructure engineer to its team. Dan Clarke started his career within the IT team at pallet specialist Pall-Ex. He has also worked as senior...

13.10.2022

Iata Ceiv li-batt makes it four for Hactl

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent handler – has successfully obtained accreditation under Iata’s Ceiv lithium batteries (li-batt) standard. Hactl now holds all four Iata Ceiv...

13.10.2022

Mission accomplished

The deal is fixed. After receiving the green light from the authorities, Geodis has completed its acquisition of the American group Need It Now Delivers. Based in Keasbey, New Jersey, Need It Now Delivers operates over 65...

13.10.2022

Bringing European e-mobility to North America

German-based Quantron supplies numerous European customers with battery- and hydrogen-electric commercial vehicles for the long-term reduction of C02 emissions. Its Quinton-as-a-service platform also offers a 360° product &...

13.10.2022

The quartet is full

The Singapore-based company AAL Shipping (AAL) has added further vessels to its multipurpose cargo vessel (MPV) fleet. The units are owned, not chartered. This month saw the delivery of the 2010 “AAL Gunsan” (ex-BBC America) and...

13.10.2022

Bolloré welcomes Loig Pavard back to Asia

Bolloré Logistics has appointed Loig Pavard as chief executive officer of Bolloré Logistics Singapore. He will report directly to Cyril Dumon, CEO of Bolloré Logistics Asia-Pacific. Pavard brings over 22 years of experience in...

13.10.2022

Milan Bergamo nearly doubles capacity for UPS

As part of Milano Bergamo Airport’s ongoing infrastructural development, the airport has inaugurated new facilities with UPS which will nearly double the logistics corporation’s capacity at the Italian gateway. Providing an...

13.10.2022

US class I railway to expand business

CSX has been chosen as the rail transportation partner for a new USD 2.5 billion low-carbon aluminium recycling and rolling plant built by Novelis in Bay Minette, Alabama (USA). The facility will be the first fully integrated...

13.10.2022

General cargo network gains two more partners

Oneflow and Heinrich von Wirth joining the German general cargo network Online Systemlogistik (OSL). Oneflow's catchment area covers the region east of Düsseldorf between Ratingen and Hilden; this was previously the...

13.10.2022

Capacities flowing back

The Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider Sea-Intelligence recently leveraged the capacities deployed by the carriers with the rates in the market. In the weeks following Golden Week (weeks 41-43), carriers are...

13.10.2022

More capacity for chemistry and pharma clients

Contargo Industriepark Frankfurt-Höchst, a joint venture between Contargo and Infraserv Logistics, is adding 10,000 sqm to the container terminal at Industriepark Höchst in Germany. The term of the contract was extended until at...

13.10.2022

Cargolux inks B777-8 Freighter order

Cargolux, Europe’s largest all-cargo airline operating a combined fleet of 30 Boeing 747-8 and 747-400 freighters, and Boeing have finalised an order of ten 777-8 freighters with options for six additional airplanes, with a...

13.10.2022

Aiko Hollander to manage Emden Port

Former deputy head Aiko Hollander is now taking over the helm of the Emden branch. He succeeds Volker Weis, who moved to Niedersachsen Ports’ headquarters in Oldenburg when he became technical managing director on 1 October 2022....

13.10.2022

Two on one day

On 4 October 2022 Jetstream Aviation Capital, a Miami-based aircraft lessor specialising in regional turboprop aircraft and the largest global owner of Saab 340 and Saab 2000, delivered two Saab 340B(F) to IBC Airways of Miami....

13.10.2022

Swiss Post: from a letter to a parcel centre

As the general trend of decreasing letter volumes and increasing parcel volumes continues, Swiss Post has decided to reconfigure a section of its existing letter centre in Härkingen and install a parcel sorting system that...

13.10.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote his novels on blue paper, poems on yellow and shorter journalistic texts on pink paper.

13.10.2022

More LNG infrastructure projects

The port company Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) is building a second LNG jetty on the German seacoast. The LNG handling facility at the Port of Stade is scheduled to go live in the winter of 2023/2024 to strengthen Germany's...

Neuwahl in Südamerika

Quito statt Santiago. Kalitta Air hat einen neuen Dienst zwischen Miami und Quito eingeführt. Trotz direkter Wettbewerber sieht die aufstrebende Frachtfluglinie aus Michigan in der Hauptstadt Ecuadors eine Alternative zu weniger...

12.10.2022

Rostock-Kaldenkirchen rail service launched

Cargo Beamer has added the Kaldenkirchen - Rostock route to its portfolio as the first line operating exclusively in Germany. On a total of six roundtrips per week, Cargo Beamer enables customers to transport craneable and...