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25.08.2022

Mountain Air Cargo to add ATR72-600 freighters

Mountain Air Cargo (MTN, Kinston) is planning to add one ATR72-600F to its fleet for use in interstate and foreign charter cargo operations under contract with US logistics giant Fedex Express (FX, Memphis Int'l), according to a...

25.08.2022

Three new Turkey connections

The Austrian carrier Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is adapting its Transnet offer from and to Turkey. ÖBB’s freight branch has introduced a direct train from Giengen in Baden-Würtemberg in Germany to Cerkezköy, which is 80 km west of...

25.08.2022

Gothenburg stems the tide

Swedish Port of Gothenburg processed 433,000 teu during H1/2022, 5% more than in H1/2021. The port currently accounts for 52% of Sweden’s container market, compared with 48% at the beginning of last year. All in all,...

25.08.2022

Trends of 2021 easing in 2022

A. Hartrodt presented the figures for the 2021 financial year recently. They contain unique records "in the company's history since 1887", the company says. Revenues from the forwarding segment benefited from...

25.08.2022

From Hilti to TST

Joachim Willems, who was managing director of Hilti Deutschland Logistik for eleven years, has joined the management team at TST. The business economist and software developer took charge of the warehousing division at the Worms...

25.08.2022

Monrovia more digital

A digitisation project is underway in the Free Port of Monrovia in Liberia to implement new tools to improve supply chain efficiency by paperless customs clearance processes and more efficient terminal operations. Over the...

25.08.2022

Unveiling the P2F conversion programme

At a media event and celebration last week, Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (Niar) Werx and Erickson Precision Ventures unveiled their first collaborative passenger to freighter (P2F)...

25.08.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Mexico City sinks by about 7 cm every year. In the 20th century, the city sank almost 10 m.

25.08.2022

Agricultural haulier extends fleet

Keyo just recently took delivery of two new generation DAF XG 530 FTG 6x2 tractors. The UK-based agricultural haulier has now already placed an order for a further two DAF vehicles. The highly specified XG tractors feature a...

25.08.2022

New facility to be established in Yachiyo

In Yachiyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics arm of DHL, has broken ground for a new logistics centre. The player thus reinforces its business presence in Greater Tokyo. The 40,000-sqm facility aims at customers in...

25.08.2022

Dakosy celebrates 40th anniversary

Dakosy, Hamburg's first start-up to specialise in digitalisation, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Supported by the port industry, the company was founded in 1982. With numerous IT platforms, Dakosy is now an established and...

Relativ erholt

Chinesische Häfen geben der Weltwirtschaft wieder Impulse. Obwohl sich die Staulage insgesamt entspannt hat, ist um die chinesischen Häfen herum noch immer nicht alles Gold, was glänzt. Zwar steigen die umgeschlagenen...

24.08.2022

Increased frequency for Albatros Express

Transfracht will introduce new trains in European hinterland traffic as from 5 September 2022. In Germany, services to the German seaports on the Osnabrück route will be expanded to eight Albatros Express departures and Hamburg...

24.08.2022

More parcels for ZTO Express

In China, ZTO Express has reported its Q2/2022 results. The CEP's total revenues were RMB 8.66 billion (USD 1.3 billion) in Q2/2022, a rise of 18.2% from the same period in 2021. Gross profit was RMB 2.2 billion (USD 328.9...

24.08.2022

IFS Logistics certification for Estonian haulier

Estonia Raben Eesti has been certified as an IFS Logistics 2.3 service provider for temperature-controlled food products. This certification enables the company to meet the requirements of European distributors in terms of...

24.08.2022

Becker Logistics appoints new CTO

Becker Logistics, a third-party logistics company based in Glendale Heights (IL), has appointed Jamie Weldon as new chief technology officer (CTO). He is the second C-level employee to be brought onto the team within the last two...

24.08.2022

Second terminal in Abidjan in the making

The Côte d’Ivoire Terminal in the port of Abidjan recently received a range of new equipment. No fewer than six STS gantries and seven RTG gantries were installed. This handling equipment was manufactured by ZPMC in China and...

24.08.2022

Zhengzhou airport more than doubles cargo capacity

Dimerco Express worked with Cathay Pacific to arrange its first flight for the new Zhengzhou North Cargo Terminal in Henan Province. The 160,000 sqm addition to CGO can handle 600,000 t of annual freight, bringing the airport’s...

24.08.2022

Globeair to build own hangar at Linz Airport

Globeair, its majority owner Friedrich Huemer and CEO and co-owner Bernhard Fragner have decided to build a hangar for the company's own maintenance operations at Linz Airport in order to improve fleet availability to meet...

24.08.2022

Omnitrax serving Port of Catoosa

US rail company Omnitrax has been selected as the exclusive rail partner for the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, Oklahoma (USA). The long-term rail operator partnership became effective on 18 August 2022. The agreement provides an...