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09.06.2022

Funding for emission-free logistics

Twelve companies from all over Germany will receive funding from the Federal office for goods transport for the purchase of climate-friendly commercial vehicles. The subsidies arise from more than 450 applications submitted...

09.06.2022

Aramex invests USD 265 million

CEP provider Aramex has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Access USA Shipping, better known as "MyUS", a USA-headquartered digital platform enabling cross-border e-commerce. The purchase price is USD 265...

09.06.2022

A single parcel not worth USD 22.59 million

Over 90% of all US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) counterfeit seizures occur in the international mail and express consignment environments, and last Thursday, 2 June 2022, was no exception. CBP officers in Louisville seized...

09.06.2022

Cargobeamer chooses Alexander Kornblum

Cargobeamer has appointed Alexander Kornblum as new managing director of Cargobeamer intermodal operations. The German logistics services provider facilitates rail transport for non-craneable semi-trailers. Kornblum will...

09.06.2022

UK’s first e-tipper truck in operation

Transition from diesel to battery electric heavy trucks: Fox Group has become the first business in UK to introduce electric tipper trucks into its fleet. The family-owned company has purchased two new Volvo FE electric tippers....

09.06.2022

Revised Caribbean-Mediterranean connections

The French carrier CMA CGM is reshuffling its weekly service between the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the West Coast of Latin America. There will be new calls at the ports of Buenaventura, Paita, Posorja and Guayaquil....

09.06.2022

K+N Russia goes to Perry Neumann

It is a special kind of MBO. On 3 June 2022, the Switzerland-based logistics group Kuehne + Nagel signed an agreement to sell its business in the Russian Federation to its local managing director Perry Neumann. Since March...

09.06.2022

First of four Boeing 747-8 freighters for Atlas Air

Atlas Air, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, has taken delivery of a Boeing 747-8 freighter, which will operate on behalf of its customer Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, as part of a previously announced...

09.06.2022

Felbermayr to support Netzwerk Metall partnership

Felbermayr Transport- und Hebetechnik joined the Netzwerk Metall partnership as a supporter on 1 May 2022. “Founded almost twenty years ago, Netzwerk Metall now comprises 65 member companies from the Austrian steel, glass and...

09.06.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Worldwide, only 30% of all women wear a bra.

09.06.2022

More telematics technology for railfreight

Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has joined the Rail Pulse coalition and its effort to develop, broaden and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies in North America’s railfreight industry. The US class I railroad...

09.06.2022

Alternative fuels employed in Southampton

The container terminal of DP World at Southampton is going to eliminate fossil diesel from its operations entirely and transit to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). Diesel previously accounted for 90% of the terminal’s emissions...

09.06.2022

DIY store in the border triangle

Hornbach Baumarkt has taken out a lease on the Panattoni Park Freiburg Süd in Neuenburg am Rhein just as construction is getting underway. The German family-run company operates DIY and garden centres in Germany and other...

08.06.2022

Switch to rail saves 2,600 t in emissions

Audi Brussels (Belgium) has contracted DB Cargo to deliver components for battery production from its Hungarian supplier by rail. The first rail transports are already running and the switch from truck to rail is scheduled to be...

08.06.2022

Awery and IBS sign partnership agreement

Awery Aviation Software can now deliver its software platforms to customers of the "iCargo" platform of IBS Software, which is used by 30+ airlines including American Airlines, Etihad, IAG and Korean Air. Giving...

08.06.2022

US manufacturer to modernise mining locomotives

Wabtec has signed an agreement to upgrade locomotives for Fortescue Metals Group. It will be the manufacturer’s first delivery of modernised locomotives to an Australian customer. The fleet will be transformed into AC44C6M...

08.06.2022

Finnair cargo performs despite longer routings

Despite the closure of Russian airspace, most of Finnair’s cargo figures clearly improved year-on-year but remained closer to April 2022 figures in May. Available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres (atk) increased by 341.5%...

08.06.2022

Beumer Group picks Rudolf Hausladen

Germany-based family-run company Beumer has announced a change in its leadership: Rudolf Hausladen took over as new CEO on 1 June 2022, succeeding Christoph Beumer, who had led Beumer Group as CEO since 2000. Beumer will remain...

08.06.2022

Better units for Montreal's future

In Canada, the focus on eco-friendly vessels is prime concern for the Montreal Port Authority (MPA). The new class of 2,500-teu vessels like the “CMA CGM Montreal” fit into this strategy and, at the same time, provide extra...

08.06.2022

UBS sells to Prologis

An open-ended special fund managed by the Swiss UBS Real Estate is selling a portfolio of eleven German logistics properties to Prologis. The buildings are spread over a total of 600,000 sqm of land and include both turnkey...