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14.06.2022

Better book disposal in Madrid

Logista Parcel and Nacex delivered more than 200,000 books for the Madrid Book Fair held in the Retiro Park. Logista Libros was one of the three distribution companies selected for the removal of unsold material and miscellaneous...

13.06.2022

Innovative coast-to-coast-service

OceaNS Bridge Express launched: The US class I railroads Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific (UP), Hapag-Lloyd and the Port of Virginia have formed a partnership to provide expedited intermodal service from the East Coast to the...

13.06.2022

Shannon from charter to scheduled operations

Shannon (SNN) is the latest addition to Cargolux’s global network. The inaugural flight landed on the airport in Western Ireland on 9 June directly from Seattle. The weekly frequency is routed Los Angeles-Seattle-SNN-Luxembourg,...

13.06.2022

Air shipment stopped at Leipzig/Halle airport

16 pieces of rhinoceros horn weighing 6.5 kg were seized by customs at the end of May 2022 during the inspection of an air cargo shipment at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The package came from Angola and was to be transported to Vietnam...

13.06.2022

SKR picks Christian Herrlich and Erik Lüders

Christian Herrlich (right) will drive consultation services for digital transformation and IT & digitalisation as a partner of the Swiss company SKR, which specialises in financial investments. Over the last 25 years,...

13.06.2022

Alternatives also reach a high price

The prices for all kinds of fuel are going through the roof. According to data from the specialised platform shipandbunker.com, the average price of fuel with very low sulphur content (very low sulphur fuel oil/VLSFO), reached...

13.06.2022

Hungarian haulier expands fleet with e-vehicles

Waberer’s is the first company in Central and Eastern Europe to have received a series-produced, purely electric DAF truck. The CF tractor unit can cover up to 500 km a day and was developed in response to the rising demand for...

13.06.2022

Building up the air cargo branch

A takeover in the Netherlands: Global Transport Solutions (GTS), the holding company of Marinetrans and Best Global Logistics, has acquired Cargo Holland, a freight forwarder specialising in air freight solutions located at...

13.06.2022

Fedex's first new partner carrier in over 20 years

Airdialog, a cargo airline based in Albuquerque, is starting flight operations, becoming the first new Part 135 air carrier to launch with Fedex in over 20 years. The inaugural flight last week provided cargo service between...

13.06.2022

Four successes at AAA exam

Michiel Starmans, chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters (AAA) for 2022-23, has congratulated four new members after they qualified on passing the association’s most recent examinations. Pictured from left are Jack...

13.06.2022

Into five years of digitalisation

MSC just inked a five-year contract with the Norwegian group Kongsberg Digital. The agreement includes delivery of Kongsberg Digitals data infrastructure service Vessel Insight and Kongsberg Digital’s vessel performance...

13.06.2022

When two networks become one

It is a fresh marriage. The networks Ifln Global Projects and Largo are joining hands. The two project freight forwarder networks have formed “Project Logistics Solutions”, an alliance to strive for synergies that can accrue from...

13.06.2022

Next step towards sustainable truck transports

Sweden-based oat drink company Oatly has introduced electrically powered, heavy-duty trucks from Einride for the company’s ground transportation in North America. After its initial success with deploying electric trucks as...

13.06.2022

Another vessel on the Baltic Sea

For just under a year, Hansa Destinations has been connecting Rostock, Germany, and Nynäshamn, Sweden, on a new route. At the end of April, Hansa Destinations chartered in additional cargo capacity with the 2,500 lane-metre...

13.06.2022

Trans-o-flex promotes Eugen Günther

Eugen Günther has taken over as head of sales and spokesperson for the management board at the logistics service provider Trans-o-flex Thermo Med Austria, which specialises in actively temperature-controlled shipments of...

13.06.2022

Latam's hunt for an uncongested US gateway

Effective May 2022, Latam Group and DSV are collaborating in Huntsville, AL to offer their clients a solution to the supply chain congestion. Every Monday morning, the "Latam Star" provides direct service from the...

13.06.2022

For Ikea in Bergkamen

DHL Supply Chain, an affiliate of DHL Group for contract logistics, has opened an automated fulfilment centre in Bergkamen, Germany, for its customer, home furnishings group Ikea. The facility is intended to store and distribute...

13.06.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Studies have shown that customers spend more money in shops where there is a scent of oranges.

13.06.2022

Port railway overtakes road haulage

In 2021, and for the first time in the port’s history, more containers were transported by rail than by road to and from Bremen’s container port. While 1,097 million containers were trucked to their destinations, 1,112...

10.06.2022

Italy and China move closer together

Contship Italia and the German company Bahnoperator have introduced a new intermodal rail service from China to Italy. The new offer connects the Contship Lombard hub of Melzo - RHM in Italy with China. A number of terminals...