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14.03.2022

Sea Lead adds new loop

Singapore-based ocean carrier Sea Lead Shipping is including the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) in the rotation of its first US East Coast container service. Jacksonville will serve as the last port of call on Sea Lead’s...

14.03.2022

Chapman Freeborn chooses Hendrik Falk

Chapman Freeborn, a global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Hendrik Falk as senior vice president of cargo for the Americas. Born in Germany, Falk spent most of his youth in USA. After...

14.03.2022

Hainan Airlines: ramp handling contract with WFS

Hainan Airlines has added a new ramp handling contract to its longstanding cargo handling partnership with Worldwide Flight Services at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Chinese airline, which has been a customer of...

14.03.2022

UK haulier augments its portfolio

UK-based Palletline Logistics has acquired the pallet distribution and warehousing elements of Ningbo Palletised Distribution. Under its new ownership, the business will operate as Ningbo Wrexham and Ningbo London which between...

14.03.2022

Playing cards instead of ammunition boxes

Panattoni is realising a tailor-made new building for Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg in the city of Altenburg in Thuringia (Germany). It is Europe’s oldest known designer and producer of playing cards and part of the Belgium-based...

11.03.2022

Hapag-Lloyd to buy DAL's container liner business

Taking the opportunity to increase its service portfolio, Hapag-Lloyd has signed a framework agreement with German carrier Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) to acquire its container liner business. The completion of the transaction is...

11.03.2022

Call for urgent action to cap fuel prices

Global oil prices, reaching their highest level since 2008 this week, are set to climb even higher amid continuing instability and sanctions related to the Ukraine crisis, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) anticipates....

11.03.2022

Tiaca welcomes six new members

The trustees of the International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca) have elected six new members to serve on the board of directors. The new board members, all industry veterans from the airport, airline and handling sectors,...

11.03.2022

Diesel pricing in frenzy

According to data published by maritime intelligence provider Vessels Value, the price for diesel continues to rise. Since the outbreak of the war in Europe on 26 February 2022, the MR Atlantic Basket (an average of freight rates...

11.03.2022

First flower forum at Air Cargo Americas

Fresh off the busy Valentine’s Day flower import peak season, Miami International Airport (MIA) and Brussels airport hosted the first-ever fresh and flowers forum on 9 March 2022 during the Air Cargo Americas/Supply Chain...

11.03.2022

Swiss Post continues transformation strategy

Swiss Post generated a group profit of CHF 457 million in 2021, 39% more than in 2020 (CHF 279 million). The pressure on the letter (-3%) and financial business remains unabated. Swiss Post will therefore continue to pursue its...

11.03.2022

Belgrade joins intermodal network

Swiss intermodal operator Hupac has added another connection to its network in Europe. The new train links the Dry Port Terminal Pancevo in Belgrade (Serbia) with the WienCont terminal in Vienna (Austria). The shuttle service...

11.03.2022

KF Aerospace leases a B737-400SF to Mesa Airlines

KF Aerospace has delivered its converted B737-400SF to USA-based air carrier Mesa Airlines. The aircraft had received a complete maintenance programme and passenger to freighter conversion at the KF Aerospace MRO in Kelowna, BC....

11.03.2022

CMA CGM making it big

CMA CGM has reported its audited results for 2021. Achieving almost USD 56 billion in revenues (+78% compared to 2020), the net income went up to USD 17.94 billion (almost tenfold, +910% compared to 2020). Containerised shipping...

11.03.2022

Röhlig Logistics chooses Claudia Drewes

Claudia Drewes assumed her new position as global programme director at the owner-managed logistics company Röhlig Logistics in Bremen on 1 March 2022. Currently, the focus is on implementing the Blue Star growth programme in...

11.03.2022

Deutsche Post DHL group is in heaven

In 2021, Deutsche Post DHL Group generated revenues of EUR 81.7 billion, an uptick of 22.5% compared to 2020. Earnings almost doubled to EUR 8.0 billion (2020: EUR 4.8 billion) and the ebit margin increased to 9.8% (2020: 7.3%)....

11.03.2022

Rhenus puts four LNG trucks into operation

Rhenus and its customer Evonik are banking on sustainable transport operations: for transport services in Germany, notably between Evonik’s production site in Essen and the haulier’s logistics warehouse in Düsseldorf, Rhenus...

11.03.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

“Trichotillomania” is the medical term for compulsive hair pulling.

11.03.2022

"No soup for you," says CBP

The shipment may have been manifested as chicken vegetable soup, but Philadelphia US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers soon realised that the brothy bouillon before them was canned criminal consommé. While...

11.03.2022

From UPS to Cretschmar Cargo Süd

Andre Petri is the new head of corporate sales at Cretschmar Cargo Süd (CCS), a freight forwarder based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Petri’s previous position was senior account manager at United Parcel Service (UPS) Germany, where he...