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01.04.2022

José Rueda Salinas joins APM Terminals

Company veteran José Rueda Salinas has been appointed managing director at APM Terminals Moín, Costa Rica’s largest container terminal, located in the port of Limón. Rueda Salinas will relocate to Costa Rica once the necessary...

01.04.2022

John Menzies deal fixed

The deal is inked. Agility and John Menzies PLC have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the takeover of 100% of the ordinary shares of the latter. The deal values John Menzies at approximately GBP 571...

01.04.2022

Inner Mongolia now linked with Laos

China has launched a new cross-border rail service between Inner Mongolia and Laos. Transport time on the China-Laos railway is reduced by about half compared to previous road haulage services. The first freight train, loaded...

01.04.2022

Boeing doubles its 737-800BCF volume with ASL

Dublin-based ASL Aviation Holdings and Boeing have announced an order for up to 20 additional 737-800 Boeing converted freighters (BCF). The agreement is for ten firm orders and ten purchase rights. This second order for this...

01.04.2022

Latam Cargo Brasil now linking Mexico and Brazil

Starting in April 2022, Latam Cargo Brasil will operate weekly cargo services between the markets of Mexico and Brazil. The southbound flight will serve Mexico City-Recife-Viracopos on Sundays, while the northbound flight...

01.04.2022

Intersport's omnichannel logistics concept

The Hamburg-based Intersport Group, which has more than 1,000 affiliated retailers in the B2B sector in Germany, has put its logistics on a new footing. The central warehouse in Heilbronn has been gradually expanded since...

01.04.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

In Alaska, it is forbidden by law to get elks drunk or push them out of an airplane.

01.04.2022

TNW Corporation chooses Jeremy Bush

Jeremy Bush has joined TNW Corporation, a privately held operator of short line railroads and logistics centres, as superintendent of railway operations at the TXGN Railway and TXR Railway. In his new position, Bush will oversee...

01.04.2022

A partnership for the decarbonisation of shipping

It is a new cooperation to further decarbonisation in the shipping industry: in Italy, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering company Rina and Fincantieri, a design and construction company for ships and...

31.03.2022

Honours for best digital transformation projects

Geodis has won the first prize in the transportation category at this year’s computer weekly innovation awards Apac for its innovative use of internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the...

31.03.2022

Brazil’s rail operators to receive new locos

USA-based manufacturer Wabtec is introducing a new locomotive model to Brazil’s railfreight market with deliveries of 25 ES44ACi diesel-electric locomotives to Suzano, MRS and Rumo expected for the coming days. The...

31.03.2022

Greetings from Berne

At the "Logistics & Automation – The unique national meeting place of the logistics industry in Switzerland", which is now (30 – 31 March 2022) taking place in Berne, you meet national decision makers from automated...

31.03.2022

US investment in British cargo carrier

Bournemouth (UK)-based European Cargo Limited (ECL) has closed a significant minority equity investment by Priority 1 Logistics Holdings, a newly formed subsidiary of USA-based Priority 1 Holdings. Proceeds of the investment...

31.03.2022

Nola swears in HPD chief Melanie Montroll

The Port of New Orleans (Port Nola) has sworn in Captain Melanie Montroll as the new chief of its harbour police department (HPD). She is the first woman and the first African American woman to be elected chief of the HPD....

31.03.2022

World trade starting to feel it

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) showed a decline in February 2022, decreasing clearly from 120.7 points...

31.03.2022

More French desserts well preserved

The Mademoiselle Desserts Group, a European specialist in the frozen pastry trade, finalised the acquisition of the Stef warehouse in Thenon in March 2022. The additional 40,000 sqm of warehouse capacity helps centralise the...

31.03.2022

AGI opens building 22 at JFK

AGI has opened its newest location. Building 22 has been in the JFK market for nearly 25 years, first opened by United Cargo in 1997. Working with the port authority of New York and New Jersey, AGI took possession of the building...

31.03.2022

Brittany now also runs on LNG

Brittany Ferries and Wartsilä Cooperation have inked a long-term agreement to support the new LNG-fuelled ferry. The cooperation concerns in particular the solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ latest ro-pax vessel, the...

31.03.2022

Investment in modern intermodal equipment

GB Railfreight and rolling stock company Porterbrook are cooperating in the production of 50 new Greenbrier box wagons. The transaction marks a renewed commitment to developing sustainable freight transport to meet the...

31.03.2022

Yusen Logistics picks David Goldsborough

Transport and logistics provider Yusen Logistics (UK), whose UK business is headquartered in Northamptonshire, has appointed David Goldsborough as managing director global. Goldsborough has worked within the Yusen Logistics...