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13.01.2022

Einride welcomes Robert Ziegler

Robert Ziegler joins Einride, a Swedish freight technology company, as general manager, Europe. He has over 25 years of transportation industry experience and will build up Einride’s customer base and overall expansion in Europe....

13.01.2022

Testing battery-electric locomotives

US class I railway BNSF and manufacturer Wabtec have reached another milestone in the exploration of the future potential of battery-electric locomotives. The companies have begun testing the FLX drive technology in revenue...

13.01.2022

More clients in the Midlands

The Segro Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway has sold two more units in UK. The logistics company Arvato agreed a lease for a 95,000 sqm surface in September 2021, whilst it was still under construction. The provider has...

13.01.2022

Green laurels for Conakry Terminal

After the audit conducted by Bureau Veritas on 12 November 2021, Guinea's Conakry Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports and operator of the container terminal of the Autonomous Port of Conakry, has won the green terminal label....

13.01.2022

Shypple chooses Champ’s tracking solution

Netherlands-based digital freight forwarder Shypple has implemented Champ’s Traxon Premium Tracking. The software allows the user to register interest in a shipment and receive automatic status updates through its lifecycle....

13.01.2022

Andreas Fuchshuber appointed head of sales

Andreas Fuchshuber has been head of sales at Spedition Robert Kukla at its headquarters in Munich since January this year. He has been working in the logistics industry for over 20 years, most recently for the Logwin Group....

13.01.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

There is no pink light.

13.01.2022

Game changer is on track

This time, the symposium of the association of freight car owners in Germany (VPI) was all about digital automatic coupling (DAC). As VPI chairman Malte Lawrenz explained, the first steps on the long road to the Europe-wide...

12.01.2022

Logistics platform for landlocked Uganda

India-headquartered Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale), an IT solutions provider in logistics, has partnered with PSFU (Private Sector Foundation Uganda) to offer a logistics e-marketplace in the landlocked African country. The...

12.01.2022

38th rail service launched

GB Railfreight has introduced a new rail service for Maritime Transport in UK to connect the Hutchison Ports of Felixstowe with Birch Coppice in the Midlands. The new link is the 38th daily rail service from the port and the 15th...

12.01.2022

Evergreen's building big in China

The next ULCV is ready for service. Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a division of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), recently floated Evergreen Line's newest containership, the "Ever Alot." With an estimated...

12.01.2022

For more frozen online orders

Seafrigo Group, a provider of temperature-controlled food logistics, is opening a new dedicated facility for specialist chilled and frozen goods in New Jersey in 2022. Already operating from four facilities in the same area,...

12.01.2022

Advantages of a regional airport

To kick off the new year, Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport (PAD) is implementing another major cargo project. After the aid delivery of medical protective equipment to Namibia in July last year, Emotive Systems, based in Paderborn,...

12.01.2022

Philippos Philis is ECSA's new president

At its general assembly, ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations) elected Philippos Philis as its new president for a two-year term, with Karin Orsel as new vice-president. Philippos Philis founded Lemissoler in...

12.01.2022

First e-truck for Swiss forwarder

Edi Bürgin, managing director of E. Bürgin Transporte based in Stetten in Schaffhausen (Switzerland), had been talking about acquiring an electric truck for years. In December, the time had come. The haulier was the first Swiss...

12.01.2022

Bluebird enters widebody ACMI market

At the end of December 2021, Bluebird Nordic concluded lease agreements for three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft via its mother company Avia Solutions Group (ASG). At present, the aircraft are in passenger configuration but will...

12.01.2022

New CEP link from USA to Europe

The e-commerce boom continues. The DPD group has formed a strategic partnership with Asendia USA to provide e-commerce parcel delivery services from USA to Europe. Asendia is a joint venture of the Groupe La Poste and Swiss Post,...

12.01.2022

Noatum and Algeposa push Sagunto and Tarragona

In a joint effort with its partner Algeposa, Noatum, through its subsidiary Noatum Terminals, has completed the acquisition of four automotive cranes for its Spanish port terminals in Castellon, Sagunto and Tarragona. This...

12.01.2022

Low-code supply chain platform enhanced

Supply chain software innovator Topo Solutions (Topo) has expanded its team and moved to new offices in Hong Kong. The low-code software as a service (SaaS) provider has boosted its team with expertise from across the supply...

12.01.2022

Powerful engines for heavy terminal operations

STM Trading House, part of the Sinara Group, has signed contracts for the supply of new generation TEM14M shunting locomotives to port terminals in Khabarovsk and Novorossiysk (both in Russia). The first locomotive has already...