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25.11.2021

DCSA setting new standards

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) recently published its communication systems and application programming (API) standards for the 50 event records in ports defined in its data list. These refer to the six main...

25.11.2021

Kuehne + Nagel picks Stefan Paul

The board of directors at Kuehne + Nagel International has announced forthcoming changes in its top management: effective 1 August 2022, Stefan Paul (right) will assume the position of CEO of Kuehne + Nagel International. At the...

25.11.2021

Wiremind enhances capacity-steering platform

Wiremind’s air cargo software and data-science team has spent the past months enhancing the company’s capacity-steering platform ‘Skypallet’. It already has more than 1,200 users in 100 countries – including Atlas Air, Chapman...

25.11.2021

Transloading service opens at crucial time

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc, a North American supply chain solutions provider, has launched a new transloading service to assist shippers in the New York metro area. The option will be managed through a recently-expanded...

25.11.2021

Geodis augments activities in Belgium

Geodis has launched a new sorting centre in Schoten near Antwerp in Belgium and a new office at Liege airport. The first facility is intended to support the expansion of an international e-eommerce customer into the Belgian...

25.11.2021

ACS can’t get enough

Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) will provide Austin-based Aero Capital Solutions Inc (ACS) with 13 additional Boeing B737-800SF freighter conversions. Upon completion of this new order, ACS will have a fleet of 34 AEI B737-800SF...

25.11.2021

Energy Globe award for sun-to-liquid project

A European research project on solar power production, called ‘sun-to-liquid’, has been given the 22nd Energy Globe World Award in the category ‘fire’ by Austria’s Energy Globe Foundation, which is dedicated to projects on...

25.11.2021

The bid in the port of Montréal is open

The Canadian port of Montréal has launched a request for qualifications (RFQ) for its Contrecœur container terminal expansion project, thus opening the way for parties to now submit bids. The RFQ will remain open to national and...

25.11.2021

Construction giant investing in autonomous vehicles

Volvo and Holcim Switzerland have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly test and further develop autonomous electric haulers for limestone quarries. The battery-electric units now being tested mark a...

25.11.2021

Green hydrogen supplier settles in Duisport

Plug Power, a provider of green hydrogen for the global market, is locating its future European headquarters in the port of Duisburg. The listed company has been active in Europe for more than ten years and is looking to further...

25.11.2021

100% Swissport Korea

Swissport International AG has increased its stake in its Swissport Korea joint venture from 59 to 100%. After first entering the Korean market in 2005 in a joint venture with local partners, Swissport now supports many leading...

25.11.2021

Zim launching ZMI service

The Haifa-based Israeli shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services is launching a new service, called ZMI, linking the Indian Subcontinent to the Eastern Mediterranean. The carrier will deploy four 4,250 teu vessels on...

25.11.2021

Trans-o-flex chooses Eugen Günther

Express services provider Trans-o-flex, which specialises in logistics solutions for pharmaceuticals and other high-value, sensitive goods, has appointed Eugen Günther as the company's fourth managing director. The other three...

25.11.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

During the American Civil War (1861-1865), gunpowder was made from bat droppings.

25.11.2021

Canadian rail corridor reopens after storm damage

The railway operator Canadian Pacific (CP) has reopened a railway line running between Kamloops and Vancouver in the province of British Columbia. Crews worked around the clock after a storm on 14 November in which almost 200 mm...

25.11.2021

The Mongolian project

12,600 LED street lights and lamp posts were transported to Ulaanbaatar by rail recently. The logistician Gebrüder Weiss (GW) was contracted by the Zumtobel lighting group for the undertaking. More than 80 containers in twelve...

24.11.2021

Covid-19's impact on the transport industry

In Switzerland, road haulage proved to be the most robust. The trucks' transport performance totalled 16.99 billion net tonne-kilometres in 2020, 0.9% less than in 2021. Railfreight's transport performance, on the other...

24.11.2021

Senior appointments for Asia Pacific

Contract logistics provider DHL Supply Chain, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has announced two senior appointments in Asia Pacific. Steve Thompsett (left), currently CCO, DSC Asia Pacific, will assume the role of CEO, DSC...

24.11.2021

DHL Express expands Americas hub at MIA

DHL Express has invested over 78 million USD to renovate and expand its hub facility at Miami International Airport (MIA). The improvements further strengthen the express provider's service capabilities, with added flights to and...

24.11.2021

Investment in hinterland networks in Poland

Contargo, a hinterland logistics network for container transport, has founded a national subsidiary in Poland. Contargo Intermodal Poland offers repositioning of empty containers, container transports per rail from Poland to...