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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...

12.01.2022

Special transport of a giant mirror

It might have been a gift for Snow White's stepmother. Safran Reosc, a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, contracted Gefco France to transport a giant mirror prototype for the European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s...

12.01.2022

Next LNG battery hybrid on course

UECC has rolled out its next dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC. It is the third and final newbuild in a series built at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The launch of hull number H2665 on 28 December 2021 came seven months after...

12.01.2022

Flytrex: FAA permits one-mile drone deliveries

Flytrex, which specialises in on-demand drone deliveries for food and retail, has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its delivery radius to one nautical mile across all its operating...

12.01.2022

ATSG promotes Todd France

Todd France, president of ATSG’s aircraft maintenance subsidiary, Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, will become president of ATSG’s aircraft leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, succeeding Brady...

12.01.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA, have managed to convert spinach into human heart tissue.

12.01.2022

Wheel misalignment more common than expected

RL Automotive, a UK-based developer of digital and sustainable technologies, has introduced a unique tyre management platform with a range of monitoring systems. It enables fleet managers in all commercial sectors to reduce...

11.01.2022

Intermodal hub in Zabaykalsk is growing

In cooperation with Zabaykalsk railway station, Russia’s largest container operator Trans Container dispatched a record number of 1,340 complete block trains loaded with Chinese cargoes from the Zabaykalsk terminal last year, 17%...

11.01.2022

Luka Koper reaches threshold of 1 million teu

In 2021, the container terminal of the Slovenian Port of Koper handled 996,000 teu, beating its previous record of 988,500 teu, achieved in 2018. "This is an important milestone, especially given the impact of the...

11.01.2022

OTG chooses Ian Hepworth

Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) has appointed Ian Hepworth as chief technology officer (CTO) to further strengthen its leadership team. Hepworth is an experienced CTO and senior technology professional. Having worked for a...

11.01.2022

DAC demonstrator train comes to Austria

Extensive research and development operations are underway at the European level to prepare the digital automatic coupler (DAC) for serial production. The plan is to gradually replace all conventional screw couplers from 2026 to...

11.01.2022

Samskip's air freight team to focus on project cargo

Samskip is bringing together expertise from its Bremen-based project cargo business and its dedicated air freight team at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. The joint initiative creates a focus for capabilities that extend from...

11.01.2022

More automotive logistics hubs in New Jersey

Jaguar Land Rover has signed a five-year contract with UK-based Unipart Logistics to support its expansion in northeastern USA. A new 85,000 sqm aftermarket site in Mickleton NJ is the first US dual-brand site for Jaguar Land...

11.01.2022

Hiring drivers from Asia

Cargo Go is solving its recruitment problems by hiring truck drivers from Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The Lithuanian forwarder has already recruited a number of professional drivers, and more drivers from Asian countries...

11.01.2022

A good year for the Baltic port of Lübeck

Even compared to the pre-Corona year 2019, handling volumes hat Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), including the leased terminals, rose by almost 6% to around 23.7 million t, as preliminary projections indicate. The ro-ro sector...

11.01.2022

ACS volunteers keep test kit supplies flowing

Air Charter Service has arranged hundreds of successful charter flights containing test kits into UK over the past 18 months. When the staff shortages affecting the cargo industry put the schedule of two new urgent flights in...