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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...

11.01.2022

Strike Aviation Group picks Julia Knecht-Ostwaldt

Strike Aviation Group has appointed Julia Knecht-Ostwaldt as chief operating officer for Europe. She joined Strike Aviation in 2007 as commercial director Europe and has an extensive background in the air cargo industry. ...

11.01.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Salmon can also get lice. The bites of the small parasites can be fatal for the fish.

11.01.2022

Young SME Acito Logistics expands portfolio

Acito Logistics, which was founded in 2014 and is based in Weil am Rhein and Efringen-Kirchen (Germany), has now left the status of a start-up behind it. The company, which specialises in logistics solutions for companies...

11.01.2022

Four Boeing 777 for Atlas Air Worldwide

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has ordered four new Boeing 777 freighters. The first of the 777-200LRFs is set to be delivered in November 2022 with the other three following in 2023. This investment will bolster Atlas’ 777...

11.01.2022

Leschaco settles its succession

Bremen-based family-owned company Leschaco Group is a logistics service provider specialising in intercontinental logistics solutions for sea and air freight as well as contract logistics and tank container operations. In...

11.01.2022

Latest trucks distribute food across UK

Ten new Volvo FM 6x2 tractor units have been delivered into A.F. Blakemore & Son’s food distribution fleet, each meeting Transport for London’s three-star direct vision standard (DVS) rating. The 44 t FMs will work...

11.01.2022

Liscont taken over by Yilport

Terminal operator Eurogate has sold its shares in the Portuguese container terminal in Lisbon. The 16.34% will go to global port and terminal operator Yilport, which is domiciled in Turkey and now holds all shares in Liscont. The...

10.01.2022

No short-term injection of long-haul cargo services

Cathay Pacific Cargo will continue to implement very substantial reductions to its long-haul capacity in the first quarter of 2022, on account of the latest aircrew quarantine measures imposed by the government of the Hong Kong...

10.01.2022

Metrans expanding in the East

The German intermodal company Metrans, a subsidiary of HHLA, has taken over the firm CL Europort, and the logistics centre of the same name, in the Polish town of Małaszewicze. The centre is near the Belarusian border and is a...