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29.09.2021

"Connecting Europe Express" in Switzerland

On its journey through Switzerland yesterday (Tuesday, 28 September), the EU's special train for the "Year of Rail" also made a stop at the Basel Wolf container terminal. At this occasion, the federal office of...

29.09.2021

64 locomotives purchased in three years

European Loc Pool (ELP) is further expanding its fleet of state-of-the-art 6-axle hybrid locomotives: The Switzerland-headquartered leasing company has again ordered ten EuroDual locomotives of the Germany and Austria...

29.09.2021

First 767-800BCF conversion programme in China

Boeing and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (Gameco) have announced plans to create additional capacity for the 767-300 Boeing converted freighter (BCF). The agreement, which was presented by the two...

29.09.2021

Walker Logistics chooses Adrian Skirrow

Online fulfilment and supply chain solutions specialist Walker Logistics has appointed Adrian Skirrow as its new head of operations. With over 20 years of leadership experience, Skirrow has held a number of senior operational...

29.09.2021

Testing autonomous trucks in Texas

Paccar has teamed up with Aurora and Fedex to launch a commercial pilot testing autonomous trucks in line haul trucking operations in USA. This is the first collaboration of its kind between a truck manufacturer, an autonomous...

29.09.2021

More shares in Singapore business

The Singapore market is becoming more and more interesting for European investors. Geopost, an affiliate of the DPD Group, is increasing its stake in Ninja Van to 40%. Launched in 2014, Ninja Van started operations in...

29.09.2021

Cargo business saves Qatar Airways Group

Qatar Airways Group has reported a net loss of USD 4.1 billion. Despite the difficulties posed by the ongoing pandemic, the group's operating results demonstrated its resilience during the crisis, since, at USD 288.3 million, the...

29.09.2021

Global container flows better than expected

The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) increased by 3.2 points (seasonally adjusted) to 126.6 points in August, according to...

29.09.2021

Lufthansa Cargo in digital research project

Lufthansa Cargo has joined the "digital test field air cargo" initiative, a new federal research project commissioned by Germany's ministry of transport and coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and...

29.09.2021

Iván Nash Vila named CFO

Iván Nash Vila will be joining Swissport International as CFO on 1 October 2021. He succeeds Alexander Gradow, who has been acting as interim CFO since August. "We are pleased to have Nash Vila join Swissport as...

29.09.2021

Reverse logistics becomes a fashion

Global logistics company Geodis is adding returns management to its range of e-commerce services. Retailers and e-merchants can now make use of the group's end-to-end technological and logistical solution covering the entire...

29.09.2021

Wilhelmshaven finds new investor

The rumours have come to an end: Hamburg carrier Hapag-Lloyd is set to acquire a 30% stake in Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and 50% of the shares of Rail Terminal Wilhelmshaven (RTW) at Jade Weser Port. Terminal operator...

29.09.2021

More than 50,000 marijuana atomisers

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington IAD seized a large quantity of marijuana atomisers last Wednesday (22 September 2021) that were shipped from China to an address in Manassas, VA. The shipment...

29.09.2021

Dunkerque-Port picks Hervé Ducloy

Hervé Ducloy has been appointed financial director/accounting officer of Dunkerque-Port. A graduate of the IEP Lyon (political and administrative studies 1995 / 1997), the Ecole Nationale du Trésor Public (1999 / 2000) and the...

29.09.2021

Private green initiative in Southern Africa

Imperial, one of Southern Africa’s major fleet operators, will cooperate with Sasol to reduce its carbon footprint. The companies intend to explore solutions for improving freight sustainability and efficiency in Southern Africa...

29.09.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

The USB symbol mimics the trident of the water god Neptune.

29.09.2021

Maersk kicks MCI overboard

It is an investment by a Chinese global player: China International Marine Containers (CIMC), headquartered in Shenzen, has agreed with A.P. Moller - Maersk to buy Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a manufacturer of refrigerated...

29.09.2021

Extending capacities near Nuremberg

Near Nuremberg, Hermes Fulfilment is expanding the capacities of its Anbach logistics centre by opening a new external storage facility in Freystadt on 1 October 2021. The 20,200 sqm logistics building in the main Ansbach...

28.09.2021

UK driver shortage hits a peak

The disruption in the UK caused by a shortage of lorry drivers has intensified over the past week, with petrol stations feeling the brunt of the problem because of an inability to receive sufficient supplies of fuel combined with...

28.09.2021

Shuttle connects Bari and Rotterdam in 72 hours

A shuttle now runs directly between Rotterdam and Bari, in southern Italy. The train, operated by GTS, takes 72 hours to complete the trip. The new train extends the Italian rail operator GTS’s services between Bari and Segrate,...