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13.09.2021

The French land at Khalifa Port

The Marseille-based carrier CMA CGM and the Abu Dhabi Ports Group (ADPG) have inked a 35-year concession to jointly develop a new container terminal at Khalifa Port. The French company is the major player in the joint venture,...

13.09.2021

Securing NFG space ten days in advance

Southwest Cargo, the cargo division of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, is now taking online bookings through a new portal accessed via its website. This booking experience allows customers to search for available space and book...

13.09.2021

Several hundred trucks to rejuvenate fleet

Duvenbeck is expanding and modernising its fleet. The company took delivery of twelve Schmitz Cargobull curtainsiders in Altenberge, Germany recently. S.CS MEGA curtainsiders are deployed in transport logistics services for...

13.09.2021

Johan Vanneste to leave Cologne Bonn Airport

Johan Vanneste, chairman of the board of Cologne Bonn Airport will be stepping down from his position at the end of the year. The company's supervisory board has accepted Vanneste's request to terminate his contract prematurely...

13.09.2021

Fresh cash for AI startup

It is a good time for tech logistics start-ups: Singapore-based Portcast has completed its USD 3.2 million pre-series A financing led by Newtown Partners with Wavemaker Partners, TMV and Innoport and SGInnovate to make artificial...

13.09.2021

Making mammoths fly

Founded in December 2020, Mammoth Freighters has now started its B777-200LR and B777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion programmes. The combination of management expertise - two experienced aviation industry executives,...

13.09.2021

Dnata chooses Charles Galloway

The global air and travel services provider Dnata has appointed Charles Galloway as its regional CEO for the Asia Pacific region. Galloway has over 20 years of experience in the global aviation, travel and logistics industries....

13.09.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

In cold climates, a turtle's shell may be used to read its age, similar to the annual rings of trees.

13.09.2021

Migrants could help fight driver shortage

In a virtual debate, representatives of the transport industry suggested that one way to ease the big driver shortages in the European Union would be to attract a more diverse workforce including young people, women and migrants....

13.09.2021

HGK builds H2 powered units

Duisburg-based HGK Shipping is expanding its fleet with two technically innovative Type C motor tankers. The shipyard Scheepsreparatiebedrijf De Gerlien van Tiem in Druten, the Netherlands, has once again won the building...

13.09.2021

New location in Bavaria

Gebrüder Weiss' new location in Straubing in Lower Bavaria (Germany), will be operational from October, enabling the international transport and logistics provider to further consolidate its land transport network across southern...

Im Hafen Nürnberg zugespitzt

Die Geis Gruppe errichtet an ihrem Standort im Nürnberger Hafen ein 25 Mio. EUR teures und 17 000 m2 grosses Logistik- und Technologiezentrum. Der erste von zwei Teilen wurde im April eröffnet, in den zweiten zieht...

10.09.2021

More intermodal services

Kombiverkehr has launched a new intermodal link between Germany and Austria. The direct trains offer a three weekly service between the terminals München-Riem (Germany) and Wels CTT (Austria). The terminals can also be...

10.09.2021

Karin Eulenbruch to lead contract logistics

Karin Eulenbruch, formerly vice president sales & business development contract logistics Germany and Switzerland at Kuehne + Nagel, moved to TST on 1 September 2021. Eulenbruch will take on the same position at her new...

10.09.2021

For cool freight in Singapore

At Singapore’s Changi International Airport, Ceva Logistics has launched its temperature-controlled airfreight station as a healthcare logistics hub for the Asia Pacific region. The cold station lies within the free trade zone of...

10.09.2021

Certification for quality management

VPI European Rail Service (VERS) has receive the ISO 9001:2015 certificate, as the certification agency System CERT confirmed after an intensive audit: The publisher of the European Maintenance Guide VPI-EMG works with a quality...

10.09.2021

Senator adds Tianjin to its SAB network

Another expansion: Senator International added China to its "SAB" network on 8 September 2021. After the Hamburg-based forwarder launched its own airfreight services with the "Africa Bridge" between...

10.09.2021

The shipper's view

According to the latest container shipping market review carried out by MDS Transmodal and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and distributed by the Swiss Shippers' Council (SSC), container traffic continues to grow, but the market...

10.09.2021

And the lessor is...

The lessor behind the two A321P2F, which Lufthansa Cargo will operate from early next year (see ITJ 31-35/2021, p. 13), is BBAM Limited Partnership. The aircraft leasing services provider headquartered in San Francisco has agreed...

10.09.2021

Bigger fleet for DShip carriers

Two more vessels are to join DShip carriers' fleet: the "Eemslift Dafne" and the "Eemslift Nadine" are scheduled to be delivered in September 2021. Both vessels have a deadweight of 4,200 t and on-board...