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24.08.2021

India revises inland navigation law

The ship classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) helped draft the inland vessels bill which was recently passed by the Indian parliament. The inland vessels act 2021 repeals the earlier inland vessels act...

23.08.2021

Hupac invests in Viennese terminal

WienCont and the Swiss intermodal operator Hupac have been cooperating for years. Now Hupac has acquired a 4.16% stake in the WienCont container terminal to expand its transport services and strengthen the land bridge from...

23.08.2021

Italian network grows

Kombiverkehr is extending its intermodal offering on the European transport corridor through Switzerland. Train services between Mortara (Italy) and Krefeld (Germany) and Mortara and Rotterdam CTT (the Netherlands) will be...

23.08.2021

La Compagnie to carry transatlantic cargo

La Compagnie has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to support its first-ever venture into the air cargo market. The French 100% business class airline has awarded WFS a three-year contract to handle cargo on board its...

23.08.2021

COO for BDP International

The Philadelphia (PA)-headquartered BDP International (BDP) has appointed Hector J. Gonzalez as its new chief operations officer (COO). He joined BDP in 2015, and most recently served as BDP's managing director - North America...

23.08.2021

Covid testing sites for Australian drivers

Two additional freight-friendly pop-up testing sites in NSW Australia are opening along key regional freight routes to support the industry and keep drivers Covid safe. The two new facilities in Yass and in Ballina complement the...

23.08.2021

Enhancing ship management in Saudi Arabia

Columbia Ship Management has entered into a joint venture with Spectrum Group, which is based in Khobar on the coast of the Gulf in Eastern Saudi Arabia, with the aim to create a new, technologically advanced ship management...

23.08.2021

JAS Worldwide targets Nordic countries

Freight forwarding services provider JAS Worldwide, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), is acquiring Greencarrier Freight Services International, the freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain management division of...

23.08.2021

Constraints on jump-seat cargo flights

The Air Line Pilots Association (Alpa) welcomes the introduction of legislation (HR 4598) that would require the installation of intrusion-resistant cockpit doors (IRCD) on aircraft used in all-cargo airline operations. The...

23.08.2021

Heppell to become CFO

Richard Heppell has been appointed as chief financial officer designate for Tindall Riley & Co and Britannia P&I. Heppell joins in exactly two weeks from today, on 6 September, having recently served as CFO for Neon, the...

23.08.2021

Second PCTC runs on LNG and battery

UECC's second LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) has hit the water. It is also the second out of three LNG battery hybrid sistership newbuilds at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China. Hull number H2664 was...

23.08.2021

Good results for ESR

APAC focused logistics real estate platform ESR Cayman Limited (ESR) has released its results for the six months from January till June 2021. Revenues in H1/2021 amounted to USD 177.7 million, up 24.7% from the same period a...

23.08.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Female Greenland sharks do not reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old.

23.08.2021

Campbell replaces Labonne at Hermes

Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT), which develops and provides cargo management systems, has appointed Marcus Campbell as its new chief technology officer (CTO), during a roll out of its new Hermes 5 system upgrade for a number...

23.08.2021

Uniform consistency all over the globe

The cargo and ground handling employees of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) are getting a new outfit. The new uniform applies to all employees in its North America and Europe, the Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA) operations....

23.08.2021

Omani takes next step on the seas

MOL and Asyad Shipping have welcomed the appointment of the first Omani captain to serve on board an LNG carrier jointly owned by the two shipping companies. The Japanese line MOL has played a role in supporting the...

23.08.2021

Hella Polska deepens contract with Hellmann

Hella Polska, a specialist for lighting systems and vehicle electronics, is extending its contract with Hellmann for another four years. From now on, the cooperation will also include cross-border logistics services. Hellmann...

20.08.2021

Elbers for Lineas

Belgian railways operator Lineas has appointed Martijn Elbers as head of sales intermodal. Elbers, who was voted Rail Cargo Information Netherlands' railway man of the year in 2019, joins from Shuttlewise, the company he...

20.08.2021

Qingdao train to reach Milan in 23 days

In cooperation with Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), the Russian transport company Trans Container, has arranged its first dispatch of a transit train from China to Austria and Italy. The train consisting of 50 containers loaded with...

20.08.2021

Manaus wants more

Super Terminais Comercio e Industria (Super Terminais), a private cargo terminal at the Port of Manaus, Brazil, has ordered three Konecranes Gottwald cranes to serve large container vessels. A river port located at the...