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14.06.2021

Geodis launches training programme

Global supply chain operator Geodis is launching a programme named ‘Manage!’, designed to support its managers. Over fourteen weeks, which include six training modules and a total of 24 hours of group sessions, the managers...

14.06.2021

The desert lives

The Désert Group, which specialises in bulk and liquid transport, has taken over Jean Moreau Transport. The French company, which had been in receivership since 2018, was sold by owner Frédéric Moreau, who wanted to retire. 55...

14.06.2021

Laurels for ZIM's IPO

Carrier ZIM held its IPO celebration at the residence of ZIM’s major shareholder, Idan Ofer, on the seashore in Arsuf, near Tel Aviv. Many other guests joined virtually, including heads of international banks, financial...

14.06.2021

No noisy wagons from abroad

In Germany, noise pollution caused by railfreight traffic dropped by about five decibels in 2020 compared to the previous year, as a report released by the federal railway authority shows. The reduction in rail noise is primarily...

14.06.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

If you throw a water balloon at a certain distance of 20 to 150 cm onto a nail surface, it does not burst. Because of the way it deforms on impact, researchers call the phenomenon "pancake bouncing".

14.06.2021

Strategic partnership for air cargo data

Spire Global, a space-based Earth data analytics company headquartered in San Francisco, and TAC Index, a specialist publisher of air cargo data for both industry users and the financial markets from Hong Kong, have announced a...

14.06.2021

Switzerland's worst railway accident

Not far from the ITJ headquarters in Basel is the site where, 130 years ago today, on 14 June 1891, Switzerland's worst train accident in terms of casualties (73 dead and 171 injured) occurred. A bridge designed in 1875 by the...

11.06.2021

Azerbaijan carrier running regularly to Georgia

Ady Express has started transporting another cargo category along international transport corridors that pass through Azerbaijan. Thanks to a cooperation with the Russia-based Mechel Group, which produced 3.7 million t of steel...

11.06.2021

Havi shouldering transport for Gorillas

Duisburg-based Havi Logistics is taking over logistics services in Germany for the start-up Gorillas. The service provider has initially taken over the logistics services for Gorillas' dry and frozen assortment. In addition, the...

11.06.2021

Hill Dickinson boosts Singapore commodities expertise

Hill Dickinson has appointed Iain Sharp, a commodities disputes specialist, as partner in the Singapore office. The aim is to enhance the firm’s commodities practice in Singapore, as well as to work with Hill Dickinson’s...

11.06.2021

Teleport injects cargo capacity to Southeast Asia

With the operation of its very first freighter, a dedicated B737-800F, and the use of two Air Asia A320 "preighters", Teleport, the logistics venture of Air Asia Digital, is further reinforcing its position as a...

11.06.2021

New access for digital applications ‎

The Swiss freight railway SBB Cargo is currently working on a new digital platform that will give access to all digital applications. They include ordering, booking, transport and billing. Capacity checks and feedback to...

11.06.2021

Yantian's backlog spreads epidemically

After a detected Covid-19 outbreak amongst port workers on 25 May, the median dwell time at Yantian Port (China) has risen to 18 days since the first week in June, according to the Chicago IL (USA)-based maritime analyst Project...

11.06.2021

US logistics for European tournament

UEFA, organizer of the Euro 2020, from kick-off at Stadio Olimpico in Rome (Italy) on 11 , until the final whistle at Wembley Stadium in London (UK), on 11 July 2021, is banking on the US-based integrator, Fedex Express, for...

11.06.2021

From Miami and New York to Israel

American Airlines Cargo is launching transatlantic services from New York JFK (daily) and Miami (thrice-weekly) to Tel Aviv (Israel). Both are operated with B77-200 equipment and will initially carry around 15 t of freight per...

11.06.2021

Improving cargo flow and transloading capacity

In the USA, the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) and the Port of Long Beach (POBL) have signed an agreement to improve the flow of cargo to and from the major California gateway and the Utah logistics system. The agreement...

11.06.2021

Group7 awards power of attorney to Spielmann

Klaus Spielmann, head of legal at Group7, has been granted power of attorney by the logistics service provider. He has worked for Group7, an international logistics company headquartered in Munich (Germany), since its founding in...

11.06.2021

Big plans in Flanders

P&O Ferrymasters has just contracted Genk Green Logistics to build a 10,000 sqm warehouse near the Port of Genk. The new facility – strategically located near the Belgian port in the heart of Flanders’ industrial belt - is...

11.06.2021

Milestone set by Port of Rijeka

The Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian-based subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), recently set a new mark. The terminal handled a cumulative throughput of 2 million teu on the...

11.06.2021

Securing transatlantic capacity

The GSSA Aviacargo, headquartered in New York and founded in 2001, has performed a series of record-breaking flights between Bournemouth (BOH) in the UK and New York JFK. Operating the bellies of European Cargo’s A340-600...