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08.06.2021

Green Switch in Latvia

New service for transporting semitrailers by rail. Trucking companies transport almost 60 million t of freight per year on roads in Latvia. Over the last five years, this freight volume increased by over 25%. In order to...

08.06.2021

Rio de Janeiro: more intermodal services

ICTSI Rio has created a new company IRB Logística, to run logistics operations under the long-term lease of Floriano Intermodal Terminal in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro. IRB Logística will take over the terminal operations from...

08.06.2021

Fresh impetus for Propeller Club Port of Basel

ITJ editor-in-chief Christian Doepgen (second from the right) has been elected the seventh president of the Propeller Club Port of Basel (PCB), founded in 1978. With its series of lectures and excursions, the Propeller...

08.06.2021

Port of Brussels won in 2020

Despite the Covid-19 crisis, the Port of Brussels recorded a resilient performance with slightly higher volumes than in 2019. Nearly 5 million t of goods were imported into the Belgian capital, while transit traffic increased by...

08.06.2021

Frankfurt: another CEIV Pharma cargo handler

Frankfurt-based Celebi Cargo has been awarded Iata's CEIV Pharma certificate. Managing director Christopher Licht: "With the opening of three state-of-the art temperature-controlled rooms earlier this year, it was always our...

08.06.2021

Russian flat cars to operate in Europe

The Russia-based freight car manufacturer, UWC, has obtained the vehicle type approval for its Sggrs(s) 80ft six-axle and Sgmmns 40ft four-axle flat cars from the European Union Agency for Railways. This permit enables this...

08.06.2021

UK-Belgian partnership

The road division of British group Europa and Transuniverse Forwarding in Belgium are launching a new groupage partnership. Based in Wondelgem, Transuniverse, which has a turnover of GBP 72 million, Transuniverse provides road...

08.06.2021

More vessels between Thamesport and Moerdijk

The Netherlands-based transport company A2B-online Container has enhanced its service between Hutchison Ports London Thamesport and Dutch Moerdijk by adding a fourth weekly sailing. The new sailing was inaugurated by the “A2B...

08.06.2021

MAN Truck & Bus names CIO

André Wehner has been named chief information officer (CIO) at MAN Truck & Bus. He succeeds Stephan Fingerling, who is moving to Volkswagen group IT services as managing director. In his new role, Wehner will head the...

08.06.2021

Saudia Cargo pushes presence in Belgium

Liège airport and Saudia Cargo have signed a commercial partnership valid until 2023 under which the airline will increase cargo flights to and from the Belgian airport which will be connected to Saudia's network for regular...

08.06.2021

Truck2Train project launched

The non-profit association, Allianz pro Schiene, and Germany’s federal association for road freight transportation, logistics and waste management (BGL) recently launched a Truck2train project in Germany. It focuses on giving...

08.06.2021

Hellman builds warehouse at Auckland Airport

Down under, Hellmann has launched a EUR 28 million lease and development investment with Auckland Airport to build a 19,200 sqm warehouse for manufacturer Techtronic Industries (TTI). The complex is commissioned to be operative...

08.06.2021

First ATR 72-600 for Fedex feeder airline

Empire Airlines which is based in Coeur d'Alene, ID, has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600F which was delivered and ferried from Toulouse, France, to Spokane, WA at the end of last month. The airline which is performing...

08.06.2021

China delivers next GG5G newbuild

Another Grimaldi GG5G-class hybrid ro-ro vessel: The “Eco Catania”, the fifth of the twelve hybrid ro-ro ships belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class and ordered from the Jinling shipyard, has just been...

08.06.2021

New truck enhances vehicle fleet

The Swiss haulage provider, Beda Steiner, has added a Renault T380 P4x2 to its fleet. The vehicle is the fourth Renault truck in the family-owned company's fleet, which comprises a total of 55 vehicles. The firm’s 85 employees...

08.06.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

From the age of 20, humans lose about one gram of brain mass per year.

08.06.2021

Reinarz leads towing business in Caribbean

Effective 1 June 2021, Matthias Reinarz has been appointed new managing director for Svitzer in the Dominican Republic & Caribbean. He replaces Dickson Rivas, who is stepping down and retiring by the end of the year after a...

08.06.2021

For "green terminals" on three continents

Bolloré Ports, a major operator of port terminals in Africa, Asia and the Americas, has introduced the "green terminal" certification process in order to reduce the company's carbon footprint by using a methodology that...

Was macht den Unterschied?

Produkte sind ersetzbar, gute Lagerlogistik nicht, sagt Berater Dr. Peter Acél, der 2021 ein Vierteljahrhundert im Geschäft ist. Ein Kriterium, um sich einen Wettbewerbsvorteil zu verschaffen, liegt in der effizienten und...

07.06.2021

First Australian freighter operator in Singapore

Tasman Cargo Airlines, a new freighter operator at Singapore Changi Airport, has launched scheduled freighter services between Singapore and Australia. The first Australia-based carrier to operate from the southeast Asian...