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18.05.2021

Agility's GIL on a good footing

Global forwarder Agility has released its results for Q1/2021. A net profit of KWD 12.6 million (USD 42 million) represents an increase of 28.7% over the same period in 2020. Ebit surged by 31% to KWD 26.9 million (USD 89.4...

18.05.2021

Wan Hai sets new sails

Shipping company Wan Hai Lines recently reported its results for Q1/2021. Wan Hai's revenue was up a significant 114% from Q1/2020, to TWD 38.62 billion (USD 1.37 billion), while net profit took a great leap of 157% to TWD 14.78...

18.05.2021

Rasquinha: back to the roots

Aditi Rasquinha will join DB Schenker on 1 July as new head of ocean freight for the APAC Region, based in Singapore. She is currently working for Kuehne + Nagel, where she has held several senior management positions since 2014,...

18.05.2021

Sputnik V to India, Mexico and Moldova

144 thermo-containers with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines were recently delivered onboard charter flights of Volga-Dnepr Group's carriers – Air Bridge Cargo Airlines and Atran Airlines - to Hyderabad, Kishinev and Mexico City....

18.05.2021

Simon Demmer joins cargo.one

Cargo.one, a Berlin-based real-time booking engine for air cargo, has hired Simson Demmer as senior director, airline products. Currently head of analytics & business development - network management at Lufthansa Group,...

18.05.2021

Memphis blockage of Mississippi over

The Mississippi River, which was blocked near the International Port of Memphis till Friday, has been reopened for barge traffic. The US Coast Guard emphasised that the shutdown of the waterways, which caused a backlog of more...

18.05.2021

Iata CEIV Pharma for Atlas and Polar Air

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced that its companies Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide have each achieved Iata's centre of excellence for independent validators (CEIV) corporate pharma credential, confirming their...

18.05.2021

Emission-free deliveries in more cities

Dachser has already implemented its "emission-free delivery" project in Stuttgart and Freiburg in Germany and in Oslo in Norway. The project will now be rolled out in another eight European cities - Berlin and Munich...

18.05.2021

Kloosterboer strikes in Bremerhaven

Rotterdam-based cool chain logistics provider Kloosterboer has acquired Columbus Spedition, a forwarder that specialises in temperature-controlled food logistics, effective May 2021. Kloosterboer recently sold parts of its...

18.05.2021

Combinex takeover rounds off portfolio

C.H. Robinson's European arm is taking over Combinex Holding in the Benelux region. Combinex was founded by Arie Troost in 2006 and specialises in the transport of dry, fresh and frozen goods for the pan-European market. The...

18.05.2021

Less emissions in ro-ro classes

An in-depth study, validated by Rina (Registro Italiano Navale), has been published on the energy efficiency index of ro-ro ships belonging to different classes. An assessment which evaluated CO2 emissions in terms of km per...

18.05.2021

Amazon Air now in Kansas City and Pittsburgh

An Amazon Air B737-800F touched down at Pittsburgh airport (PIT) for the first time last week, adding the Western Pennsylvanian airport to its expanding US cargo network. The airport describes the daily service as its...

18.05.2021

US class I railway adds chemical business

CSX has signed an agreement to acquire Quality Carriers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The US bulk chemicals transport specialist operates the most extensive bulk tank trucking fleet in North America, with around...

18.05.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Wild boars can jump up to 1.20 m high.

18.05.2021

Pall-Ex Group appoints marketing manager

Sian Morley joined the Pall-Ex Group marketing team in April, bringing with her 18 years of experience in the marketing industry. She has worked for digital marketing agencies and supported blue-chip clients such as Amex and...

Toronto mit Gepäck

Es ist die kanadische Fluggesellschaft Air Canada Cargo, die am Euro-airport die erste reguläre Transatlantik-Frachtverbindung eröffnet. Der nationalen Luftfracht-Carrier Kanadas bindet mit Toronto zunächst den grössten Flughafen...

17.05.2021

1,000 hopper cars from Mexico

Canadian National Railways (CN) has placed an order for 1,000 new generation, high-capacity grain hopper cars. They will be produced in a Trinity Rail manufacturing plant in Mexico and will help move more grain across the rail...

17.05.2021

Carriers sponsor climate change campaign

The skipper Boris Herrmann, whose Team Malizia gained notoriety in 2020 when he competed in the Vendee Globe 2020 ocean race while carrying the message “A Race We Must Win” on the sails of his yacht, signed an official...

17.05.2021

Logjob finds senior partner

Michel Colombo was appointed as Logjob’s new senior partner and head of its Neuchâtel office in Switzerland on 1 May. Colombo, who joined Logjob as managing director from Sonae Arauco Suisse, also served as managing director at...

17.05.2021

Proponent partners with Sine Draco

Proponent, a Californian aerospace parts distribution business, has been selected by Sine Draco Aviation Technology to serve as a Tier 1 supplier of machined parts and other conversion hardware for Sine Draco's A321 freighter...