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12.02.2021

Hapag Lloyd turns mega

It’s no mean feat: carrier Hapag-Lloyd is breaking new ground in financing by securing USD 889 million in loans for its next projects. The Hamburg-based shipping company was able to conclude two debut transactions according to...

12.02.2021

First office in Manchester

At the beginning of 2021, Austria-based cargo-partner expanded its global network into the UK by opening its first British office in Manchester. This follows an investment in the local partner company Aztek International, which...

12.02.2021

Handling 1 million teu

A new intermodal terminal in Fényeslitke, Hungary, is set to become one of the largest and most modern terminals in Europe. Its innovative crane technology comes from Kuenz, the specialist for intermodal container cranes....

12.02.2021

Bombshell: Liège fires Partoune

Liège airport in eastern Belgium, now one of Europe’s largest cargo hubs, dismissed its CEO Luc Partoune (left) with immediate effect on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. Partoune had been the airport’s chief executive since 1994. He...

12.02.2021

Vital ingredient from Argentina to Mexico

On 20 January 2021, Aeromexico performed its first transport of an active ingredient that will help produce vaccines against Covid-19. Aeromexico is now controlled by Apollo Global Management, which intends to downsize and...

12.02.2021

New service links Turkey with Spain

Ekol Logistics has introduced a new intermodal connection between Turkey and Spain. The Denmark-headquartered DFDS operates the ro-ro services that Ekol plans to use in this connection. The company will use Izmir’s Port of...

12.02.2021

Where UK traffic is growing

In January 2020, Munich-based logistics services provider Group 7 generated a significant 40% increase in turnover in its truck transports between Germany and UK compared to the previous year. Since its foundation in 2006, the...

12.02.2021

Coca Cola by rail

Beverage producer Coca-Cola is increasingly relying on rail services for long-distance deliveries between its production sites. Logistics services provider DB Cargo ensures that the products arrive on time. More routes are...

12.02.2021

Foundation board completed

The Grieshaber Group from Weingarten (Germany), a medium-sized logistics service provider specialising in on automotive, food, pharma, paper and small parts with a company-owned vehicle fleet and logistics centres, welcomes...

12.02.2021

Bonsais to Brooklyn

Only few days before the Chinese New Year, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati were inspecting incoming freight from Shenzhen when they found a shipment full of live plants. Agriculture specialists...

12.02.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

One million cards are sent for Valentine’s Day every year. It is the second-biggest card-exchanging holiday after Christmas.

12.02.2021

Woodland joins iPort

A new fulfilment and distribution facility has come on stream in Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK. Woodland Group, a British logistics company with offices across the USA, Ireland, Asia and Europe, has opened the warehouse due to new...

12.02.2021

Enhancements at Felixstowe

The British Port of Felixstowe has completed its upgrade in order to make Hutchison Ports fit to accommodate larger ro-ro vessels. The redesign of facilities at the port includes the lengthening of No.3 ro-ro berth and the...

12.02.2021

Crossbay chooses Ben Ryan

European urban logistics platform Crossbay has appointed Ben Ryan as its new head of asset management. Joining from Delin Property, where he was also head of asset management, and having held senior asset management roles at both...

12.02.2021

Train factory for Yorkshire

As part of its commitment to UK jobs and growth and supporting the government’s levelling up agenda, Siemens Mobility has awarded the GBP 40 million (EUR 46,000 million) contract to build its new rail manufacturing site at Goole...

11.02.2021

Project to turn Paris airports into a 'hydrogen hub'

A group of four major aviation industry players in the French capital are planning to transform Paris airports into a true ‘hydrogen hub’, by launching a call for ex-pressions of interest to explore the opportunities generated by...

Bargeldlose Autostrada

Auch über die Landesgrenzen hinaus verkehrende italienische Transporteure können nun ein DKV-Produkt testen, um ohne Bargeld ihre Maut auf gebührenpflichtigen Strassen zu entrichten. In Europa hat der Dienstleister 4,2 Mio....

11.02.2021

ITJ Video News – 11 February 2021

In the ITJ Video News of 11 February 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen looks at reports that professionals are sceptical about an early recovery in the industry; the repurposing of Kenya Airways’ Boeing B787 cabins for cargo...

11.02.2021

First direct cargo link between Baku and Tokyo

Two months after celebrating the third anniversary of its operations to Osaka, Silk Way West Airlines is starting another service to Japan, with twice-weekly flights between Baku and Tokyo NRT, taking off today, 11 February 2021....

11.02.2021

Regular car-trains from Chongqing to Moscow

Russian transport company Fesco has sent the first container loaded with cars from Chongqing (China) to the Bely Rast Terminal and Logistics Centre near Moscow (Russia) via Mongolia. The route goes through the...