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25.01.2021

Students optimising tracking and tracing

Cargo Network is continuing its cooperation with the University of Darmstadt in Germany. Previous student projects on the digital monitoring of swapbodies are now being followed up by a bachelor thesis, which shall examine the...

25.01.2021

13% more cargo at Germany's airports

The German federal airport association ADV (working group of German airports) hopes that current developments in the air cargo industry may be seen as an early indicator of economic recovery. In December, cargo volumes at...

25.01.2021

Camaro VII arrives at Birsfelden

Swiss terminal operator Birsterminal and its partner, the Dutch carrier Dubbelman Container Transporten, recently celebrated the first visit of the inland barge "Camaro VII" to the port at the end of the navigable...

25.01.2021

A new player in Portugal

Munich (Germany)-based forwarder Spedition Robert Kukla has just opened an office in Portugal. Robert Kukla Portugal is headquartered in Lisbon and headed by Paula Dias. The managing director’s main task will be to expand the...

25.01.2021

Loop Energy picks CCO

Loop Energy, a mobile-power company from Vancouver (Canada) that provides zero-emission power systems for medium to heavy-duty transportation applications, has appointed George Rubin as new chief commercial officer. Effective 1...

25.01.2021

MOL fund for future investments

The Japanese shipping line MOL is establishing a wholly-owned corporate venture capital fund, called MOL Plus. It will make a broad range of investments, mainly in start-ups that can reform ocean shipping business models and...

25.01.2021

Eco-friendly air cargo

Bolloré Logistics has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme of Air France KLM Martinair Cargo for its 2021 shipments between Paris CDG and New York JFK. This first of its kind collaboration illustrates the ambition...

25.01.2021

Over 500,000 t of Pacific seafood

Russian Railways (RZD) transported 507,500 t of fish products in 2020, 0.2% more than in 2019. The Pacific seafood was dispatched from the stations of Far Eastern Railways. For the shipment of seafood, RZD has introduced a...

25.01.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Elks can dive to a depth of 6 m.

25.01.2021

Polish distribution on new grounds

Clothing manufacturer LPP is building a new warehouse in Brześć Kujawski (Poland). The new distribution hub’s logistics processes will be coordinated by the warehouse management system PSI wms provided by PSI Polska Sp. z o.o....

Investoren retour

Big money counts. An Investitionsmöglichkeiten fehlt es den Beteiligungsgesellschaften im derzeitigen weltweiten Geschäftsklima nicht. Etablierte wie neu gegründete Logistikunternehmen sind Teil dieses Trends, wie zwei Beispiele...

22.01.2021

United African Feeder Line for sale

Investors have taken another interesting step in the shipping business: a Luxembourg investment fund is about to acquire the carrier United Africa Feeder Line (UAFL), according to news from Alphaliner. The owners, Deutsche...

22.01.2021

Bridge closure: ferries ship intermodal trains

Denmark's government has closed the Great Belt bridge to pocketwagons with semi-trailers until at least 27 January 2021, after a semi-trailer from the Carlsberg-Brauerei threatened to fall off a moving DB Cargo Scandinavia train...

22.01.2021

Second attempt to increase maindeck capacity

In order to successfully implement the tasks stipulated in the "national programme for the development of civil aviation of Turkmenistan" for 2012-2030, president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow signed the purchase of...

22.01.2021

TT Club gains additional underwriting resource

International freight and logistics insurer TT Club has appointed Marcus Kuling as a specialist underwriter in the Benelux region. Bringing 30 years of experience in the marine and transport insurance business to his new role,...

22.01.2021

EU-UK overland transport resumed

DB Schenker, an affiliate of Deutsche Bahn, has resumed deliveries to and from the UK. The company halted the processes on 13 January due to “significant” problems caused by post-Brexit red tape, as was said in a press release....

22.01.2021

Braskem moves to the coast

Braskem, a Brazilian producer of biopolymers, has transferred its storage facility for this type of bioplastics from Antwerp to Rotterdam, strengthening this location's central logistical role in the storage and transit of...

22.01.2021

The Alliance reshapes transatlantic services

From Q2/2021 on, the members of THE Alliance will revise their current transatlantic network, suspending one service. The rotations of the respective services will be the following: While the AL1 Service will be suspended,...

22.01.2021

Hüwel to lead Hellmann in North America

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has hired Peter Hüwel as its new regional CEO North America, effective 1 January 2021. He succeeds Steen Christensen, who leaves the company in agreement with the management board to take on new...

22.01.2021

Pharma.Aero welcomes logistics partner

The association Pharma.Aero's vision is to ensure a reliable end-to-end air transportation of pharmaceutical cargo by involving all industry stakeholders across the pharma air supply chain. The non-profit organisation with...