08.01.2021

Amazon buys aircraft

Continuing its fleet expansion, the US e-commerce giant Amazon completed its first-ever purchase of eleven B767-300. The four aircraft purchased from WestJet in March are currently undergoing passenger to cargo conversion and...
08.01.2021

Takeover in Morocco completed

Ceva Logistics, an affiliate of CMA CGM, has acquired the Asti Group in Morocco as part of its ongoing strategy to expand its portfolio in Northern Africa. The companies have been long-standing partners for more than two decades...
08.01.2021

Switzerland to adopt eTIR

The Swiss federal council has given the green light for the inclusion of the electronic TIR procedure (eTIR) in the customs convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets. Subject to approval by...
08.01.2021

Broekman enlarges Benelux footprint

Rotterdam-headquartered Broekman Logistics, with branches in South Asia and Europe, has taken over the Belgian activities of Freight Forwarder Ipsen Logistics, further strengthening its position in the Benelux region....
08.01.2021

Yang Ming banks on France

In a joint operation, Yang Ming has set up a new subsidiary with the Naxco Group in France. Yang Ming (France) officially became operative on 1 January 2021. The subsidiary aims at assisting Yang Ming to develop local market and...
08.01.2021

Aersale begins first of 24 P2F conversions

Aersale, a major US provider of aviation products and services, has inducted the first of its 24-owned B757-200 for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion at its heavy-MRO centre in Goodyear, AZ, which has been performing such...
08.01.2021

Transitions and performance at Daseke

At the end of last year Christopher Easter, the CEO of Daseke, a transport and logistics company based in Addison TX (USA), retired as CEO and as a board member, on account of family-related obligations. Jonathan Shepko, one...
08.01.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

In his youth, 16th US president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was a prize-winning wrestler, suffering only one defeat, and has a place of honour in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

08.01.2021

Pan-European guidelines established

As from the turn of the year 2021, maintenance and repairs of the 42,000 Ermewa freight wagons must be carried out in accordance with the new Ermewa maintenance manual (EMM). The France-based company is the first wagon holder...
07.01.2021

ITJ Video News – 7 January 2021

In the ITJ Video News of the 7th of January 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen shines the spotlight on Olfa Hamdi, the 36-year-old new president and chairwoman of state-owned Tunisair; the shipping line ZIM’s plans to go public;...
07.01.2021

Battery-electric loco tests in California

The BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) and the Wabtec Corporation’s exploration of the potential of battery-electric locomotives crosses another milestone this week as the partners begin testing the technology in revenue services...
07.01.2021

Schniederkötter appointed Hoyer CEO

Björn Schniederkötter will take over the position of CEO of the Hoyer Group, a logistics company headquartered in Hamburg, with effect from 1 February 2021. He replaces Ortwin Nast, who has decided to step down as CEO and retire...
07.01.2021

Penske rides the Black Horse

US-headquartered Penske Logistics started the new year with the acquisition of the logistics company Black Horse Carriers. The agreement with the Chicago-based trucking company was inked in November 2020. The transaction has now...
07.01.2021

Funds to extend Liège port

The government of the Belgian region of Wallonia has granted the autonomous inland port of Liège subsidies of almost EUR 4 million. The funds have been earmarked to extend the port area along the river Meuse towards...
07.01.2021

Tunisair: engineer comes to the rescue

Olfa Hamdi is the new president and chair of the board at Tunisair. This was announced by Tunisia’s ministry for transport and logistics on 4 January 2021, after the previous candidate to lead the North African country’s national...
07.01.2021

Two Japanese partners for "Pupa"

Japan Aerospace Exploratory Agency (Jaxa) and Yamato Holdings are to collaborate on a cargo pod for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aerial systems. The two organisations have worked together in designing and...
07.01.2021

New train with direct link to Scandinavia

Kombiverkehr has added another block train option to its range of intermodal services on the north south corridor between Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic and Italy. Starting on 1 February 2021, a new direct rain will offer three...
07.01.2021

Emirates Skycargo uplifts Brazilian satellite

Emirates SkyCargo has executed a cargo charter to transport Amazonia-1, the first satellite to have been developed completely in Brazil by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), from São José dos Campos (SJK) to...
07.01.2021

MHP Solution Group fills new position

MHP Solution Group, a German provider of end-to-end logistics software and hardware solutions in the DACH region, has appointed Michael Zitzmann to the newly created position of SVP sales. Effective 1 January 2021, Zitzmann, who...
07.01.2021

20 year-concession for terminal

The supervisory board of the Port of Le Havre, a part of Haropa, has granted a 20 year-concession for the construction and operation of a dry bulk terminal to the company Lorany Conseils. This project reflects the ambitions...
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