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01.03.2021

A double dose to Mexico

Geodis expanded its end-to-end air cargo solutions across the entire globe once the outbreak of Covid-19 reached pandemic proportions. In March its ‘air direct Mexico’ service, operational since November 2019, saw another Chinese...

01.03.2021

Ready as a RACSF

In Hong Kong, Icao began its enhancement of international standards on air cargo security on 1 January 2020, and the fourth and final stage starts today, 1 March 2021. The Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group says that it is well...

01.03.2021

Fully electric trucks arrive in Switzerland

With the delivery of three Fuso eCanter trucks to Camion Transport, Switzerland opens a new chapter in eco-friendly logistics. The brand is the world’s first fully electric truck to be developed for serial production. More than...

01.03.2021

UK railways: big rise in container capacity

UK’s infrastructure manager Network Rail finished the GBP 17 million Southampton freight train lengthening project with a series of improvements on the freight lines between Southampton Central and Redbridge. The improvements...

01.03.2021

Çelebi's Korkmazoğlu to chair ASA

Airport Services Association (ASA), an international trade association of independent ground and cargo handling companies, has elected Atilla Korkmazoğlu, president ground handling & cargo (EMEA) of Çelebi Aviation Holding,...

01.03.2021

World trade growing again

In January 2020, the container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL)...

01.03.2021

Second of three new routes takes off today

DSV is introducing three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents. After a weekly direct route from Luxembourg to São Paulo GRU adding 100 t of capacity between Europe and Brazil since 21 February 2021, the global...

01.03.2021

Monitoring weather to prevent costly flight disruption

"eWAS Pilot", which was developed by Sita, a global specialist in air transport communications and information technology, monitors weather conditions to help reduce costs due to weather-related flight disruption....

01.03.2021

Pilferers report for 2020

The annual cargo theft report 2020, compiled by TT Club and BSI, shows that theft of cargo in transit is still the most frequent crime, although uts 71% share of the total is below the 2019 level (87%). Losses from warehouses and...

01.03.2021

Leadership changes at Broekman Logistics

Rotterdam-based supply chain solutions specialist Broekman Logistics has appointed Rik Pek (photo) as CEO, replacing Raymond Riemen, who had been at the helm since 1999. Pek joined Broekman Logistics in 2005, where his most...

01.03.2021

Bremen's ports under pressure

Bremen and Bremerhaven handled 66.5 million t of goods on the seaward side in 2020, 4.2% down from 2019. With 10.4 million t (-14.3%), Bremen-Stadt lost significantly more than Bremerhaven with 56.1 million t (-2.1%). With a...

01.03.2021

More P400 routes via Gotthard

Kombiverkehr has added three new connections to its network. Effective immediately, the direct train links Krefeld – Mortara v.v., Ghent – Mortara v.v. and Rotterdam RSC – Mortara v.v. is epxanding the company’s portfolio of...

01.03.2021

Gruber Logistics invests in LNG

Vehicle manufacturer Iveco and Gruber Logistics from South Tyrol have signed an agreement for the delivery of 100 trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). With the Iveco S-Way LNG trucks, which will be supplied by Gasser in...

01.03.2021

Kale counters congestion

Truck congestion is a big problem behind the scenes at some major US airports. The coronavirus forced big industry changes that have exacerbated existing inefficiencies due to poor coordination and infrastructure. In order to...

01.03.2021

Logistikcluster Basel's new strategy

The Logistikcluster Region Basel – an initiative of the Basel chamber of commerce – has secured funding for the next three years. With a new strategy until 2023 and a new sponsor on board, the cluster aims to further...

01.03.2021

Imperial turns the page

Imperial has published its results for the half-year ending 31 December 2020. While revenues increased by 15% to ZAR 26.4 billion (USD 1.76 billion) compared to same period a year before, ebitda went down by 2% to ZAR 2.5 billion...

01.03.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

On Mondays, e-mails have more mistakes than on any other weekday.

01.03.2021

Embleton leaves cargo business - who's next?

Lynne Embleton has been appointed chief executive of Aer Lingus, effective 6 April 2021. She replaces Donal Moriarty, who has been interim chief executive since October 2020 and who will return to his role as the airline’s chief...

01.03.2021

First LNG stations in Germany

Rolande is expanding its LNG network in Lübeck. The 24/7 self-service fuelling facility is situated at the IDS-Q8 station on the A1 motorway and is the first LNG station in Germany to be opened in cooperation with the European...

Kehrtwende in Sicht?

Neben den Zahlen u.a. des Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) hat sich seit 2018 auch der Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) etabliert. Der Hafen Valencia selbst punktete zuletzt im Exportverkehr in den Nahen...