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20.10.2020

MSC bridged the gap first

The Swiss MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has discharged cargo originating in the United Arab Emirates in Israel for the first time since the mid-September agreement to normalise relations between the two countries. The...

20.10.2020

UECC decarbonising

Ro-ro transportation provider UECC has committed investments and resources to the United Nations Global Compact Initiative, a platform where close to ten thousand corporations share best practises in sustainable and responsible...

20.10.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The crunching sound we hear when walking on snow is caused by the breaking of the ice crystals.

20.10.2020

Brussels cargo business happy without bellies

In September, for the fourth consecutive month, air freight at Brussels airport has seen an increase in volumes transported, 46,832 t, up 18.9% compared with the same month in 2019. Express services (23,028 t) are maintaining...

20.10.2020

Railway purchases Detroit River Rail Tunnel

Canadian Pacific (CP) is acquiring the full ownership of the Detroit River Rail Tunnel from OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Canadian province of Ontario for CAD 312 million (EUR 202...

20.10.2020

Investment in e-commerce logistics

Poland’s largest e-commerce delivery solutions provider, R2G Polska, which operates under the Apaczka brand, is the target of investment plans of Mavason, a subsidiary of the Abris CEE Mid-Market III LP fund. The fund 21...

20.10.2020

Nomination of Anne Reinke ends interregnum

Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), which represents companies from the third-party logistics (3PL) industry in the USA, has named Anne Reinke as its new president & CEO, effective 26 October 2020. She succeeds...

19.10.2020

Wilhelmshaven: New tracks for port railway

Around 15 freight trains with up to 52 wagons and a total load of more than 2,000 t use the NPorts railway tracks in Rüstersieler Groden (Lower Saxony, Germany) every week. From April to the end of July this year, the port...

19.10.2020

Good figures in Croatia

In Croatia, Gebrüder Weiss (GW) has crowned a so far strong business year with the opening of a new logistics terminal. The company was able to increase its shipment volumes in land-based traffic in the first half of 2020 by an...

19.10.2020

ONE widens Latin American network

The Japanese alliance of container shipping companies, Ocean Network Express (ONE), has enhanced its new service to the West Coast of Latin America. The rotation now also includes Rodman, Panama, as a port of call on its EC1 US...

19.10.2020

New Boeing, damaged Antonov

The South American airline Aer Caribe, which operates a total of ten freighters from two bases in Columbia and one in Peru, took over its fourth B737-400F at the beginning of this month. With the new aircraft, the company intends...

19.10.2020

IRU urges to lower drivers’ minimum age

The International Road Union (IRU) is calling on governments to lower the minimum age for professional drivers to 18 in all sectors. This simple measure will ease long-term driver shortages by guiding school leavers directly into...

19.10.2020

ZIM replaces chairman of the board of directors

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has appointed Yair Seroussi as chairman of the board of directors. His nomination was approved in a shareholders meeting. He succeeds Aharon Fogel, who is stepping down from his role, after more...

19.10.2020

Allied Air receives its first B737-800SF

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has redelivered the first B737-800SF freighter conversion to Allied Air. In March of this year, the Nigeria-based airline entered into an agreement with the p2f conversion company from Florida for two...

19.10.2020

Boluda Lines launches Canary service

Boluda Lines, the maritime transport division of the Valencian shipping company Boluda Corporación Marítima, will start a daily service from the port of Cádiz to the Canary Islands in December. Six container ships will operate...

19.10.2020

Innova Capital sells Pekaes

It is one of the players whose trucks you often see on European roads - and certainly a key player for transport in and around Poland. Now, Pekaes, an LTL and FTL network, has been acquired by the French group Geodis in an...

19.10.2020

DP World Inland restructures

DP World Inland has named Jens Langer (right) as new CEO for DP Germany and Toon Pauwels (left) as COO inland & intermodal. Instead of having only one successor to Dr. Martin Neese, the former DP World Inland CEO, the company...

19.10.2020

Gregory Distribution going gas powered

Volvo Trucks has delivered the first FH Globetrotter LNG (liquified natural gas) tractor units into operation with Gregory Distribution, as part of a trial to test the suitability of LNG to replace diesel in its fleet of more...

19.10.2020

Fedex: ambitious plans in the Philippines

The US-American company Fedex is investing around USD 30 million into its new main facility in the Philippines in Clark. Clark is a redevelopment of a former US airbase located in the Pampanga province, in the Central Luzon...

19.10.2020

Another charter service from China to Frankfurt

Amidst gradual recovery of production and still limited cargo space owing to the reduced number of passenger flights, Dachser Air & Sea Logistics is operating charters to cope with the expected high demand in Q4. From...