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03.12.2020

To the women at Geodis

Currently, women make up 40% of the workforce of the logistics company Geodis. The group just held its annual “Geodis Women’s Network” (GWN) summit. “Our goal is to increase the number of women in managerial positions,” said...

02.12.2020

CSX to acquire New England’s regional railway

The Florida-based US class I railway has signed a definitive agreement to acquire New England’s Pan Am Railways, whose rail carrier subsidiaries comprise North America’s largest regional railroad. Headquartered in...

02.12.2020

Drewry sees global recovery

The container port throughput index of the London-based maritime consultancy Drewry has seen positive year-on-year growth for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. "Global recovery has finally...

02.12.2020

Government awards more cargo flights to NZ

New Zealand has launched its Phase Two of the International Air Freight Capacity (IAFC) Scheme. Running through to 31 March 2021, Air New Zealand (NZ), which has operated over 1,100 return flights, carrying over 39,000 t of...

02.12.2020

Kombiverkehr selects Hanover as mega hub

Intermodal operator Kombiverkehr is planning to integrate the new MegaHub Terminal in Hanover Lehrte (Germany) into its network. The first trains are scheduled to use the MegaHub from April 2021. The connection of the...

02.12.2020

Magellan and Circle join forces

Magellan, a Portuguese consultancy that provides advocacy services towards the European Institutions and runs offices in Porto and Brussels, and Circle, an Italian company specialising in automation and digitalisation solutions...

02.12.2020

Tiaca starts digital ACF with people-focused session

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Cargo Association is organising a wholly digital version of its Air Cargo Forum (ACF) this year and inviting interested persons to register for six sessions scheduled until...

02.12.2020

Swedish-Finnish action to cut carbon footprint

The Swedish-Finnish Bothnia Bulk project, which combines the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel for two bulk carriers together with other technologies on board and on land, has achieved a significant 50% reduction in CO2...

02.12.2020

Air cargo data managers cooperate

Bangalore (India)-based IBS Software is offering its "iCargo" customers the opportunity to increase their reach to the market and thereby scale their cargo revenues through a new cooperation with CargoAi. By...

02.12.2020

More transparency in gas transports with Swiss IT

As part of a modernisation programme, Tyczka Gase is equipping its entire fleet with IoT technology from Nexxiot. By the end of 2021, all compressed gas tank cars will be upgraded with a Globehopper module from the Swiss...

02.12.2020

Mondadori Group chooses logistics partner

The Milan-(Italy) headquartered Mondadori Group has contracted Ceva Logistics, an affiliate of CMA CGM, for another five years. The new contract of Italy's leading book and magazine publisher includes the transfer of the...

02.12.2020

Changes at Renault Trucks (Switzerland)

Daniela Schifferle (left), the head of the department marketing and communication of Renault Trucks (Switzerland) SA, has retired. She has been succeeded by French national Léa Orenga. Schifferle worked for 35 years in the...

02.12.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

Even dinosaurs suffered from cancer.

02.12.2020

Swiss back in Santiago picking cherries from Chile

On 20 November 2020, a Swiss B777-300ER flight took off from Santiago de Chile. The last time Swiss flew to the Chilean capital was in 2008. In addition, the new flight was also special because of the cargo onboard: cherries. The...

02.12.2020

Garden City Terminal on the rise

The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal has marked year-over-year increases for five consecutive months, and 34 out of the past 36 months. Recently, the port moved 363,000 teu in November, a 5.4% increase over the same...

02.12.2020

Siberian pellets now to be carried by rail

Russian intermodal operator Trans Container and Global Ports Group have launched a joint project to expedite the delivery of fuel pellets regularly every two weeks from Siberia to Europe via St Petersburg, Russia. The combination...

02.12.2020

Rolls-Royce moves in

In UK, the GMI Construction Group has completed its new national headquarters for RM Resources at Harrier Park in Hucknall, Nottingham. The contract to build the new 60,000 sqm building was awarded to GMI by urban...

02.12.2020

Delta reshuffles sales and cargo leadership

Rob Walpole has been appointed new vice president of Delta Cargo and Shawn Cole joins the global sales team as vice president global sales, a newly created position. Effective 1 December 2020, Cole succeeds Bob Somers, senior...

Guter Anschluss

MVG Dinh Vu, ein Joint Venture von MOL (67,5%) mit vietnamesischen Partnern, hat bei Haiphong ein neues Lager für Chemikalien und andere Gefahrgüter gebaut und in Betrieb genommen. Die Japaner setzen auf die Nähe des Standortes...

01.12.2020

Asia-Pacific regional manager for Geodis

Eric Herman has joined supply chain operator Geodis, to strengthen its contract logistics activities in the Asia-Pacific region. He has 25 years of logistics experience in network and facility design, strategy and...