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14.10.2020

Munich airport extends footprint in Central America

Munich Airport International (MAI), a German airport management and consulting firm, and Emco, a Honduran construction company, have been awarded a concession to develop and operate the El Salvador airport cargo terminal for 40...

14.10.2020

Boeing awarded governmental contract

Boeing has received a performance-based logistics contract valued at USD 477 million from the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for supplies, full supply chain management and logistics services, to ensure sustainment of multiple...

14.10.2020

Inland navigation protests in Rotterdam

The company Dubbelman Container Transporten organised a peaceful protest under the motto ‘proud of inland navigation’ in the Dutch Maasvlakte terminal in Rotterdam last week. The main subject was the ongoing congestion problem in...

14.10.2020

New managing director for Interroll Automation

On 12 October Steffen Flender took the role of Interroll Automation GmbH's new managing director. He will now lead the company's site in Sinsheim and its centre of excellence sorters. Flender was promoted from business unit...

14.10.2020

2,600 wagons to be connected with Nexeed soon

Lineas is digitalising its wagon fleet with Nexeed tracking and tracing capabilities from Bosch Connected Industry. 1,500 wagons are currently being equipped with gateways; they will be connected to the Nexeed tracking and...

14.10.2020

Ceva deals in Poland

Ceva Logistics, an affiliate of CMA CGM, was able to close two long-term contract extensions with key customers in Poland recently. One partner, a lighting manufacturer, has been working with the company for more than ten years....

14.10.2020

Glencar appoints three operations directors

Glencar Construction has strengthened its operations team by appointing three new operations directors. Chris Looney, Darren Turner and Nick Lakin, who formerly worked for other industrial and logistics-focused contractors, have...

14.10.2020

12th Latam Cargo route between Brazil and Miami

Bringer Air Cargo’s first cargo charter operated by Latam Cargo Brazil on the Miami–Belo Horizonte/Confins route landed on 7 October. Two months after launching the new Miami–Florianopolis route, the airline's 12th cargo route...

14.10.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

A pizza with a slice missing inspired the computer game icon Pac-Man.

14.10.2020

APM Barcelona introduces new technology

APM Terminals Barcelona has installed a new fleet management and automatic weighing system in the 29 straddle carrier cranes it acquired recently. Thus the system is now installed in all straddle carriers in the terminal....

14.10.2020

DSV introduces fast China–Europe road freight

There’s no business as usual with Covid-19 around. Passenger flight cancellations are putting pressure on airfreight, causing capacity constraints. DSV’s new intercontinental road bridge between China and Europe offers a reliable...

14.10.2020

High-cube container facility saves space

The SME Harder Logistics is investing in a new fully-automated container warehouse on the edge of the German city of am Neu-Ulm. The facility, due to be completed by mid-2021, has the capacity to store 250 containers.The...

Die Chemie stimmt

Der Betrieb eines intermodalen Full-Service-Terminals innerhalb des weltweit grössten integrierten Chemiekomplexes ist eine grosse Herausforderung. Um über die geplanten Kapazitätsgrenzen hinaus zu operieren, setzt man in...

13.10.2020

Train carrying wood fibre from Linz to China

The logistics service provider Cargo-Partner was asked by the international fibre manufacturer Lenzing to organise a blocktrain from Linz (Austria) to Qingdao (China). The transport carrying sustainably-produced wood fibre on the...

13.10.2020

Five new locomotives for UK rail operator

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has agreed to bring an additional five class 66 locomotives from Germany to the UK, in cooperation with Beacon Rail Leasing. The first two, classified as 29004/29005, have already been delivered to EMD...

13.10.2020

Recovering from Covid-19

Brussels airport is welcoming back All Nippon Airways today, 13 October 2020, as ANA has resumed flights between Tokyo NRT and BRU. The route will be operated three times a week with Boeing B787 passenger aircraft that will be...

13.10.2020

Samskip links Scotland to Amsterdam

Short-sea operator Samskip has made some changes to its Amsterdam–Hull service. The line currently offers three sailing a week on this route; in future it will introduce a second vessel and offer two Amsterdam–Hull and one...

13.10.2020

Four challenges and three trends, says Kaizen

In Madrid, the Kaizen Institute recently published its analysis of the situation in the logistics sector. The consultancy has identified four main challenges that logistics faces.The increasing cost of labour, more than 5% in...

13.10.2020

China–Georgia blocktrain launched

Maersk’s intercontinental rail product portfolio is further expanding, thanks the recent introduction of a blocktrain connecting China and Georgia – the first such product developed specifically for the needs of imports into...

13.10.2020

Korea founder Park handing over Jumbo management to Hwang

On 1 November, Ki Jun Park (left), managing director of Jumbo Korea, is handing over management to Jason Hwang, who joined Jumbo in 2017. Park will continue as an advisor to the board, so that Jumbo can continue to draw on his...