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02.09.2020

Swiss Post takes over notime

Swiss Port has acquired all shares in Zurich-based notime, having been the company's majority shareholder since 15 March 2018. With this move, Swiss Post strengthens its position in the growing same-day delivery market....

02.09.2020

Digital access to rail system now online

The Austrian ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been working for some time on the digitisation of its services and end-to-end logistics processes. Effective 1 September 2020, customers can enter this digital world with the aid of...

02.09.2020

Diesel and propellers: technology for the future?

The Californian start-up Otto Aviation officially introduces the Celera 500L as "the most fuel-efficient commercially viable passenger aircraft in the world". The full-scale prototype has completed 31 test flights...

02.09.2020

Maersk reshuffles its brands

Having posted stronger-than-expected results for Q2/2020, tripling its net income to USD 443 million in comparison to USD 153 million in Q2/2019, Maersk is redesigning its portfolio. The Safmarine and Damco brands will be...

02.09.2020

Dachser Shenzhen relocates

Dachser Shenzhen moved to a new office in August. The new premises are located at the Qianhai special economic zone, which was set up by the central government of China in 2010. The aim of this area is to strengthen the...

02.09.2020

Pharma logistics providers praise cooperation

Skycell, a Swiss-based provider of temperature-controlled container solutions, has supported three vaccine shipments sent from a manufacturer in Italy to the Brazilian government amid the pandemic. The first charter, jointly...

02.09.2020

Harder logistics wins removal contract

Harder logistics from Neu-Ulm (Bavaria, Germany) has won the tender to organise and carry out a warehouse removal inclusive administration for automotive parts supplier Beon. Beon, which works for the French PSA Group in the...

02.09.2020

New coupling mechanism to strengthen railfreight

As part of a research project, the German railfreight company DB Cargo has successfully used a brand new coupling mechanism – digital automatic coupling (DAC) - to connect several freight wagons. This innovative system, tested...

02.09.2020

San Francisco today, Boston tomorrow

Only a few days after landing again in Buenos Aires (photo), Swiss Worldcargo is expanding in North America. Starting today, 2 September 2020, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines will operate...

02.09.2020

New Japanese tugs for Indian ports

The fourth in a series of 13 tugs, built by Kanagawa Dockyard in Kobe, Japan, has been delivered to the multinational Adani Group, headquartered in Ahmedabad in India. The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) praises the...

02.09.2020

Indian Railways seizes opportunity

Indian Railways (IR) has taken a series of initiatives in the tariff and non-tariff field to boost freight operations. Total freight loading in the month of August 2020 (till 27 August 2020) amounted to 81.33 million t, 4.3%...

02.09.2020

Kansas City Southern picks vice president

Kansas City Southern (KCS) has promoted Rodrigo Flores from vice president automotive to vice president automotive and intermodal sales. In this expanded role, he is responsible for the automotive and intermodal business units in...

02.09.2020

North Highland acquires Logistipoint Consulting

North Highland, a change and transformation consultancy, has taken over Logistipoint  Consulting, a retail supply chain and distribution consulting firm that helps clients achieve significant results in logistics and distribution...

02.09.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

Sound engineer Ben Burtt created the sound of the lightsabers in Star Wars by mixing the buzz of a faulty television signal with the hum of the motor of a movie projector.

01.09.2020

Two-year long trial for e-vans

In a two-year endurance test at its site in Hamm, Germany, the express delivery company trans-o-flex is now testing a Work L StreetScooter for its suitability for everyday use. To this end, the StreetScooter will initially be...

01.09.2020

Calling Cork

Containerships, an affiliate of CMA CGM, is adding a call to the Irish Port of Cork. This enhancement to the Beni service starts on 1 September. This direct short sea connection links Cork further to Rotterdam. The intermodal...

01.09.2020

Increasing capacity for grain transport

Canadian National Railways (CN) has awarded a contract to build 1,150 new generation, high-capacity grain hopper cars to National Steel Car of Hamilton, ON, bringing to USD 1 billion the amount CN plans to invest in Ontario by...

01.09.2020

Elite Partners Capital acquires warehouse in Poland

Elite Partners Capital has acquired a warehouse in Mszczonow, Poland for more than EUR 30 million from a subsidiary of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC. The transaction spearheads its build-up of a portfolio of...

01.09.2020

Spreading from and to Wuhan

On 28 August 2020, SF Airlines launched a twice weekly B757-200F service between Wuhan and Osaka (Japan). Its second international route opened in Wuhan since its inauguration in 2009 is part of the airline's contribution to...

01.09.2020

New appointments at Port of Corpus Christi

The Port of Corpus Christi has appointed Jeff Pollack as its first chief strategy officer. Pollack, who specialises in coastal community land use and resiliency, joined the port’s leadership team in 2018 as director of planning,...