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01.09.2020

Partnering with Qatar Airways Cargo at Heathrow

As part of a new long-term agreement to provide cargo handling, freighter aircraft handling and cargo transportation to/from aircraft at London Heathrow Airport, Qatar Airways Cargo is moving into the cargo facilities of Menzies...

01.09.2020

Swire's new vessel in the Pacific

Swire Shipping deploys the “Chefoo”, its new 2,400 teu vessel, on its South East Asia service. This service connects South East Asia to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Jeremy Sutton, general manager, Swire Shipping,...

01.09.2020

LNG fuelling station opened in Antwerp harbour

Rolande is opening its first LNG fuelling station in Belgium in cooperation with its partner G&V Energy. The companies have joined forces to build up a nationwide LNG network in the country. The combination of Rolande’s many...

01.09.2020

Segro expands

Segro has been granted the building permit to expand the storage and logistics area in the new Segro Logistics Park Oberhausen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) by a further 48,000 sqm. The company has been developing the...

01.09.2020

IELA elects new chairman and board members

In its efforts to be well equipped for the new now, the International Exhibition Logistics Association (IELA) welcomes new leaders joining top decision-making positions. IELA greets new members on its board of management (BOM)...

01.09.2020

Passenger airline becomes cargo-only carrier

When American Airlines relaunched cargo-only flights in March, its cargo team started with 20 strategic flights to two key destinations. This September, its cargo-only schedule will total more than 1,000 flights serving 32...

01.09.2020

Kerry Logistics: core net profit up 26% in H1

Kerry Logistics has announced the group’s interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. Revenue increased by 10% year-on-year to HKD 21.885 billion (EUR 2.372 billion). The core operating profit increased by 12% to...

01.09.2020

Port of Lübeck feels the impact

All in all, the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG) lost around 8% of its throughput in H1/2020 compared to the strong first half of 2019. However, the picture is more diverse. While trucks and trailers declined by 10%, the...

01.09.2020

Jentsch Logistik rebranded

Cologne (Germany)-based Jentsch Logistik, which has been part of the Gras Group since 2007, will be renamed Gras Logistik effective 1 September 2020. This rebranding follows the expansion of the warehouse area to 10,000 sqm and...

01.09.2020

New delivery contract enhances position in UK

UK forwarder Eddie Stobart has been appointed by Morrison Supermarkets to provide transportation services. This contract is in addition to the work Eddie Stobart currently carries out on behalf of the retail chain. The new...

01.09.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

An elephant can lift about 360 kg with its trunk.

31.08.2020

More wagons for semi-trailers

With the purchase of 50 new wagons CFL intermodal, Luxembourg, continues to enhance its intermodal network in Europe. The new T3000 double pocket wagons produced by Tatravagonka are suitable for the transport of semi-trailers and...

31.08.2020

Swiss drones back in the air

Swiss Post and drone systems developer Matternet are resuming their drone operations to serve the healthcare sector. In Lugano, where they have been back in the air since 27 August 2020, they will transport laboratory samples...

31.08.2020

Dutch Flower Group finds partner in Dubai

Q7 Air Cargo, a perishable logistics company based in Dubai, is to acquire an interest in Dutch Flower Group (DFG), holding company of Airflo, a specialised perishable logistics group of companies with operations in Kenya and the...

31.08.2020

Trucks ready to deliver milk across UK

The British third-party logistics firm Wincanton has taken delivery of two new Volvo FM 8x2 tankers to work within its milk delivery division, supplied on a five year operating lease through Volvo Financial Services. Both new...

31.08.2020

Supporting the Tour de France for 40 years

Last weekend, on 29 August 2020, XPO Logistics took to the roads of the Tour de France as official transport partner for the 40th consecutive year. A team of 68 XPO drivers will pilot 52 trucks for 3,479 km, moving over 420 t of...

31.08.2020

Cosco Ports out of the doldrums?

The terminal and port operator Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) reported its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020 on an ambiguous note. While revenues dropped to USD 452.7 million (-12.6%) in comparison with the...

31.08.2020

Panama Canal extends relief measures

The trend is pointing upwards: after weak months of May and June, transits at the Panama Canal climbed from 845 in June to 933 in July, and August is showing a similar curve. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the...

31.08.2020

Franco-Dutch airline group on stand-by for vaccines

In recent years, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has continuously upgraded its pharma and healthcare-related services by improving processes, training staff and forming dedicated service teams for customers, investing in...

31.08.2020

New train connects South Russia and China

Trans Container and Maxima Logistic have organised the dispatch of a block train from Krasnodar-Sortirovochniy station in South Russland to Gaoyi in China (Province Hebei). The train passed the Russian-Chinese border crossing...