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07.07.2020

Increasing safety and capacity on rail network

Canadian National Railways (CN) plans to invest over CAD 10 million (EUR 6.54 million) across the province in eastern Canada, Nova Scotia, in 2020. The investments will focus on the replacement of rail and ties, rebuilding road...

07.07.2020

Hellmann joins forces with Geodis

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is changing its partner for its French trade and will work with Geodis as from 1 September 2020, thus ending the longstanding cooperation with Heppner and placing its groupage services between Germany...

07.07.2020

CNCo improves data exchange ship-to-shore

The China Navigation Company (CNCo) is cooperating with Dualog, a Tromsø (Norway)-based maritime digital platform provider, in the use of Dualog Drive, a maritime-optimised file and folder replication service that is designed to...

07.07.2020

Transfesa renews its container fleet

Since the end of June, 122 new containers have been in full circulation in two intermodal corridors for cross-border traffic of Ford’s production components to UK and Germany. The first corridor leads from Ford Valencia to...

07.07.2020

US-Mexican commercial agreement

UPS and Estafeta Mexicana have signed a commercial agreement to provide Mexican businesses with international shipping services to help them reach more than 220 countries and territories. The collaboration includes more than 160...

07.07.2020

New president for the Nautical Institute

Newly elected president of the Nautical Institute Jillian Carson-Jackson has vowed to help the Institute and wider maritime community meet three important challenges –diversity and inclusion, branch engagement and managing the...

07.07.2020

ESR acquires four logistics properties in China

ESR, Manulife and PGGM, a large Dutch pension fund service provider, report that a new core joint venture between ESR and Manulife, a Canadian financial services group, has completed the acquisition of four institutional-grade...

07.07.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The longest engagement on record lasted 67 years. The Mexicans Octavio Guillén and Adriana Martinez married in1969. Both were 82 years old.

06.07.2020

Self-driving truck in terminal

A specially developed fully automated truck is currently being tested in real-life logistics operations at the DUSS terminal in Ulm, Germany. The vehicle is deployed in the container depot of DB Intermodal and the DUSS-Terminal....

06.07.2020

Alyzia appointed new handling agent in Brussels

A new six months licence has been awarded to Alyzia for passenger aircraft handling at Brussels airport. Alyzia is the new second handler next to Aviapartner Belgium. The handling agents for cargo warehouse handling and full...

06.07.2020

EMS Log opens new branch in Germany

German transport specialist EMS Log has opened a new branch office in Seelbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Head of the office in Southern Germany is Jürgen Menge, who has extensive experience in the logistics sector. "By...

06.07.2020

New train connects Serbia and China

UTLC-ERA, a subsidiary of Russian Railways (RZD), has introduced a new route between Belgrade in Serbia and Wuhan in China. It is the 150th transit container service to run on a 1,520 mm broad gauge track. The train transits...

06.07.2020

Next generation CCS for Sète

The French port of Sète on the Mediterranean has now made its choice after launching a tender in November 2019 for the next generation of its online IT platform CCS (cargo community system). The Port of Sète has selected...

06.07.2020

Delta Cargo restructures management

Delta Cargo has appointed Gonzalo Hernandez as general manager – cargo sales Asia Pacific. He starts his new role in which he will manage cargo sales for Japan, Korea and throughout Southeast Asia, including the cargo business...

06.07.2020

First steps towards a structural recovery

As PPE volumes faded, global air cargo volumes in June provided the first real indicators of a structural recovery. The industry seems to be ‘slowly getting back up on its feet’ as volumes in the first four weeks climbed 6%...

06.07.2020

On the coast of Algeria

Three vessels of the Spanish shipping company Trans Med Express (TME), operated by Transbulk Shipping, whose general agent is Marmedsa, carried out three simultaneous loading and unloading operations in Algerian ports. The...

06.07.2020

Short-term logistics order for Arvato

Following the emergence of the first corona cases in Turkey in March 2020, there was a sharp rise in demand for the scented water Kolonya, since it is used to disinfect hands because of its high alcohol content. To cope with...

06.07.2020

Gridlock on road network

In Switzerland, the number of hours spent in traffic jams rose sharply last year. According to statistics published by the Swiss confederation, 30,230 congestion hours were reported in 2019, 10% more than ever before....

06.07.2020

Transnet banks on experience

Transnet's board of directors has chosen Ms Nonkululeko Dlamini as group CFO. Dlamini, who will also serve as an executive director on the company's board, is a seasoned executive with almost 20 years’ experience in financial...

06.07.2020

Rotor sails cut emissions

Two 35 m tall rotor sails will be installed onboard the "SC Connector", a 12,250 gross tonne (GT) side door ro-ro cargo vessel that operates in the North Sea. Norsepower, a provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems,...