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26.06.2020

World container flows on hold

The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) hardly moved at all from April to May, falling from (corrected) 107.8 to 107.7...

26.06.2020

New sales manager for Hyundai material handling

Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) has appointed Christopher Thompson has its new sales director for material handling in the European market. In his new role, he will work in close cooperation with Hyundai’s branches...

26.06.2020

Heavy duty carrier buys new vehicles

Universal Transport in Germany continues to expand its vehicle fleet. The provider of heavy duty logistics services recently purchased a STZ-VP 3 low bed saddle with a total weight of 62 t and a MPA 7 semitrailer totalling 110 t...

26.06.2020

Another UAV option for the middle mile

Airflow, an aerial logistics company found by five former Airbus Vahana team members earlier this month in San Francisco, is developing the first electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft designed for middle-mile...

26.06.2020

Sievert Logistik wins contract from steel plant

Sievert Logistik has won a new customer in the Kehl (Germany)-based steel factory Badische Stahlwerke. The factory has awarded the logistics specialist with a major contract. With an initial duration of one year, the contract...

26.06.2020

Back to the future in Alaska

Alaska Air Cargo recently launched service to two new markets in Alaska, Cold Bay and Unalakleet, where the carrier touched down for the first time in 45 years with its B737-700F. Alaska Airlines served this hub of activity for...

26.06.2020

Jose Costas elected aircraft sales VP

Continuing the development of the senior leadership team, DRA and sister company 328 Support Services have appointed Jose Costas as the company’s vice-president of aircraft sales. Leveraging his significant aviation industry...

26.06.2020

Laurels for the Porto do Açu

The Porto do Açu, located half-way between Rio de Janeiro and Vitoria on the Brazilian coastline, has won the world ports sustainability award from the international association of ports and harbours (IAPH´s world ports...

26.06.2020

Alsace Rotterdam Express augments services

With certain business sectors picking up again after the Covid-19 measures, the Alsace Rotterdam Express has added a second stop at the RWG terminal on the Dutch Maasvlakte to its schedule. “Particularly the flows in consumer...

26.06.2020

Dematic installs autostore facility in Switzerland

Dematic will implement an autostore automation system for Swiss tool manufacturer Applitec Moutier. The developer and producer of high-end cutting tools has contracted Dematic to automate a new building at its central warehouse...

26.06.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

There are no permanent rivers in the whole of Saudi Arabia. The many river beds are dried up most of the time.

25.06.2020

Rail link to Murmansk resumed

Train traffic to Murmansk in Russia has restarted after an interruption caused by the collapse of the only railway bridge across Kola River almost four weeks ago. The new 5.7 km long bypass was built in 18 days. More than 250...

25.06.2020

Air New Zealand back in Japan and China

From today, 25 June 2020, Air New Zealand is operating the Auckland-Tokyo NRT route again, initially on a one return service basis per week, which had been interrupted on 30 March. Pre-Covid-19, the carrier operated up to 10...

25.06.2020

Swissterminal speeds up customs clearance

Swissterminal will be adopting a new customs procedure as required by the federal customs administration (EZV) for its Swiss sites in Frenkendorf, Basel and Birsfelden with effect from 1 July 2020. Intended to simplify customs...

25.06.2020

Dachser elects Robert Erni as CFO

Dachser has appointed Robert Erni, who has many years of experience as head of finance for other logistics companies, as CFO to succeed Burkhard Eling. Erni will start his induction period as deputy director on 1 September 2020....

25.06.2020

Challenges and innovations

In its report titled “Securing Supply Chains”, Geodis reviews the high points of 2019. Despite sluggish global economic conditions, the group achieved solid financial results and pursued its aims in the areas of social and...

25.06.2020

DP World completes acquisition in Ukraine

Dubai-based terminal and port operator DP World recently finalised its acquisition of a 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the port of Yuzhny, Ukraine. The relevant authorities have given their green light. This project...

25.06.2020

Cargo premieres in Beijing and Florianópolis

Beijing Daxing (PKX), the Chinese capital’s new major airport which was inaugurated exactly nine months ago on 25 September 2019, recently welcomed its first aircraft with maindeck capacity. The B757-200F of SF airlines, which...

25.06.2020

Container service extended

CargoServ and Rail Cargo Group (RCG) have joined forces to launch a new combined transport link between Linz in Austria and Duisburg in Germany. The new train runs three times a week, with one stop in Wels, where wagons with...

25.06.2020

Certifications and talks in Hamburg

The Altenwerder container terminal operated by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) in Hamburg has further reduced its carbon emissions. TÜV Nord, which certified the facility’s climate neutrality for the first time in 2019, has...