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17.04.2020

Nato members helping each other

Following an agreement between the UK and Turkey, 250,000 items of PPE equipment to the UK, including 50,000 N-95 face masks, 100,000 surgical masks and 100,000 protective suits, arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last...

17.04.2020

A peak in March for Rostock Port

Rostock's intermodal terminal, the Rostock Trimodal (RTM), handled 8,806 loading units in March – more than ever in one single month. RTM is a joint venture of the three players Euroports Germany, Kombiverkehr and Rostock Port....

17.04.2020

Real-time data enables fast reaction en route

In these difficult days, supply chain visibility is of very high importance for all parties involved in the supply chain: For this reason the Germany-based start-up Synfioo offers its OnTime Navigator for three months free of...

17.04.2020

Another good start and big plans in Brazil

An affiliate of the Miami (FL, USA)-based global private equity investment firm HIG Capital has invested, through convertible debt, into Modern Logistics, a major Brazilian one-stop-shop full service logistics firm. Terms...

17.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Vikings occupied Normandy, aka land of the Northmen.

17.04.2020

Schäflein initiates courier service

Because most shops in their city are closed, three companies in Schweinfurt (Bavaria, Germany) have launched a courier service. Logistics services provider Schäflein delivers goods weighing up to 500 kg on the same day. On...

17.04.2020

Europa appoints Rob Jones as non-executive director

Logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has chosen Rob Jones as its first non-executive director. Jones will provide guidance on the company’s strategy and support its ambitious growth plans. Andrew Baxter, managing...

17.04.2020

A tool for screening onboard

The EU and the IMO have recently issued new guidelines requiring ship operators to implement pre-boarding screening of seafarers. As a means for ship operators to comply with these guidelines and help protect their vessels...

16.04.2020

Regular train services to Wuhan resume

The first freight train has run from Wuhan (China) to the premises of Hutchison Ports Duisburg (formerly DeCeTe) in Germany since the corona pandemic broke out. Wuhan, which has been Duisburg's twin city since 1982, and the...

16.04.2020

UPS delivers Quiagen coronavirus testing kits worldwide

UPS is working with Qiagen, a global provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies, to deliver nucleic acid extraction kits critical to Covid-19 testing, as well as the company's novel Qiastat-Dx...

16.04.2020

Peak of blank sailings reached?

Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence reports that, as of 11 April, the number of blank sailings due to the pandemic now amounts to 384. Over the last week, the carriers announced an additional 83 blank...

16.04.2020

Rail collaboration secures supply chain

Sweden's grocery chain ICA will use the Volvo Group’s freight train to transport goods. Southbound trains operated by the Swedish carrier Green Cargo normally transport Volvo’s freight from Sweden to a factory in Gent (Belgium)....

16.04.2020

Another Danish CFO for Hamburg Süd

Lasse Carøe Henningsen will assume his position as new chief financial officer (CFO) at Hamburg Süd on 1 June 2020. He and Dr. Arnt Vespermann, the company’s CEO, will then make up the company's management board. Henningsen...

16.04.2020

Champ helps JAL to digitalise domestic ops

Working closely with its cargo IT systems partner Champ Cargosystems, Japan Airlines has launched an advanced digitalisation platform. Built on Champ's open cargo platform (OCP), the solution consists of an...

16.04.2020

Management changes at Delek Logistics

Delek Logistics Partners, a Tennessee (USA)-based provider of oil products logistics, has announced the following organisational and management changes along with the appointment of a new CFO: Reuven Spiegel will become EVP and...

16.04.2020

Covid-19 invites new visitors to China

Tunisair has landed in China for the first time since 2001, when a B737-500 prepared a presidential visit. On 10 April, one of the two A330-200 aircraft operated by Tunisia's flag carrier arrived without passengers in Chengdu,...

16.04.2020

ICS guidance for Covid-19 compliance at sea

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued further information and advice to ensure that essential goods and commodities such as energy, food and medical supplies can be transported on the seas during the pandemic....

16.04.2020

Rhenus acquires freight forwarding business in Düsseldorf

Effective 1 June 2020, Rhenus Freight will take over the freight forwarding operations of L.W. Cretschmar at this company's headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. The takeover involves customer and business relations for this...

16.04.2020

RCG sets up additional transport services

Austria-based Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been able to significantly ramp up its transport services for salt producer Salinen Austria. Additional rail transport services were arranged in a matter of days and the goods reached...

16.04.2020

Polar Air Cargo chooses GSA in Canada

Network Cargo, the general sales and services branch of the Network Aviation Group in North America, founded 1992 in Toronto, has been appointed by Polar Air Cargo as GSA in Canada. This partnership, with the cargo-exclusive...