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01.04.2020

A bigger slice of Hapag-Lloyd

Special circumstances demand special measures. In this case, Kuehne Holding, in contrast to earlier statements, has further increased its share in the Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd through its subsidiary Kuehne Maritime....

01.04.2020

Ports and forwarders overstretched

Although freight traffic is less affected by the impact of Covid-19 than passenger traffic, major problems do arise. In many ports, warehouses are reaching the end of their capacity, because goods destined for Europe remain in...

01.04.2020

Air Canada delays BRU launch but adds cargo-only flights

Air Canada, which had planned to complement its existing daily service between Montreal and Brussels with a six times weekly B787 service from Toronto, as of 1 May 2020, had to drastically reduce its domestic and international...

01.04.2020

Biofuels play key role for climate protection

New data surveys show that diesel engines and equipment using advanced biofuels, including biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel, have delivered more greenhouse gas reduction benefits than vehicle electrification and even ethanol,...

01.04.2020

Special function for Hill Dickinson's legal director

Edward Liu, legal director with Hill Dickinson Hong Kong, has been appointed member of the region’s advisory committee on promotion of arbitration. The appointment was made by Teresa Cheng, secretary for justice at the department...

01.04.2020

Fostering trimodal solutions at duisport

Duisport has developed a trimodal container terminal as part of the new logistics concept for the logport VI location, including the basic conditions for legal approval. The area measures roughly 430,000 sqm and has a 500 m quay...

01.04.2020

Circle continues its growth

The Italian software provider Circle Group recorded a value of production of EUR 6.1 million, +27% compared to EUR 4.8 million on 31 December 2018. This result was possible also thanks to significant synergies connected to the...

01.04.2020

United Cargo supports the troops

United Cargo is increasing the frequency of cargo-only flights between the USA and military bases around the world. Last week the carrier began operating 40+ cargo-only flights weekly, using Boeing 777 and 787 to fly freight and...

01.04.2020

Open cloud-based solution without box

RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once...

01.04.2020

New branch manager for Mosolf Wilhelmshaven

Today, 1 April 2020, Inke Onnen-Lübben has taken charge of the Mosolf branch in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), where she will manage the group's entire product portfolio. Her tasks will include supervising the building of an...

01.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Earth's reserves of fresh and salt water would be enough to fill the Baltic sea 1,750 times.

01.04.2020

From Panasonic to Amazon

The real estate company Reich Brothers announced that it has entered into a long term lease with Amazon for its 12,000 sqm facility in Salem, Oregon (USA). The facility was originally constructed by Panasonic in 2009 and is...

01.04.2020

Ro-ro terminal at Stockholm in the making

The last two of nine ramps for rolling goods have been installed at the Stockholm Norvik Port. Five were delivered to the recently newly rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the reconstructed Port of Kapellskär. The ro-ro...

31.03.2020

Maskargo flights to fight Covid-19

MAB Kargo, the logistics arm of Malaysia Airlines, is working to ensure that Malaysians have access to much-needed medical equipment and supplies, using Maskargo flights and cargo space management of goods flown into the country,...

31.03.2020

Schweizerzug adds China to its network

On 1 April 2020 Schweizerzug will launch a container train between Switzerland and China. The new train links Frenkendorf near Basel and Niederglatt near Zurich (Switzerland) with Xian in Shaanxi province and Hefei Anhui province...

31.03.2020

Mixed results for Cosco Shipping Ports

There was a year before corona. In 2019, the Chinese port and terminal operator Cosco Shipping Ports witnessed rising revenues, which surged by 2.7% to USD 1.02 billion, but declining profits, which went down by 7.1% to USD 272.7...

31.03.2020

UAE carriers upgrade cargo capacities

As Emirates ground crews around the world bid farewell to their last operating flights back to Dubai last week (pictured Prague), the Dubai-based air cargo carrier which is concentrating its entire operations to DXB, has unveiled...

31.03.2020

Bolloré to handle logistics for ten million masks

As part of the effort initiated by King Mohammed VI aimed at limiting the spread of the Covid-19 virus across the country, Bolloré Transport & Logistics Morocco has committed to support the initiative by offering its...

31.03.2020

LOC China appoints Shi Wenchao as managing director

LOC Group, the international engineering and marine consulting firm, has appointed Shi Wenchao to the role of managing director of LOC China. Shi Wenchao will be based in Shanghai and will oversee the group’s Chinese operations,...

31.03.2020

Obligatory sale of Long Beach terminal pays off

The decision of the committee on foreign investment in the United States to make Orient Overseas International (OOIL) sell its stake in Long Beach happened at the right time - for the seller. Since China’s Cosco Shipping acquired...