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04.03.2020

No World Cargo Symposium next week

Iata has postponed its World Cargo Symposium, scheduled for 12-15 March in Istanbul, Turkey, issuing the following statement: "Over the past few days, we have been receiving enquiries about the status of the upcoming...

04.03.2020

Giant performs positive "runway test" of Guyana airport

The runway capacity of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana was ultimately tested when an Atlas Air B747-400F aircraft landed early last month on the newly constructed apron. All hands were on deck to ensure a...

04.03.2020

Swissport equips cargo warehouses with bluetooth sensors

Swissport will work with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor unit load devices (ULD) using bluetooth technology at its cargo warehouses. The cargo handling division will equip its 115 cargo warehouses with tracking sensors...

04.03.2020

Nina Öwerdieck: new CFO at Brussels Airlines

As of 1 July 2020, Nina Öwerdieck will join the management board of Brussels Airlines as CFO, taking over from Dieter Vranckx, who has been the airline’s CEO and CCO since 1 January. Öwerdieck, currently head of finance at...

04.03.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

Gladiators actually fought under strict rules and rarely died.

04.03.2020

Further reefer services in Barcelona

The terminal operator Hutchison Ports BEST has obtained the approval from the Barcelona Port Authority to provide, within the terminal, a number of value-added services to reefer containers. Amongst others, customers now have the...

04.03.2020

UAE orders new locomotives for the Gulf region

Etihad Rail in the UAE has contracted Progress Rail to design, manufacture, test and ship 38 EMD locomotives that are especially designed to withstand the high temperatures and humidity of the gulf region. The fleet of...

03.03.2020

The 350th Airbus A350 goes to Air France

In a nod to the history of the French aviation industry, the 350th Airbus A350 joined the fleet of Air France last month. The aircraft will shortly begin flying to Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Bamako (Mali). In returning to its...

03.03.2020

Timber transport shifted from road to rail

DB Cargo Logistics and its customer Binderholz have dispatched their first load of cross-laminated timber on the 2000 km long journey from Burgbernheim in northwest Bavaria, Germany, to Sweden. Previously, Binderholz sent its...

03.03.2020

Trans Caribbean Cargo chooses NAS in Europe

One month ago, Network Airline Services (NAS), the GSSA division of the Network Aviation Group, began to act as cargo general sales agent (CGSA) of Trans Caribbean Cargo (TCC) in Europe, which initially includes total coverage in...

03.03.2020

Boss of all Spanish ports

The Official State Gazette has reported the appointment of Francisco Toledo Lobo as the new president of Puertos del Estado, after his nomination to the council of ministers at the proposal of José Luis Ábalos the minister of...

03.03.2020

Battery delivery from Korea to Poland in 19 days

Arriving from Korea, the second full-length block train loaded with accumulator batteries for LGChem was dispatched from the berth of the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company at Vostochny port in Russia to Wroclaw in Poland. The...

03.03.2020

Loxx travels to Casablanca

Loxx Logistics has introduced a direct link to Casablanca (Morocco) from the logistics hub in Gelsenkirchen (Germany). Loxx provides distribution services in Morocco with its partner Ipsen Logistics, which has been established on...

03.03.2020

Haropa Ports: investing EUR 6 million to cover 14 days

No, this is not about the Corona virus. This time, we are talking about the French national strike - which also affects Haropa Ports, Le Havre. After 14 full days of loss due to the strike in December and January, the end of the...

03.03.2020

Further UK call for Unifeeder service East UK-Europe

An additional UK hub port has become part of to the Unifeeder UK East Coast port network service. The service, introduced in August 2018, now also calls at London Gateway that was opened in 2013. This is an addition to...

03.03.2020

DDC about to test two of its drones

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) will begin testing its "Robin XL" unmanned aerial vehicle, which is larger than DDC's "Sparrow" cargo delivery drone. It has an electric power plant and boasts a payload capacity of...

03.03.2020

Emirates Skycargo picks new cargo manager

Emirates Skycargo has appointed Abdulla Alkhallafi as its new cargo manager for India. Alkhallafi will be based in Delhi and will be overseeing all commercial and operational aspects of Emirates Skycargo in India. He will be...

03.03.2020

Better road and rail links between Greece and Bulgaria

Greece and Bulgaria have signed several memoranda of cooperation in the fields of transport. The MoUs include the Greece-Bulgaria cross-border rail traffic agreement. The deal will connect the cities of Kavala and Alexandroupoli...

03.03.2020

Dematic automates Israel's national library

Intralogistics specialist Dematic is installing an automatic small parts store in Israel's new national library in Jerusalem. The Dematic solution ensures that the "source of knowledge" will not dry up in the future....

03.03.2020

Austrian Ennshafen looks back on a successful 2019

The Austrian Ennshafen on the Danube transhipped a total of 72,000 t on the river in 2019. This result is about 20% higher than the average water/land transhipment volumes over the last ten years, which, among other things, is...