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24.03.2020

Linz to become Turkish Cargo's 90th destination

Served twice weekly with A330F and B777F from 2 April 2020, the Upper Austrian capital Linz (LNZ) has been announced as the 90th direct cargo destination of Turkish Cargo. Further increasing its list with the aim to operate...

24.03.2020

Fake handbags and Covid-19 test kits intercepted

US customs and border Protection (CBP) officers seized a shipment of 32 counterfeit designer brand handbags on 10 March 2020 that arrived in Philadelphia in an express delivery parcel from Turkey. This is the second...

24.03.2020

VPI: workshops must stay open

The association of wagon keepers (Verband der Güterwagenhalter, VPI) calls upon the German federal government to ensure that workshops remain in operation in Germany and throughout the EU. “Without maintenance and essential...

24.03.2020

ClassNK: changes at the helm

Current senior executive vice president Hiroaki Sakashita has been appointed president & CEO as well as a representative director of the Japanese classification society ClassNK. Current senior executive vice presidents...

24.03.2020

Yusen acquires additional shares of AB Logistics

Yusen Logistics Thailand announces will acquire additional shares of AB Logistics of the Ajinomoto Group and make it a subsidiary on 1 April. Accordingly, the company name will also be changed from ABLT to Yusen Food Supply Chain...

24.03.2020

New TOS operative in the port of Livorno

The CILP multipurpose terminal in the port of Livorno enters a new digital era. Its Milos® terminal operating system (TOS) is now operative. Circle, a company specialising in the analysis and development of automation and...

24.03.2020

Contract for maintenance train service awarded

Harsco Rail has been awarded a three-year mobile maintenance train service contract by Network Rail, the largest infrastructure manager of railway network in the UK. The USD 25 million contract calls for Harsco Rail to operate...

24.03.2020

Sleipnir rides into the Netherlands

The world’s largest crane vessel – which was put into operation by Heerema in July 2019 – has arrived in the Canlandkanaal in the Netherlands after completing a successful project in Trinidad. Before that, the crane vessel...

24.03.2020

Timocom: quick response in difficult circumstances

In this time of crisis, Timocom is expanding the means of access to its logistics system. “We want to contribute to ensuring the supply of the population and the maintenance of supply chains even under the current exceptional...

24.03.2020

A.P. Moeller - Mærsk bolsters board's financial skills

At the ordinary AGM of A.P. Møller - Mærsk yesterday, 23.03.2020 the board proposed Blythe Masters for election as new member of the board of directors. Masters is an English national. She holds a BA in economics from Trinity...

24.03.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The names of all winners of the Stanley Cup are etched onto the trophy itself. Unfortunately, there are plenty of errors, including accidentally spelling the Toronto Maple Leafs as "Toronto Maple Leaes" and the Boston...

24.03.2020

United Cargo schedules 40 weekly charters

United Cargo has begun flying a portion of its Boeing 777 and 787 fleet as dedicated cargo charter aircraft to transfer freight to and from USA and key international business locations. The first of these freight-only flights...

OOCL macht ernst

Unter der Ägide vom neuen Mutterkonzern Cosco Shipping verfolgt OOCL seine ursprünglich formulierte Strategie mit Zeitverzögerung weiter. Auf dem chinesischen Festland, nahe Schanghai, entstehen bis 2023 fünf neue Schiffe zu je...

23.03.2020

Record pharma handling in times of sanitary crisis

Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new pharma centre at Paris CDG has handled its biggest single shipment so far: 34 temperature-controlled containers for customers Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) and Kuehne + Nagel. Maintained...

23.03.2020

Railways ready to step in

Railfreight is ready to take over additional transport in Germany and cross-border services for trade and industry during the corona crisis, the network of European railways (NEE) and the association of German transport companies...

23.03.2020

Flying back to the start of the jet age

Lufthansa Cargo, which reports a turnover of EUR 2.5 billion (-7.4%) and a stable freight performance of 8.9 billion rtk in 2019, has announced it is making every effort to maintain the flight operations of its cargo aircraft in...

23.03.2020

Fiata appeals to forwarders and governments

Fiata, the international federation of freight forwarders associations, has voiced its concern as to the impact of the current coronavirus crisis on the movement of goods. It requests to relax a variety of monopolistic positions...

23.03.2020

AAPA elects Mario Cordero as its next board chairman

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has elected Mario Cordero, executive director of California’s Port of Long Beach, to serve as the association’s next chairman of the board. He will assume the AAPA chairmanship...

23.03.2020

Well prepared for pandemoniac 2020

Hapag-Lloyd’s results in 2019 seemed far away, when during a webcast conference CEO Rolf Habben-Janssen explained the Hamburg carrier's outlook on 2020 at this stage: "Although supply chains are under pressure, we expect a...

23.03.2020

Railfreight braves corona crisis

Lokomotion, the train operator for transalpine railfreight services through Austria, reports that it has implemented comprehensive measures to guarantee that international transport links remain open. In close cooperation with...