18.03.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

Viagra, when dissolved in water, can make cut-flowers stay erect for up to a week longer than they usually would.
18.03.2020

Saverio Gamberini is the new chairman of CEN TC 146

Saverio Gamberini, a member of the board of directors of UCIMA (Italian packaging machinery manufacturers’ association) and general manager of MG2, has been designated the new chairman of CEN TC 146, the European technical...
18.03.2020

Deugro invests in long loading deck rail car

Deugro in the USA has entered into an exclusive usage agreement for a 16-axle railcar. With the addition of this strategic asset, the forwarder is among a small team of operators managing this type of specialist railcar across...
18.03.2020

GMI completes industrial development at Fradley Park

GMI Construction Group has announced the completion and handover of a new 40,600 sqm warehouse/industrial development for its long standing customer Evans Property Group at the Fradley Park development in Lichfield (UK). The...
17.03.2020

Renault Trucks banks on electric trucks

With 54,098 invoiced vehicles in 2019, Renault Trucks maintained its market share in Europe (8.5%) and held its number one position on the French market with a share of 27.9%. On an international level, volumes amounted to 4,933...
17.03.2020

Covid-19: truck driving bans suspended

The restrictions for trucks from 7.5 t (weekend bans) on the Brenner Pass and across Austria have been put on hold, effective immediately. This special measure is valid until 3 April for the time being. The aim is to ensure...
17.03.2020

Zero orders in second month

After Boeing in January, Airbus has not received any new orders for the entire month of February, which means that the number of gross orders remains on its January level of 274 (net 296). By contrast, the number of deliveries in...
17.03.2020

Tritax Symmetry picks new development director

UK-based Tritax Symmetry has appointed Alex Reynolds as a development director. Reynolds moves to Tritax Symmetry’s Northampton office from Severn Trent, where he led on their commercial development activities. Prior to that,...
17.03.2020

Large investments for industrial development

In 2019, Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), together with its customers in the USA, invested USD 1.1 billion in new projects for industrial development. With these investments, the railway owner generated more than 1,250 new jobs...
17.03.2020

Port of Dunkirk stresses multimodality

More multimodal transports in Dunkirk: In total, the share of alternative modes to road in 2019 amounted to 65% of land-based traffic to and from the French port. Inland shipping increased by 200,000 t, driven by the...
17.03.2020

Palletways cooperates with Ziegler France

As from the end of March 2020, Palletways will cooperate with Ziegler France, one of the country’s prominent logistics services providers. The international logistics specialists runs a comprehensive network of more than 60...
17.03.2020

Cincinnati CBP Agriculture bars prohibited fruit

US customs and border protection agriculture specialists in Cincinnati have confiscated 1,927 kg of fresh strophanthus fruit since early February. The fresh fruit arrived in multiple shipments from Laos and was destined to...
17.03.2020

New giants on the horizon

OOCL is maintaining its contracts with shipyards Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) and Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) for five newbuilt container vessels. Each unit at a cost of USD 155.68 million will have a...
17.03.2020

Riia Sillave becomes CEO of HHLA TK Estonia

The container and multipurpose terminal HHLA TK Estonia, a subsidiary of Hamburg Hafen und Logistik, has appointed Riia Sillave as CEO. She succeeds Vladimir Popov, who is leaving the group. Born in Estonia, Sillave gained a...
17.03.2020

Dutch forwarder delivers with zero emissions

DAF Trucks has started field testing the CF Hybrid to gain experience in daily use. The Dutch transport operator Peter Appel is now using two of these innovative trucks to supply supermarkets in the heart of the Netherlands....
17.03.2020

Delays in fashion logistics

The rapid spread of the coronavirus is already having an impact on the German fashion industry. Setlog, a company that specialises in supply chain management software, has calculated that deliveries of goods from Asia are delayed...
17.03.2020

Exploring São Paulo's potential

Intermodal São Paulo, which was scheduled to be held from today, 17 to 19 March, has been cancelled at short notice and been put off to probably the second half of July. According to the latest Agility Emerging Market...
17.03.2020

UPS Board appoints Carol Tomé as CEO

The UPS board of directors has named Carol Tomé as UPS CEO from 1 June 2020. David Abney, the current chairman and CEO, will remain in his role until 1 June, when he'll become executive chairman of the board. He'll retire from...
17.03.2020

Chinese ebb in the port of Long Beach

A tandem torpedo hit the Californian port of Long Beach at the beginning of the year. The total number of boxes handled in January and February declined 7.1% compared to the same period in 2018. Lingering effects from the United...
17.03.2020

DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics expand partnership

In the USA, DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics, a provider in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, have extended their partnership to include ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution in...
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