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17.02.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

When William of Orange and his wife Mary ascended the throne of England, Ireland and Scotland as William III and Mary II in 1689, British farmers abandoned the traditional purple carrot in favour of the orange variety.

17.02.2020

Paving the way for a new bridge

The German federal government will provide funding to rebuild the Köhlbrand crossing, one of the most important traffic axis over the southern part of the Elbe river in northern Germany, the federal ministry for transport (BMVI)...

14.02.2020

Transformation in progress

Multimodal terminals operate under their own laws. The signs of the times point to a reduction in the volume of classic goods, such as coal and steel. They are being displaced by a range of products, including...

14.02.2020

One more intermodal service in Austria

Roland Spedition has expanded its range of intermodal services within Austria. Effective immediately, the company offers an additional round trip between Enns and Graz with the option of further transport to and from the seaports...

14.02.2020

Another alternative to road haulage on the Brenner axis

Kombiverkehr is adding one more train per week to its services between the intermodal terminals in the Hannover-Linden port in Germany and Verona Quadrante Europa in Italy. With this additional departure, the trains now run five...

14.02.2020

(Animal) lovers rely on German-Japanese JV

ANA Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo have jointly transported about 2 t of relief supplies to Australia. Starting on 3 February in Frankfurt, the German carrier performed the first leg to Tokyo. From there, ANA Cargo took over the...

14.02.2020

ZIM changes its Asia-Pacific service in the North West

ZIM has updated its Asia-Pacific North West product with effect from April 2020. The ZP8 (ZIM Pacific Procyon) will then call the following ports: Nansha – Yantian – Shanghai – Busan – Yokohama – Prince Rupert - Vancouver....

14.02.2020

Family reunion at Ifchor

The Lausanne (Switzerland)-based shipbroker Ifchor has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Giovanni Ravano as joint chief executive alongside Emanuele Ravano. Giovanni Ravano is an experienced shipping professional,...

14.02.2020

Conveyor system for automotive supplier

Dematic will automate a new logistics centre for ZKW Lichtsysteme, an automotive supplier. At its headquarters in Wieselburg (Austria), ZKW is building a new property for production supplies, as the existing storage facilities...

14.02.2020

Air India to add belly capacity to Saudi Arabia

From Sunday, 16 February 2020, Air India is adding a Calicut – Jeddah service, as the Star Alliance member schedules two weekly flights operated by B747-400 aircraft. The Indian flag carrier reserves 14.1 t of the 55.6 t of the...

14.02.2020

UWC receives gold award for best IP department

The Russian United Wagon Company (UWC) received the gold award for the best intellectual property (IP) department: Russia & Central and Eastern Europe 2020 at the third international innovation & IP forum and awards in...

14.02.2020

Fifteen new vehicles for meat deliveries

Wetralog has added fifteen premium freezer boxes manufactured by Kögel Trailer to its fleet. The international food forwarder is in charge of all logistics services for the Westfleisch group and specialises in empties...

14.02.2020

Celtic Freight forced to close down

For 23 years, the South African transport company Celtic Freight offered primarily road haulage services between South Africa and Zambia. Now this once-thriving business has come to the end. The company had to cease trading,...

14.02.2020

The port of Rotterdam moved sideways in 2019

The port of Rotterdam handled the same amount of freight in 2019 as the year before. Freight throughput remained practically on the same level with 469.4 million t. Following a good start in the first six months of 2019, growth...

14.02.2020

EUR 20 million for Shippeo

The start-up Shippeo has successfully closed a EUR 20 million series B financing round. NGP Capital and ETF Partners, with participation from Bpifrance Digital Venture and Partech, are the biggest investors. Shippeo provides...

14.02.2020

Africa's global leadership in drone operations

Stressing the importance of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations to sustainable development, ICAO highlighted the significance of Africa’s global leadership in this area during last week’s African drone forum in Kigali,...

14.02.2020

Broekman Logistics scores above average on SQAS

Broekman Logistics Antwerp (Belgium) scores above average on the SQAS-results from 2019. The company reaches an increase of 17%, compared to the last test. SQAS stands for safety and quality assessment for sustainability and is...

14.02.2020

RFG: HS2 must keep its promises on railfreight

Rail Freight Group (RFG) has strongly welcomed the UK government's announcement that HS2 is to be delivered in full, with work on phases 1 and 2A given the green light to commence immediately. HS2 has the potential to deliver...

14.02.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

Valentine's Day is the second largest card giving day of the year, just after Christmas. This year, it is expected that 1 billion cards will be exchanged around the world.

14.02.2020

A felicitous anniversary for Niedersachsen Ports

15 years ago, Niedersachsen Ports assumed the responsibilities of the ports and shipping administration in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since then, it has invested almost EUR 1 billion into the expansion and maintenance...