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14.01.2020

Signal Maritime and Heidmar join forces

Athens (Greece)-headquartered Signal Maritime Services and Heidmar have entered into a partnership agreement under which Signal will manage a joint tanker fleet. Signal Maritime Services is a commercial ship management company....

14.01.2020

(No) more conversions in 2020

Acia Aero Leasing, which was established in early 2000 to provide aircraft leasing and management solutions to a wide spectrum of clients and end users, has just completed another large cargo door conversion of an ATR72-200, the...

14.01.2020

Americold appoints new CCO

Americold Realty Trust, a large publicly traded REIT focused on the ownership, operation and development of temperature-controlled warehouses, announced that Robert Chambers has joined the company as executive vice president and...

14.01.2020

Russian Railways: export cargo volumes on the rise

Export cargo volumes shipped by the Russian Railways (RZD) to sea ports were 3.6% higher in 2019 than in 2018 and amounted to 308.8 million t. About 131.1 million t of cargo were shipped to north-western ports last year (+3.4%...

14.01.2020

Vos Logistics completes takeover of SNEL

The takeover of SNEL Shared Logistics by European Logistics Service Provider Vos Logistics has been completed. As a result of this acquisition Vos Logistics has one of the largest distribution networks in the Benelux with 65,000...

14.01.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

At their closest point, the USA and Russia are separated by only 4 km. This is the distance between an American and a Russian island in the Bering Strait.

13.01.2020

Kyrgyzstan has great potential along ‎key corridors

Kyrgyzstan can tap into the benefits of its strategic location along ‎key transport corridors between Europe and Asia. Fundamental for its success is the creation of a modern transport infrastructure network, according to a Unece...

13.01.2020

Messina Line to ship for Dakar 2020

The Dakar 2020 (formerly Paris-Dakar) – the 42nd edition in the history of this race - will take place entirely in Saudi Arabia for the first time. In Jeddah, the “Jolly Palladio” of the Messina Line landed 140 motorcycles, 72...

13.01.2020

Clear Metal opens new office in Switzerland

Clear Metal, a leader in continuous delivery experience for advanced visibility and supply chain and logistics solutions, has opened an office in Feusisberg, near Zurich (Switzerland) under the management of Thomas Kofler, VP...

13.01.2020

Logistics offensive in France

French logistics companies have joined forces to found the joint platform "France Logistique" with the objective to regain their country’s place among the top ten of logistics markets worldwide. Former secretary of...

13.01.2020

Extension of partnership provides freight stability

Canadian National Railways (CN) and NorFalco have signed a new multi-year agreement that will provide freight transportation of sulphuric acid from NorFalco’s rail served productions facilities in Sudbury, ON, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,...

13.01.2020

Central Indian airport adds logistics park

GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Hyderabad International Airport, has formed a joint venture with ESR Hyderabad 1, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-headquartered ESR Cayman Limited, to develop a 268,000 sqm...

13.01.2020

Joint development project for CSSC and Wärtsilä

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a development agreement with the Chinese state-owned shipbuilder CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company. The five year agreement is aimed at developing a hybrid powered dredger, but...

13.01.2020

Mixed fortunes for two neighbouring airports

Despite a global economic slowdown, Liege Airport (Belgium) achieved a new record with over 900,000 t of goods transported in 2019 (902.480 t, +3.6% compared with 870.644 t in 2018). CEO Luc Partoune: "This year, 2020,...

13.01.2020

Scannell Properties hires Andrea Amoretti

The American investor and real estate developer Scannell Properties has appointed Andrea Amoretti as client solutions director Europe. After Geoffrey Pizzanelli, who was hired as capital deployment director for Europe, Amoretti...

13.01.2020

DHL Supply Chain signs contract with Nestlé

Nestlé has appointed DHL Supply Chain to manage warehousing operations for its food products in Myanmar, which include household brands such as Coffee mate, Milo and Nescafé. Total operations for Nestlé products span 4,000 sqm,...

13.01.2020

Expanding service capabilities in North America

Wabtec in the USA has acquired Relco Locomotives, a long-established player in the locomotive overhaul and maintenance industry. The acquisition expands Wabtec’s freight services capabilities and capacity. “The complementary...

13.01.2020

Quality service centre in Indian Ocean market

Hapag-Lloyd has opened a new Quality Service Centre (QSC) in Mauritius. The QSC is dedicated to serve Africa, one of the Hamburg (Germany)-headquartered carrier's fastest growing markets. These QCS are an important...

13.01.2020

CII elects three new directors

The containerisation & intermodal institute (CII) has unanimously elected Noel Hacegaba of the Port of Long Beach, Gregory Tuthill of Sea Cube Container Leasing and Michael Wilson of Consolidated Chassis Management to...

13.01.2020

DSV and Panalpina under one brand in Germany

After having completed the merger on the global level, the Danish transport and logistics services provider DSV has now officially taken over Panalpina’s business in Germany. DSV is represented with three divisions in this...