10.01.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

Italy produces 2.8 million glasses and sunglasses per annum. 90% are exported. Italy therefore exports 25% of all glasses worldwide.
10.01.2020

Why it's important to invest in road safety innovation

One in three transport operators worldwide consider safety the biggest innovation opportunity, according to the International Road Union’s (IRU) latest study. More than nine out of ten companies have already implemented...
09.01.2020

More trains between Duisburg and Lübeck

As from 17 February 2020, Kombiverkehr will increase the number of services on the inner-German corridor between Duisburg in the Ruhr area and Lübeck. The train, which up to now offered an annual average of ten departures in each...
09.01.2020

David F. Adam of USMX named person of the year

The New York/ New Jersey foreign freight forwarders and brokers association has named David F. Adam, chairman and CEO, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), as its 2020 person of the year. Adam will be honoured at a gala dinner...
09.01.2020

Wisetech Global acquires Swiss company Sisa

Global logistics solutions group, Wise Tech Global, has acquired Sisa Studio Informatica SA (Sisa), a customs and freight forwarding solutions provider in Switzerland. Headquartered in Lugano, Sisa is a major player in the Swiss...
09.01.2020

Air freight demand down "only" 1.1% in November

According to Iata, air fright demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), decreased by 1.1% in November 2019 compared to November 2018. This marks the thirteenth consecutive month of yoy declines in freight volumes....
09.01.2020

Port of Dunkirk looks back on a successful 2019

The French port of Dunkirk has published its traffic figures for 2019. The port's annual traffic continued its progressive development with an overall throughput of 53 million t. This was an upswing of 3% compared to the year...
09.01.2020

New terminal at LHG operational

The new terminal for forestry products (FTPSK) at the Skandinavienkai in Travenmünde (Germany), which is run by the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), has been on stream since the end of December 2019. It is now entering a new...
09.01.2020

IRU announces advocacy leadership changes

IRU has announced the appointment of Raluca Marian, currently senior advisor on passenger transport in its Brussels office, to the position of general delegate of the IRU permanent delegation to the EU. Matthias Maedge, the...
09.01.2020

Beverage logistics: Hillebrand takes over Royal

Hillebrand, a global provider in the forwarding, transport and logistics of beverages and other products that require special care, has acquired the entire business of the warehouse and transportation beverage-only provider Royal...
09.01.2020

Hupac introduces “train radar”

After several months of successful testing, the Swiss network operator Hupac has now introduced the “train radar” software. The tool enables full supply chain visibility to all parties involved in a train journey. "Train...
09.01.2020

One rola train per hour on the Brenner axis

Austria‘s extended sectorial traffic ban came into effect at the beginning of 2020, introducing further restrictions for truck traffic in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The transit trucks affected by the ban can now cross the...
09.01.2020

Atlas Air deal brings B747 back to EL AL

After ending its own freighter operations by returning a B747-400F to its lessor and B747 operations in general, on 3 November last year, EL AL Israel Airline is about to expand its reach and cargo lift for its customers....
09.01.2020

Finnair grows cargo business by almost 10%

Finnair experienced strong demand in 2019: cargo performance in early December was still overshadowed by the Finnish postal and support strikes in late November, but available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 10.9%...
09.01.2020

New hands at the helm of DAL/JTE

Ken Bloch Sørensen joins the DAL/JTE board as new head of liner services. Hartmut Luehr, MD of Deutsche Afrika-Linien, will retire in the middle of 2020, for a transitional period Luehr will support Sørensen. He started his...
09.01.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

Nicholas Breakspear (1100-1159) aka Pope Adrian IV was the only English Pope.
09.01.2020

Kale Logistics Solutions and Trade-Van sign MoU

Kale Logistics Solutions, a global IT Logistics partner, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Taiwan-based Trade-Van to facilitate the issuance of digital certificates of origin (eCoO) at the 60th Pan Asian...
09.01.2020

New trailer to transport crane weights and crane parts

Heavy-lift and transport specialist Mammoet recently received a five-axle MAX410 ballast trailer for its branch in Belgium. The company offers intelligent solutions for lifting, transport, assembly and dismantling work on large...
09.01.2020

Roll Group enlarges its fleet

The Rotterdam (the Netherlands)-based Roll Group has introduced another module carrier into its fleet. After the extension of its land-based activities into Asia in 2019 with the opening of new offices in Singapore, Malaysia and...
08.01.2020

Fewer journeys and more efficiency

Transport operators Alexander and Toni Hotz from Offenbach, Germany, recently took delivery of their second long truck. The freight forwarder Toni Hotz Transporte has been deploying one long truck of the Giga Liner series over...
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