06.01.2020

Röhlig Logistics hires global contract logistics director

Röhlig has hired Ludovic Jouval as its new contract logistics director. Jouval started his new role on 1 December 2019 and is responsible for Röhlig’s global warehouse capacities. Jouval will report to Hylton Gray, CEO sea...
06.01.2020

Expanding transport portfolio in Denmark

Kombiverkehr, Germany, has extended its transport services within Denmark. Effective immediately, the company offers five instead of three roundtrips per week on its Danish link between Taulov and Høje-Taastrup. Furthermore,...
06.01.2020

Big project in San Bernardino

Alliance California, a public-private partnership between the Inland Valley Development Agency, SBD International Airport and Hillwood, achieved a major milestone as the San Bernardino international airport authority commission...
06.01.2020

Shipping confidence at its highest level since 2014

In the last quarter of 2019, confidence in the shipping industry rose to its highest level for 18 months, according to the latest survey conducted by adviser BDO. The average confidence level was 6.4 out of 10.0, compared to 5.8...
06.01.2020

New warehouse on Switzerland's southern border

DB Schenker has opened a cutting-edge warehouse strategically located in Stabio, southern Switzerland. Stabio is close to the border with Lombardy, the largest Italian region by GDP, which means that the warehouse is ideally...
06.01.2020

Great demand for eco-friendly traffic in Sweden

In November last year, Kombiverkehr joined forces with DB Cargo Scandinavia and ferry operator TT-Line to launch a regular-interval direct service within Sweden, carrying trailers and containers in both directions between the...
06.01.2020

New team propels Pall-Ex into new era

The logistics company Pall-Ex has appointed former Palletways network development director Barry Byers as its new UK managing director, while Martin Rantle has been named non-executive chairman, after previously serving as vice...
06.01.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

Hummingbirds can flap their wings up to 100 times per second, which uses so much energy that they have to eat up to eight times their body weight per day.

06.01.2020

Six fatal cargo plane accidents in 2019

Over the year 2019, the Aviation Safety Network recorded a total of 20 fatal airliner accidents, involving civil aircraft of which the basic model has been certified for carrying 14 or more passengers, resulting in 283 (occupant)...
06.01.2020

New system to optimise terminal operations in China

New Oriental International Terminals (LNOIT), part of COSCO, has gone live with Navis’ terminal operating system N4. Located on the southwestern coast of Haizhou Bay in China, LNOIT is the first modern terminal company...
06.01.2020

East African road transport corridor takes next step

The African Development Bank (AFDB) has approved a EUR 345 million financing package for road construction support in Kenya and Tanzania. The funding is intended for Phase I of the Mombasa-Lunga Lunga/Horohoro and...
06.01.2020

DSV and dm-Drogerie extend contract

DSV has been supplying numerous shops of the drug store chain dm across Germany for more than 30 years. Ahead of schedule, dm has now extended the contract with the Danish transport and logistics provider for another five years....
23.12.2019

Pushing e-commerce in Jeddah

Aramex and Naqel Express are expanding their presence in the port of Jeddah, making use to this end of Logipoint’s logistics facilities. The efforts are a part of the overall Saudi strategy of making logistics a key pillar of a...
19.12.2019

Speedy sea-rail solution

The new Rijeka Land-Sea Express service will improve Central European countries’ links to the supply chain. Rail connections from Piraeus to Belgrade and Budapest via Rijeka were launched in October.
17.12.2019

Not all of them take off

Chinese investment abroad started this last decade with strong growth. The acquisitions targeted technology enterprises as well as ports, airports and airlines. The overall development has slowed somewhat, and even regressed for...
13.12.2019

Iata expects slight improvements for 2020

Iata has forecast that the global airline industry will produce a net profit of USD 29.3 billion in 2020, above the net profit of USD 25.9 billion expected in 2019. If achieved, 2020 will mark the industry’s 11th consecutive year...
13.12.2019

"Hot" air cargo in Alaska and Australia

The Fairbanks International Airport Police and Fire Department have seized a total of 222.8 l of alcohol, with an estimated street value of over USD 133,000 and 144 g of illegal drugs, destined for rural Alaskan communities in...
13.12.2019

New rules for road haulage traffic in the EU

Parliament and the member states of the EU have found a compromise for the first mobility package. This brings the European Union a step closer to achieving a stronger harmonisation of the rules for European road haulage traffic....
13.12.2019

United Cargo makes Cape Town debut with WFS

United Airlines has chosen Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its cargo handling provider for the first-ever nonstop service by a US carrier between New York EWR and Cape Town, South Africa. WFS has been awarded a three-year...
13.12.2019

New feeders to be built on dual-fuel LNG-basis

The Chinese Huangpu-Wenchong Shipbuilding Company (HPWS) has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with DNV GL on a 5,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containership. According to the agreement, the two partners will jointly develop...
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