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06.03.2024

Drones monitor 1,800 deliveries per day

Global air and travel services provider Dnata has integrated autonomous drones into its cargo operations in Dubai, UAE. The company’s strategic initiative has enhanced operational efficiencies, delivering benefits for airline...

06.03.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

An adult swallows around six hundred times a day.

06.03.2024

Saving fuel with antifouling

The Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai has achieved an 8% reduction in fuel consumption and emissions using Nippon Paint Marine's antifouling products A-LF-Sea and Fastar. This improvement aligns with the shipping industry's...

06.03.2024

A new CEO for Colisweb

ID Logistics, a global contract logistics provider based in France, has appointed Jean-Sébastien Leridon as CEO of its subsidiary Colisweb. With 25 years of experience in the transport industry, including 15 years in delivery...

06.03.2024

JAS UK gets wholesale licence

The UK’s medicine and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) has awarded JAS UK a wholesale distribution authorisation, enabling the company’s UK division to connect with its more than 40 GDP (good distribution practice)...

06.03.2024

70 ultra-fast charging points

Shurgard, an operator of self-storage facilities in Europe, and LEAP24, a provider of ultra-fast charging stations for electric commercial vehicles, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to introduce ultra-fast charging...

05.03.2024

Kicking off tri-partite cooperation in Liege

Cainiao Group, Saudia Cargo, and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, have launched a strategic collaboration at Cainiao’s "Liege E-Hub", currently leased by WFS, with Cainiao having invested in...

05.03.2024

Train service replaces Red Sea route

In cooperation with the terminal operator CSP Zeebrugge, the private Belgium railway operator Lineas has set up a new train connection between Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Graz (Austria) on behalf of Cosco Shipping Lines. This...

05.03.2024

Sorting out the sorting process

Three major Austrian players have joined forces to tackle the issue of variable packaging in delivery services and, after innovative physical simulations, have designed a solution for both within and outside the logistics...

05.03.2024

Girteka: driving development in Poland

Girteka, a European road haulier, is continuing to develop its Polish branch in Sady near Poznan, the largest transport hub in its logistics network. This task has now been entrusted to Remigiusz Sawicki, who took over as head of...

05.03.2024

New Orleans: transloading park to open in summer

The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) and the port of New Orleans are continuing to upgrade infrastructures for shippers to move freight more efficiently between rail and truck into America’s heartland. The class III...

05.03.2024

Ammonia fuel study initiated

Fundación Valenciaport is conducting a study on the safety of using ammonia as fuel for ships. This initiative, co-funded by the European maritime safety agency (Emsa) with a budget of EUR 450,000, aims to create a framework for...

05.03.2024

An MRO partnership for the Silk Road

Silk Way West Airlines, a cargo airline based in the Caspian and Central Asian region, has launched a five-year strategic partnership with Turkish Technic as part of its efforts to improve its operational efficiency and the...

05.03.2024

Packing parcels in Poznan

The DHL Group has opened a EUR 180 million facility focused on parcel sorting and logistics near Poznan, Poland. Working together on the 32,000 sqm site, DHL E-commerce, DHL Freight, and Post + Parcel Germany sought to create a...

05.03.2024

UK to modernise 38 truck stops

In the UK, the government and industry are investing GBP 16 million (EUR 18.7 million) in more parking spaces, better welfare facilities and safer rest areas for truck drivers in England. The upgrades will include new showers...

05.03.2024

We need you!

It’s a tough call, with so much uncertainty facing the freight forwarding and logistics sector, but now is the time to step up apprentice recruitment, the British International Freight Association says. Bifa director general,...

05.03.2024

Trelleborg's new piloting tool

Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure has secured an exclusive licensing agreement with the Port of Auckland Limited (Poal) to distribute the eMPX application worldwide. This agreement aligns with Poal’s strategy to focus on its...

05.03.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Giraffes and humans have the same number of vertebrae in their necks.

05.03.2024

Resilinc: new CMO and CCO

Resilinc, which specialises in supply chain mapping, disruption sensing, and resiliency analytics, has appointed LeAnne Hester as chief marketing officer and April Oman as chief customer officer. Hester is an accomplished...

05.03.2024

Turning up the heat for freezing Icelanders

Neo Air Charter and its customer Blue Water Shipping pulled out all the stops to deliver urgent heat pipes needed to repair Iceland’s critically important geothermal community heating infrastructure. 20,000 households on the...