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28.10.2019

Global port indices in August above last year's figures

The London (UK)-headquartered maritime consultancy Drewry has published its recent Container Port Throughput Indices for August this year, based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide and representing...

28.10.2019

Panattoni comes to Munich

Panattoni Europe is opening a further office in Munich. With the branches in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Mannheim this is now the company’s fourth location in Germany. Five members will form the team in Munich, including the new...

28.10.2019

St Francis Group and iSec to build five new warehouses

St Francis Group, a UK-based property development and investment group and an expert in brownfield development and regeneration and its joint venture partner iSec have announced details of a major new development on land next to...

28.10.2019

Mahan Air already increases Rome service

During the winter season, the privately owned Iranian carrier Mahan Air plans to introduce a second weekly flight on its service between Tehran (IKA, Iran) and Rome (FCO, Italy). Already when it launched this service last July,...

28.10.2019

China – Rijeka - Budapest in just 32 days

Chinese state-owned transport company Cosco has introduced an intermodal connection between the Croatian Adriatic port of Rijeka and countries in Central Europe. The new rail service extends the regular marine shipping line...

28.10.2019

Port of Barcelona celebrates its 150th birthday

The port of Barcelona has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. Mercè Conesa, president of the port of Barcelona, asked the state authorities of the Puertos del Estado to speed up approval of the new strategic framework of the...

28.10.2019

Management changes at Boeing

Boeing has named Stan Deal to succeed Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing commercial airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO of Boeing global services, effective immediately. Vishwa...

28.10.2019

Gefco launches Chronotruck and Moveecar

Gefco, a provider of automotive logistics services, has introduced two new solutions, Chronotruck and Movecar. Chronotruck was recently taken over by Gefco and is a digital road freight marketplace that simplifies deliveries for...

28.10.2019

IRclass recognised by shipping nation Denmark

The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has approved the application by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) for authorisation as a “recognised organisation” (RO). Seeking RO status from key maritime flags is an essential part...

28.10.2019

Indian-Swiss working group forges ahead

India and Switzerland decide to maintain their cooperation in the rail transport sector. The two sides have followed upon the first meeting of the joint working group (JWG) set up by the two countries after the MoU for...

28.10.2019

Cargolux flies pink

This month, Cargolux Airlines is supporting the Fly Pink initiative to raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. The annual campaign encourages flight crews to swap their traditional golden stripes for pink...

28.10.2019

UPS COO Jim Barber announces retirement

UPS has announced that its COO Jim Barber will retire at the end of December 2019. As COO, Barber is responsible for the company’s global small package, freight, supply chain and freight forwarding units and global engineering....

28.10.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

The tall bearskin hats worn by the British Guards were first pinched from captured French guardsmen after Waterloo and taken home as trophies. The other harvest was the teeth torn out of the fallen and sold to dentists to make...

28.10.2019

Rock-it Cargo increases stake in Triple M

Rock-it Cargo, a global provider of logistics services to live-event shippers, has made a significant incremental investment in Antwerp (Belgium)-based Triple M Entertainment Logistics (Triple M). Triple M focuses on four...

25.10.2019

Building blocks of a digital platform

MGI, a cargo community systems specialist, is developing apace – and simultaneously keeping its origins in sight. In an interview Dominique Lebreton underlines the fact that the IT firm, founded in 1985, is set on...

25.10.2019

New intermodal service to and from Italy and Norway

Norway-based Freja will cooperate with Color Line Cargo to offer fixed weekly departures using Color Line’s newest cargo ship, Color Carrier, between Oslo in Norway and Kiel in Germany and by train between Kiel and Verona in...

25.10.2019

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo adds more services

During its winter schedule, running from 27 October 2019 to 29 March 2020, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo's around 1,100 weekly services to 125 unique destinations will be operated with a fleet of 187 long-haul passenger...

25.10.2019

Avoiding the northern route: MSC joins the club

The Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has now also proclaimed to stay out of the Arctic - for environmental reasons. Like CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd, the carrier is thus joining a growing list of shipping...

25.10.2019

GVZ Augsburg: New logistic hall inaugurated

GVZ Augsburg is a major and very efficient freight transport centre in Germany and a busy regional hub for national and international cargo services. At a celebratory opening event, DB Schenker recently presented a new...

25.10.2019

Transfrigoroute becomes a member of BGL

The Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL, German freight transport association) and Transfrigoroute are pleased to announce that Transfrigoroute’s application for membership in BGL has been approved...