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22.10.2019

BMW group extends contract with Bergé Gefco

Bergé Gefco has extended its contract with the BMW group until 2025. The logistics specialist will take over various services for the BMW and Mini brands, including the transport of new and used vehicles and handling, storage and...

22.10.2019

"Project Sunrise": Longest range - less cargo

The first non-stop commercial airline flight from New York (USA) to Sydney (Australia) landed on Sunday, 20 October 2019, after 19 h 16 min in the air. A total of only 49 passengers and crew (including four pilots) were on the...

22.10.2019

Port of Virginia invests in new equipment

The port of Virginia on the east coast of the USA has ordered 25 Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers for USD 23 million to enhance its port equipment. Delivery of the new machines is scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2020....

22.10.2019

77 Belarusian trucks to be delivered to India

Belaz, Belarus’s producer of dump trucks and specialised equipment, will be able to expand its export activity in the Indian market with a major trade operation facilitated by the European bank of reconstruction and development...

22.10.2019

Port of Dunkirk appoints head of environmental policy

David Lefranc is to lead the development and environment division at the port of Dunkirk in northern France. In this function he will be in charge of the planning and management of projects to develop the port and oversee the...

22.10.2019

New office in Wiesbaden

By setting up a new office in Wiesbaden (Germany), Logistic People continues to pursue its growth strategy. From this location the personnel consultant, which specialises in the logistics industry, strengthens its presence in the...

22.10.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

A typical storm cloud at an altitude of 10 km weighs about 256,000 t.

21.10.2019

A foxy transport solution

Liechtenstein’s post office, Liechtensteinische Post, launched a user-friendly and modern web-based app in September. The SpediFux tool enables business and individual customers to transport goods easily from A to B in...

21.10.2019

Swiss manufacturer delivers locomotives to ADIF

The state-owned Spanish Administration of Railway Infrastructure ADIF has signed a contract with Swiss manufacturer Stadler to supply 22 rescue locomotives in a consortium with Erion, a JV between Stadler and Spanisch rail...

21.10.2019

Tarros Group presents newly certified container type

After being the first Italian company to have transported as many as 33 containers in the Mediterranean Sea on a specifically modified ship (“M/N Vento di Levante” in 1967), Tarros Group has now introduced a new feature. ...

21.10.2019

Vinod Gandhi wins award

Vinod Gandhi, chairman of Express Global Logistics, was honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Maritime and Logistics Awards 2019 in India. Gandhi received the award in recognition of his contribution to...

21.10.2019

NEP Group takes over SOS Global Express

NEP Group, an outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, has acquired SOS Global Express (SOS), an independent international freight forwarding and full-service...

21.10.2019

Lower volumes and less capacity for Cathay Pacific

Because of continuously sinking volumes at its hub in Hong Kong, the world’s largest cargo airport, Cathay Pacific Cargo has retired its last B747-400BCF from its fleet earlier than the end of November as originally planned. At...

21.10.2019

New tool helps plan intermodal transports

In Germany, Bremen’s port railway has introduced the electronic application “railway.tools” supplied by DB Netz. The software helps transport logistics companies and freight forwarders to plan their intermodal transport projects...

21.10.2019

China to build 127 key special rail lines

China will plan and construct 127 key special railway lines by 2020. These lines, with a total length of 1,586 km, are expected to reduce the number of short shuttle trips, boost traffic efficiency and improve economic and social...

21.10.2019

Eurodis: Jens Reibold takes the lead

This month Jens Reibold has taken over the leading role as managing director of Eurodis. The company with its head office in Weinheim (Germany) steers the international transport network for parcels and pallets in 36 European...

21.10.2019

Cathay Investments acquires Rhys Davies Logistics

Cathay Investments is purchasing Rhys Davies & Sons Limited (RDL), a logistics transport and warehousing business, its second acquisition this year following the recent addition of Warehouse One Distribution Limited in...

21.10.2019

ONE has got a new core of data

The integration of the container branches of the three big Japanese carriers now also helps K LINE, MOL and NYK to share operational data. Its basis is the data platform IoS-OP. All the data acquired from the monitoring system...

21.10.2019

"The Big Twin" conversion programme launched

Gecas and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have announced the launch of the Boeing 777-300ERSF and the establishment of a passenger to freighter conversion programme. Dubbed "The Big Twin" - denoting its status as the...

21.10.2019

Iberia fined for (fatally) wrong animal handling

Iberia Airlines, a Spanish member of IAG, has been fined over GBP 142,000 (EUR 158,000) for failing to adhere to strict guidelines that govern the welfare of animals during flights – making it the largest fine for such offences...