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28.02.2019

Launching new train on Silk Road

Metrans, part of HHLA, will launch a new intermodal service along a section of the new Silk Road, running from Malaszewice (Poland) to Ceska Trebova (Czechia), from 10 March 2019, with two roundtrips a week. This regular...

28.02.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

The smallest flying insect is the African parasitic wasp, which at 0.129 mm is smaller than the eye of a housefly.

28.02.2019

Ceva cuts debts and raises revenue

Ceva Logistics has reported its results for Q4/2018 and full year 2018. Revenue rose to USD 7.35 billion in 2018, 5.2% more compared to the previous year. The group’s ebitda was USD 198 million in 2018 with an ebitda margin...

28.02.2019

Air New Zealand and Red Cargo to interline

Red Cargo Logistics, the cargo and logistics platform of Malaysia-based Air Asia, has signed an interline agreement with Air New Zealand to expand and provide market access to its respective cargo businesses. The partnership, the...

28.02.2019

K+N banks on improvements via eTouch up to 2022

The strategy of the forwarding & logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) remains multifold, as CEO Detlef Trefzger and CFO Markus Blanka-Graff pointed out during the company's annual press conference in Schindellegi (Switzerland)....

27.02.2019

Exports in the front row

State-owned CP sold its railfreight subsidiary CP Carga to MSC in 2015; great criticism followed in 2016, when the firm was renamed Medlog, or Medway in Portugal. The reinvigorated entity is now investing massively in Vila Nova...

27.02.2019

Ownership change for US short line freight railroad

United Rail has acquired the New England Southern Railroad (NES), located in Concord NH (USA). NES, a short line railroad operator, provides rail transport services including transloading, private industrial rail car switching...

27.02.2019

APL introduces cargo monitoring system

Cargo monitoring is becoming increasingly important. Given this, APL recently unveiled Traxens to offer near real-time data of the movement and condition of the cargo it transports. The initiative is consistent with the CMA CGM...

27.02.2019

Major facility expansion at Canadian airport

KF Aerospace, a Canadian company which provides maintenance and engineering services and operates cargo feeder services to British Columbia, is adding a CAD30 million (EUR 20 million) extension to its aircraft maintenance, repair...

27.02.2019

DHL building new parcel centre near Berlin

The Deutsche Post DHL Group is building a new parcel centre in Ludwigsfelde, to the south of Berlin. The 37,000 sqm facility will be equipped with innovative sorting technology so that up to 50,000 packets and parcels per hour...

27.02.2019

Partners making CV exhaust systems in India

Eberspaecher Exhaust Technology International and Sharda Motor Industries have signed an agreement for an India-based 50:50 joint venture. The new JV Eberspaecher Sharda Exhaust Technology will develop, produce and sell...

27.02.2019

Sascha Kusche succeeds Axel Falk

Weiss Ocean + Air Cargo (WOAC), has announced a change to its management: CEO Axel Falk will retire from WOAC, a subsidiary of Gebrüder Weiss based in Hamburg (Germany), at the end of February after almost 33 years of service....

27.02.2019

Online booking increase and product range alignment

Delta Cargo is rebranding its international products to align with Skyteam Cargo, providing customers with a common product portfolio across the global alliance. With immediate effect, Delta Cargo’s international product...

27.02.2019

New technology for ship inspection by K Line

The Japan-based carrier K Line is rolling out an innovative ship hull inspection and maintenance project, involving the use of a drone and image analysis system, together with Technos Mihara, a non-destructive testing company...

27.02.2019

Railfreight and ecology do go arm in arm

CO2 emissions resulting from railfreight haulage are around 21 times less than road transport. A survey revealed that many of the Austrian Rail Cargo Group’s customers really value this advantage. More than 560 customers in...

27.02.2019

Bigger premises for Tigers in Miami

The supply chain specialist, Tigers USA, has moved its Miami USA team into a new, larger facility to strengthen its focus on the Latin American region, and meet growing global e-commerce demands. The new Florida-based...

27.02.2019

Four new members join Arpin's management committee

Arpin Group, a provider of full-service moving and storage solutions for corporate, private residential, government and military customers, has appointed Mark Dearborn, Allison Dickson, Renee Abrantes, and Richard Travisono to...

27.02.2019

Favourable figures for the American Club

The American Club witnessed a positive outcome to the recently-concluded 2019 P&I renewal season. Its mutual P&I business saw tonnage increase by more than 1.6 million gt as of 20 February 2019, in comparison to the...

27.02.2019

First Europe - China TIR transport takes 12 days

The first successful TIR transport from Europe to China came to a successful conclusion on 26 February, after a 7,400 km journey from Germany to Khorgos, a major Chinese overland Belt and Road port. The TIR truck, carrying 12...

27.02.2019

Emirates uses technology to raise KBL capacity

Emirates Flight Operations has developed a new navigation technique that allows the airline to carry additional cargo into Kabul international airport (KBL) which is situated in a wide valley at an elevation of 1,750 m and is...