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12.08.2019

Valenciaport satisfied with latest figures

The consolidated annual accounts of Valenciaport for the year 2018 have been published. The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) closed the year 2018 with a turnover of more than EUR 138 million, a decrease of 0.9% compared to...

12.08.2019

Fedex launches new Colombian connection

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has launched a new flight between Miami (FL, USA), Bogota and Medellin (Colombia). The new B767 flight facilitates the arrival of Colombian products to the US through its gateway...

12.08.2019

Red Sea Gateway goes Bangladesh

The Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), a container terminal at Jeddah Port (Saudia Arabia), and Bangladesh’s Ministry of Shipping have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the Saudi Arabian terminal operating...

12.08.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

The US federal state of Wyoming has just two escalators. Both are in a bank in the town of Casper.

12.08.2019

New member of the board of harbour commissioners

The Long Beach city council voted unanimously to confirm Mayor Robert Garcia’s appointment of Steven Neal to the board of harbour commissioners, which oversees the Port of Long Beach and the staff of the city’s harbour...

12.08.2019

Circle acquires Progetto Adele

Circle, which specialises in the analysis and development of automation and digitalisation solutions for the port sectors and intermodal logistics, has defined the terms of the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Progetto...

12.08.2019

Port railway shores up operational safety for the winter

The EUR 5.2 million project to extend and upgrade the quality of Bremen’s port railway (Germany) is making progress. The entire overhead line of the port railway in the Kaiserhafen-Nord has been renewed and 67 new lighting masts...

09.08.2019

The keys in their hands

The #NexGenLeaders competition launched early this year (see also page 5 of ITJ 7-8 / 2019) reached its grand finale at the Air Cargo Europe trade fair in Munich. Its success will benefit the entire industry, according to the...

08.08.2019

Strong – but stay alert

Despite a slight economic slowdown the logistics sector in Austria and Switzerland is in good overall shape. In addition to the promising momentum there are also a number of worrying developments that the sector needs to keep an...

07.08.2019

Seeking investors worldwide

Logistics are crucial to the project’s success. The team around H.E. Ahmad Al-Sayed, state minister and chairman of the Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA), is seeking investors from all key industries. Al-Sayed took time in...

06.08.2019

Pontic lure for Circle

Circle is continuing to expand its regional presence and simultaneously not neglecting its Italian and Turkish markets. The Black Sea region and North Africa are the IT service provider’s next destinations.

02.08.2019

Constant change

The Alha Group, an Italian airfreight provider, is diversifying. ITJ editor Andreas Haug met Lorenzo Schettini, CEO since 2014, and pharmaceuticals and special products development manager Nicola Caristo, who is also the...

30.07.2019

More checks at the Simplon

An above-average number of trucks carrying dangerous goods use the Simplon Pass road over the Alps between Switzerland and Italy every year. Now the police is stepping up checks to ensure greater safety on the route.

25.07.2019

Fewer car parts, more lavatory paper

Massimo Faggin and his brother Christian Faggin are the second generation of their family to manage the Mannheim-based German logistics company Alpensped. In our interview Christian Faggin talks about why he considers the...

23.07.2019

Smooth operator

Two years ago, Swiss WorldCargo reorganised its management structure (see page 6 of ITJ 17-18 / 2017). ITJ airfreight editor Andreas Haug learnt how well it is currently faring from Christian Wyss, in charge of Swiss WorldCargo’s...

19.07.2019

“Structure follows strategy”

A new regional structure introduced in May 2018 has completed its first year in the market for Geodis. At Transport Logistic in Munich Thomas Kraus, Geodis’ CEO for North, East and Central Europe, told Christian Doepgen about the...

16.07.2019

New balance

Contship Italia, a container terminal and intermodal operator, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in the face of ongoing change. Marketing and communications director Daniele Testi talked Christian Doepgen through the firm’s...

12.07.2019

Five partners for e-commerce

The small kingdom of Belgium is a major European foreign trade hub. Now four major maritime and aviation gateways have set up an alliance for faster and more efficient customs-clearance procedures in international trade. The...

09.07.2019

Innovating at the roots

The logistics industry cannot advance without innovation, and thus one of the questions driving logisticians forward is how to deal with changes and how to approach innovation. Professor Markus Peschl teaches innovation research...

04.07.2019

More service, fewer trucks

The Hungarian road haulier Waberer’s, which wants to put all of Europe in its pocket, seems to have been caught in a spin since its IPO two years ago. In February it brought Robert Ziegler on board as its new CEO to shake the...