29.08.2019

A machine to unload bags of coffee

Tramar, a coffee warehousing company based in Le Havre (France), will soon use a machine from Copal to unload its bags of coffee beans from the containers. Thus, the company will automate its processes for the receipt of goods...
29.08.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

In the old town of Bremen in Germany there is a place where passers-by regularly spit on the ground. A so-called spit stone has been placed in the cobbled street so that the town’s citizens can show their contempt for the...
29.08.2019

Apex and Asiana arrive at Columbus Rickenbacker

On 24 August 2019, the South Korean airline Asiana Cargo completed its inaugural scheduled B747F flight between Wuhan (China) and Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) marking its entry into Columbus (OH, USA), for both the...
29.08.2019

Port of Cork doubles facilities in preparation for Brexit

In the Republic of Ireland, the port of Cork has doubled the size of its customs facilities in preparation for the likelihood that the United Kingdom (UK) will leave the European Union (EU) with a no-deal Brexit on 31 October...
29.08.2019

Freight drivers' lounge refurbished

P&O Ferries has invested in modernising the freight drivers’ lounge on board of two of its Irish Sea ferries, “European Highlander” and “European Causeway”, which operate between Larne, Northern Ireland and Cairnryan,...
29.08.2019

Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group plans strategic takeover

The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Benteler Distribution, a division of Benteler International with an annual turnover of about EUR 750 million (2018). This strategic acquisition will...
29.08.2019

UPS names new head for southeast Europe

UPS has appointed Dutchman Yannick Mooijman as its managing director for Hungary, Greece, Romania and Slovenia, where he is responsible for UPS’s operations, business development and strategy. He replaces Jim Kearney, who was...
28.08.2019

The last mile in LA

The ongoing e-commerce boom has not triggered a great degree of innovation on last-mile deliveries. Now the potential for improvement in the segment has been recognised and several companies are improving their position in the...
28.08.2019

Turkey receives the first hybrid locomotives

Swiss manufacturer Stadler and Körfez Ulastırma, the logistics affiliate of Turkey’s largest refinery Tüpraş, have signed a contract for the supply of seven Co'Co' hybrid locomotives of the Eurodual type, as well as spare parts...
28.08.2019

The calm before the storm?

The container throughput index published by the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) showed a surprising record result for July 2019. According to the current...
28.08.2019

Atlas Air mourns passing of board chairman Robert Agnew

Atlas Air Worldwide has announced that Robert (Bob) Agnew, the chairman of the board of directors, passed away earlier this week. “Agnew was a wonderful director and even finer human being,” said William J. Flynn, chief executive...
28.08.2019

Yusen Logistics opens new office in Koper (Slovenia)

Yusen Logistics (Hungary) has opened a new branch office in Koper (Slovenia). Yusen Logistics thus continues to expand its presence in Europe. The southern part of Central Eastern Europe is well covered (Austria, Hungary,...
28.08.2019

Time to end air cargo anti-trust dispute

Deutsche Bahn has reached a settlement with Lufthansa concerning the air cargo cartel which was in operation between 1999 and 2006. The settlement ends the companies' dispute that has been ongoing since 2013. The settling parties...
28.08.2019

Rail transport of bulk liquids increases in Africa

Photo: TRL

In conjunction with Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL), the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has signed a contract with Delta Energy to transport 5 to 6 million litres (5,000 – 6,000 t) of petroleum from Tanzania to Zambia...
28.08.2019

Nicolas Gauthier moves from France to Ecuador

After seven years at the port operator Portsynergy Projects in Fos and Le Havre (France), Nicolas Gauthier will take on a major new port project in Ecuador. The USD 1.2 billion project involves the construction of a new port...
28.08.2019

Halifax Stanfield begins building air cargo logistics park

Realising the potential to further enable regional exports and trade, the Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) in Canada is ready to construct a new air cargo logistics park that will benefit the entire region. The...
28.08.2019

ECS opens office in Porto

ECS Group is continuing to expand its network by opening an office in Porto (OPO, Portugal) this summer. The GSSA is reaffirming its European development strategy and its desire to offer its partners an increasingly close-knit...
28.08.2019

68,000 wagons to have digital technology by 2020

The German carrier DB Cargo is powering ahead with the digitalisation of its freight wagon fleet: the 34,000th wagon with state-of-the-art telematics and smart sensors rolled out of the refitting facility in Seelze near Hanover...
28.08.2019

Port in Mayotte in the Indian Ocean turns smart

The Longoni port community in Mayotte, part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Northwest of Madagascar and the 101st department of France, is enhancing its port community software. Through its company ICM+, Mayotte has...
28.08.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Many recordings of Churchill's wartime speeches are the work of BBC voice actor Norman Shelley. Churchill was just too busy with the war to go to the studios.
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