Matson builds its largest con-ro ship to date

The US carrier Matson recently christened the largest combination container / roll-on, roll-off ship ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the Nassco shipyard in San Diego (CA, USA). The new vessel is named “Lurline”,...

BVL elects five new board members

At its 41th annual general meeting (AGM), the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) announced some changes to its management. Cash auditor Lutz Peper, managing partner of Peper und Söhne, resigned his mandate after eight years of...

Harder logistics invests in scanning technology

Harder logistics has invested in digital archiving solutions and built up its own scanning centre. In response to an increasing demand for the digitisation of traditional archiving systems, Harder logistics decided to add this...

Semitrailer for groupage traffic in Switzerland

Guyana: a new hot spot for business

In the Latin American country of Guyana the economy is growing apace. Due to the productivity of offshore drilling projects, the country’s gross domestic product alone is set to double by 2020. Crane Worldwide Logistics has...

First US carrier to use Skycell containers

United Cargo will enhance its Tempcontrol service by becoming the first US carrier to lease and transport the temperature-sensitive containers manufactured by Skycell. Each container of the Swiss-based company is equipped...

Bolloré Logistics finds a partner in Boustead Projects

Bolloré Logistics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Boustead Projects, an industrial real estate solutions provider based in Singapore. With this agreement, Boustead Projects and Bolloré Logistics aim to jointly...

Monica Normark to head biorefinery technology at Sekab

Monica Normark is the new acting head of biorefinery technology at the clean tech company Sekab E-technology, effective June 2019. She has been with Sekab E-Technology for two years, working primarily on developing technology for...

TIR corridor between Iran and Azerbaijan launched

The first eTIR transport between Iran and Azerbaijan conducted by Zarin Borna International Transport has successfully taken place this week, travelling from Tabriz, Iran to Ipek Yolu, Azerbaijan. It marks a new era of...

Linking Casablanca and Istanbul

Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), the smaller international airport in the Asian part of Istanbul, which, after the inauguration of the new Istanbul International Airport this spring, is promoting itself as the “city airport” of the Turkish...

International Maritime Rescue Federation renews board

The members of the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) have elected their new board of trustees. The new trustees, who will serve a four year term, then held an initial meeting to elect a new chair. The trustees...

US haulier deploys Globe Tracker's IoT devices

Southwest Dedicated Transport, a motor carrier from Oklahoma (USA), has selected Globe Tracker, a provider in IoT tracking and monitoring solutions for logistics assets, to outfit its refrigerated trailer fleet with IoT devices...

“Curiosity of the Day”

Lake Baikal is the largest lake in the world and contains over 20% of the world's unfrozen drinkable water.

More rail transports for building and recycling industries

Switzerland’s railfreight company SBB Cargo and Sersa, a specialist in the construction and maintenance of rail infrastructure, have decided to intensify their cooperation in future. The aim is to shift more cargo transports for...

50,000 trackers at sea

There is a plethora of discussions concerning the technical details of container trackers in the maritime shipping industry. CMA CGM is now going the whole hog and deploying Traxens trackers on all of its 50,000 containers;...

Stainless tank cars improve molasses transport

In Russia, the United Wagon Company (UWC) has shipped 26 tank cars for the transportation of molasses and vegetable oils to GATX Rail Vostok. The tank car is a new addition to UWC's product line and the only model on the...

More dividends for HHLA's shareholders

The Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA, Germany) will raise the dividend per listed class A share to EUR 0.80. This figure is 19.4 % higher than in the previous year. EUR 56 million will thus be distributed to the shareholders...

Five new B777F on three new routes

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced a significant new order for five Boeing 777 freighters. Qatar Airways Group chief executive, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker (left, together with Kevin McAllister, president and CEO of Boeing...

Improving access to truck-to-rail transload in Illinois

The city of Peru in Illinois (USA) and Omnitrax will receive a USD 6,081 million grant for extensive track work on the transport company-managed Illinois Railway (IR). It will improve crossing surfaces and install 40 km of 50...

Ceva appoints new executive VP global automotive sector

Ceva Logistics has promoted Dave Dudek to the position of executive vice president global automotive sector. He succeeds Antonio Fondevilla, who has decided to pursue new opportunities outside Ceva. Dudek moves up from his...