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02.04.2019

DB Schenker relocates to BUD Cargo City

Budapest airport’s BUD Cargo City is looking forward to welcoming a new tenant: Another logistics services provider, DB Schenker, has decided to relocate its airfreight operations directly to the Hungarian capital’s airport....

02.04.2019

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway goes ahead

Russia and Kyrgyzstan have signed a memorandum of cooperation regarding rail transport. The document underlines the positive development and effectiveness of joint action to conduct a preliminary feasibility study of projects for...

02.04.2019

TIL to become sole owner of MCT in Gioia Tauro

Contship Italia and Itaterminaux, an affiliate of Terminal Investment (TIL), have inked a share purchase agreement concerning the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of MCT (Medcenter container...

02.04.2019

Airline brings honeybees to Ras Al Khaimah

40 tonnes of live honeybees landed recently at Ras Al Khaimah airport (RAK) in the UAE on an Egypt Air Cargo flight from Cairo for the first time in 2019. Many customers of Al Najeh Honey and Bee from Sharjah (UAE) were waiting...

02.04.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Female Adelie penguins exchange sex for pebbles which they use to build their nests. If the partner does not provide enough pebbles, the female chooses another.

02.04.2019

U-Freight strengthens partnership with Easyship

U-Freight Group (UFL) is strengthening its relationship with Easyship, a global cloud-based shipping software and technology platform that enables e-commerce merchants to ship their products worldwide. Responding to increasing...

02.04.2019

Shuttle links Rostock with Lovosice

Effective immediately, a new direct train for unaccompanied semitrailers has been launched between the German sea port of Rostock and Lovosice, north of the Czech capital Prague. The shuttle takes eleven hours to complete the 510...

01.04.2019

Done - DSV acquires Panalpina

DSV and Panalpina have reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a combination by way of a public exchange offer to all Panalpina shareholders, which Panalpina's board of directors has recommended its shareholders to...

01.04.2019

“One of the biggest players”

“People don’t usually feel a vocation to start a career in airfreight,” Guillaume Halleux told ITJ editor Andreas Haug in an interview recently. The Frenchman himself soon discovered and fortified his passion for the segment in...

01.04.2019

Switzerland: one out of three HGVs defective

A total of 90,459 trucks, semitrailers, delivery vans and company cars were controlled in Switzerland in 2018. Around 20,000 of those vehicles were found to be defective and about 5,190 vehicles had to be taken off the road....

01.04.2019

They went in two by two: Airline cares for pets

On 1 March 2019, American Airlines Cargo began accepting dogs, cats and ferrets into and out of Dublin (DUB, Ireland). Starting today, 1 April 2019, the carrier is partnering with Coppersmith Global Logistics to assist its...

01.04.2019

Booking platform for small palletised shipments

Occasional consignors of small shipments (single or a few pallets) can now make use of a new digital platform, provided by Palletways, that offers a swift and easy way to book transport for palletised freight, end-to-end shipment...

01.04.2019

Toh to reinforce Ceva management team

Renee Toh has been recruited by Ceva Logistics as global head of the ocean procurement & trade lane management team. Effective April 2019 and based in Singapore, Toh will report directly to the company’s global head of ocean,...

01.04.2019

New chapter in railroad's history

The US railroad Norfolk Southern (NS) is relocating its headquarters from Norfolk VA, to Atlanta GA. The company has engaged Cousins Properties to oversee construction of the new headquarters complex. NS recently held a...

01.04.2019

Container throughput index takes a dive

The container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to 133.9 according to...

01.04.2019

Bright future beckons for Scottish airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) welcomed a new twice-weekly B747F service from the British Cargologicair, connecting Scotland with Houston and Frankfurt. Each service offers 110 tonnes of freight capacity, giving a welcome boost...

01.04.2019

Seko signs contract with Peli Biothermal

Seko Logistics’ new operation in Ireland has won a three-year contract to serve as Peli Biothermal’s network station and service centre in Dublin, connecting a provider in temperature-controlled packaging with pharmaceutical...

01.04.2019

Neumann transfers to Meyer Logistik

Julius Neumann has been selected as head of Ludwig Meyer’s central region. Neumann will take charge, inter alia, of monitoring operational processes at the fresh food logistics specialist’s Friedrichsdorf location, to the north...

01.04.2019

CN to strengthen its rail network in Manitoba

Canadian National Railways (CN) plans to invest CAD 120 million (EUR 79.5 million) in Manitoba in 2019 to strengthen the company’s rail network across the province. The planned expansion projects include, inter alia, a new train...

01.04.2019

Some lateral movement for HHLA in FY/2018

The German service provider Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) was successful in financial year 2018 as it outperformed its already strong 2017 result. Despite a harsher market environment in H2/2018, container throughput...