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13.02.2024

Unorthodox approaches

Italian logisticians with big plans for 2024. 2023 may have ended on a gloomy note in Italy, but the country’s exports are poised for growth this year. Fundamental trends have led players such as Ambrogio Intermodal to open new...

13.02.2024

Trailer manufacturer relies on rail

Krone in Germany is now delivering its vehicles by combined transport. In mid-January, the utility vehicles manufacturer introduced a block train which runs once or twice a week between Werlte (Lower Saxony) and Wörth amk Rhein...

13.02.2024

Bosch platform now available in Hungary

Bosch Secure Truck Parking has opened its first fixed truck parking facility in Hungary. Carriers can reserve their secure parking spaces directly on the Bosch booking platform. The facility is located at Tatabanya, around 40 km...

13.02.2024

Growing cargo business in Asia without freighters

LCC Thai Vietjet Air has signed a master GSSA agreement with ECS Group member AVS GSA Thailand. The strategic partnership allows Thai Vietjet Air to leverage ECS Group's in-house digital tools and expert knowledge to promote its...

13.02.2024

366 m record breaker in Brazil

The arrival of the “MSC Natasha XIII”, a 366 m vessel, at Brazil's Porto de Santos on 1 February marks a historic milestone. With a capacity of 14,400 teu, it's the largest ship to dock there, facilitated by the collaborative...

13.02.2024

A first for Santiago

Maersk has partnered with Puma to operate a semi-automated omnichannel fulfilment and distribution centre in Santiago de Chile, whereby the logistics provider will ensure end-to-end visibility from the brand’s factories in Asia...

13.02.2024

GXO picks sales expert

Pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics has appointed Marco Galtelli as its new business development director for Italy and Switzerland. He will lead the business development, solution design and real estate teams and...

13.02.2024

Damen's dredger lands in Indonesia

Damen has delivered the inaugural CSD600 dredger to PT Dua Samudera Perkasa in Indonesia, for river maintenance in Kalimantan. This first-of-series, dismountable cutter suction dredger, part of a comprehensive package including...

13.02.2024

DHL deploys hydrogen trucks in Germany

The logistics company will use the Paul Hydrogen Power-Truck, a vehicle based on the Mercedes-Benz Atego, for a one-year pilot for distribution and line hauls at its Cologne location. This is the second hydrogen to be deployed by...

13.02.2024

A prime location for Primark

Built on 51,097 sqm in North Jacksonville and opened last week, the distribution centre is Primark’s latest expansion in the USA. The clothing retailer plans continue growing in the Southern US market, focusing on Florida, Texas,...

13.02.2024

Trans-o-flex CEO retires

Wolfgang P. Albeck (right) has decided to retire from his role as CEO of the express service specialising in the healthcare, cosmetics, consumer electronics and other sensitive goods sectors and move to the company's supervisory...

13.02.2024

EUR 11 million for green vehicles

After having handled 170,000 flights and served more than 21 million passengers at Rome Fiumicino Airport (Italy) in 2023, Swissport will now invest some EUR 11 million in eco-friendly vehicles on this site. Many of these new...

13.02.2024

Greener sailing on the Rhine

HGK Gas Shipping has added the “GAS 95” to its fleet on the Rhine. Launched on 8 February 2024, this vessel has a diesel-electric propulsion system, a future-proof design, and deep-draft optimisation, and its power management...

13.02.2024

New Renault to upgrade fleet

A new trailer train for mattresses: Hilding Anders Switzerland in Schänis, St. Gallen, recently began delivering its Bico mattresses nationwide using a new trailer-trailer combination. The Renault Trucks T430 P4x2 with a trailer...

13.02.2024

Spain's largest workwear hub

The Spanish workwear manufacturer Velilla Group has completed 90% of the expansion of its logistics centre. Located in the Romica industrial park, Albacete, the hub will be expanded from 17,000 sqm to 30,000 sqm, which will make...

13.02.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

For red-green colour blind people a rainbow is only yellow and blue.

13.02.2024

Targeting Southeast Asia's project cargo market

Trans Global Projects (TGP) has appointed Dominic Toh as director, Singapore. He brings nearly three decades of logistics’ experience and has worked for major multinational project logistics companies. Based in TGP’s...

13.02.2024

A new way to finance freight aircraft

ABL Aviation, an independent global full-service aircraft asset manager, has delivered a Boeing 777-200LRF to air cargo carrier Atlas Air. The deal was structured as a Japanese operating lease with call option (Jolco) combined...

12.02.2024

Keep both sides in view

The ways of a service provider; and the introduction of ‘Passar’. Joining a well-established company is always a bit of a challenge. Jochen Dahmer, the new COO of the Swiss software firm K&S Informatik, told Christian Doepgen...

12.02.2024

The challenge of feeding football fans

In the USA, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Super Bowl are some of the biggest events for consumers and for the logistics industry. More specifically, feeding the football fans is a big challenge, Compass...