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29.01.2024

Building a hub in Germany's Ruhr region

In a joint brownfield project, Prologis and Yusen Logistics have started to build a 57,200 sqm building in Bottrop, Germany. The town is strategically located in the Ruhr area, giving it access to several industries and proximity...

29.01.2024

1,000 e-trucks for cement giants

The Swiss building materials producer Holcim plans to use most of the ordered 1,000 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s for transporting materials such as cement in silo trailers. The volume represents the largest single order for the...

29.01.2024

PTP picks new CEO

The port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has appointed Mark Hardiman as its new CEO, succeeding Marco Neelsen, who had served seven years in the role. Hardiman was previously the CEO at the port of Salalah and has held various...

29.01.2024

Container highs at SC Ports

South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) experienced significant growth in intermodal cargo in 2023. Inland ports Greer and Dillon both recorded historic container numbers, with increases of 26% and 55% respectively. This surge brought...

29.01.2024

Landing a cargo handling contract in Saudi Arabia

Hainan Airlines has awarded a contract to Sats for cargo handling services in Saudi Arabia. Hainan Airlines operates three Airbus passenger flights a week to Riyadh and Jeddah. Sats will provide warehouse handling services for...

29.01.2024

A new platform for shipping operations

Gravity, which specialises in purchase order management, and Buyco, a container shipping platform, have developed a solution to improve the cooperation between procurement and transport teams in international trade. The...

29.01.2024

Modern waste trucks for Fribourg

Switzerland's Trans-Auto is acquiring a new Scania G 420 truck for its partner company Kevag. With immediate effect, it will be deployed to collect and transport refuse in the Fribourg region. Agile and versatile, the truck has a...

29.01.2024

A promotion for P.K. Mishra

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has promoted P.K. Mishra, formerly head of operations, to joint managing director, effective 1 January 2024. Joining as a surveyor with IRS in 1998, Mishra rose through the ranks to become...

29.01.2024

AD Ports investing in Jordan

Represented by its digital arm Maqta Gateway, AD Ports Group has signed a shareholders' agreement with the Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) for the joint venture, Maqta Ayla. This partnership, with Maqta Gateway holding a...

29.01.2024

2023: a solid year for AEI

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) delivered twenty-eight freighter conversions to leasing and operator customers world-wide in 2023: eighteen B737-800SF freighters, followed by five B737-400SF freighters, two MD-80SF series...

29.01.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

A Welsh psychologist has calculated that the most depressing day of the year always falls on the Monday of the last week of January.

26.01.2024

New groupage service to Mexico

Unstable rates and capacities in the market for airfreight services from Europe to Mexico have increased the demand for reliable and cost-efficient transport solutions. In response, Cargo-Partner has expanded its airfreight...

26.01.2024

Temperature-controlled rail service launched

The Swiss Inter Rail Group ran its first reefer container transports between Asia and Europe last year. The transport company has now added regular temperature-controlled rail services to its portfolio. Inter Rail uses...

26.01.2024

Zim adds new Asia-Canada route

Zim Integrated Shipping Services has launched the Zim PNW Xpress (ZPX), a new link connecting Asia with Canada and the USA through the Vancouver Gateway. The service began on 21 January 2024, starting from Cai Mep, Vietnam, and...

26.01.2024

Tackling the end-of-year peak

Europa Warehouse reported a 45% increase in orders during December of 2023, attained without the typical stress associated with “peaks”. Sales during the 2023 peak were lower than in previous years due to macroeconomic...

26.01.2024

Representing Turkish Cargo in Central Asia

Globalink Logistics has been contracted by Turkish Cargo as its air cargo sales (ACS) agent in Turkmenistan, "a milestone", the logistics services provider said. Globalink was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in...

26.01.2024

Girteka picks CCO

Mark Mulder has joined the asset-based logistics company Girteka as new chief commercial officer (CCO). He brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record in the transport and logistics sector, having has held leadership...

26.01.2024

Swiss forwarders banking on e-trucks

Renault recently handed over the first battery-electric E-Tech T tractor units to the Swiss haulage companies Hugelshofer and Schöni. The truck manufacturer has delivered 359 electric vehicles in Switzerland since 2020, 40% of...

26.01.2024

Automated storage on 800 sqm

Hongkong Electric has installed an all-new automated storage and retrieval system manufactured by Lödige Industries, a Germany-based systems supplier, in its electric tower in Ap Lei Chau. The new system includes an elevating...

26.01.2024

Ivo Aris follows Peter Mundt

The Nosta Group has appointed Ivo Aris as COO Global Sea & Air. He joined Nosta in September 2023 and assumed his new position on the family-owned company's management board on 1 January 2024. His predecessor Peter...