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13.04.2023

UPS building new sorting facility at TPA

A new 3,716 sqm cargo building is going up near the Pemco World Air Services hangar on North Westshore Boulevard. It is part of a wide-ranging project that includes taxiway, apron and roadway improvements and a new City of Tampa...

13.04.2023

Odyssey names Hans Stig Moller as CEO

The board of directors of Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation has named Hans Stig Moller as the company’s new chief executive officer. As CEO, Moller’s task will be to steer Odyssey’s multimodal services and...

13.04.2023

Veson wants Vessels Value

Veson Nautical (Veson) has announced its intent to acquire vessel valuation provider Vessels Value. The Boston-based provider of maritime freight management solutions believes that the move will add a strong company and brand...

13.04.2023

Handling 1 million coffee orders per year

DHL Supply Chain is extending its strategic partnership with Nestlé Nespresso to provide logistics and fulfilment services in Australia. Projected to handle over 1 million orders in the first year, the Australian operation will...

13.04.2023

E-trailers also for linehaul traffic

Deploying e-trailers in land transport may save between 24% and 55% of fuel, as a field test conducted by DB Schenker, Tailer Dynamics and Krone in France showed. For the trial, the diesel consumption of a semi-trailer system...

13.04.2023

Aeronaves TSM orders six more AEI conversions

Saltillo (Mexico)-based Aeronaves TSM (TSM) has ordered an additional six AEI CJR200 SF freighter conversions from Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The modifications for all the aircraft are being performed by the authorised...

13.04.2023

MOL recruits representative for New Zealand

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL; president & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) has appointed Kazuki Kuwahara as chief country representative for New Zealand under the company’s regional organisation of Southeast Asia, Oceania, effective 1...

13.04.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

The German writer Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) is said to have drawn inspiration from the decaying scent of rotten apples.

13.04.2023

Sharp increase in US container import volumes

In its recent analysis of logistics data for the shipping industry, Descartes Systems Group reports that import volumes show some consistency with pre-pandemic levels for the first quarter of the year but continue to point to a...

13.04.2023

Managing 500,000 shipments by 2024

Contract logistics specialist ID Logistics is extending its Ideo control tower in Europe with the creation of a subsidiary in Poland. The new location will add about thirty more supply chain managers to Ideo’s network, which is...

13.04.2023

Promoting railfreight in Pacific Northwest

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) in USA is launching its 2023 rail cargo incentive programme aimed at driving growth and cost-effective operations in the Pacific Northwest region. The programme will provide a USD 50...

12.04.2023

Profitable in the pandemic

Taipei airport in expansion mode. As the planners at Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) expect the hub’s traffic volume to rise further they’ve adopted a decisive expansion course. The facility’s new T3 terminal is...

12.04.2023

Port truck parking with fast chargers

In addition to the Goordijk truck parking area (210 spaces) on the right bank of the Scheldt, Port of Antwerp-Bruges has now opened Ketenis, a new free parking area on the left bank of the Scheldt with 280 parking spaces. The...

12.04.2023

Lufthansa Cargo to link Larnaca, Athens and Milan

Starting in April, Lufthansa Cargo is expanding its European route network. The new freighter destinations include Larnaca (Cyprus), Athens and Milan. In total, Lufthansa Cargo will serve twelve destinations in the intra-European...

12.04.2023

Leschaco Group: changes to management board

Leschaco Group has announced the following changes to the management board (fltr): Constantin Conrad has officially assumed the role of chief executive officer, whereas chief operating officer Oliver Oestreich will retire in...

12.04.2023

LEI and EFL Global merge

The supply chain and logistics provider EFL Global, which is headquartered in Sri Lanka, has acquired the Canadian family-owned logistics company Locher Evers International (LEI). The acquisition is effective immediately, and the...

12.04.2023

An efficient shunting service on equal terms

With the automatic shunting facility at the Antwerp-North marshalling yard in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges (PoAB), freight trains can be assembled up to six times faster - but the facility is sometimes underutilised. PoAB, Railport...

12.04.2023

Hybrid machines to halve emissions

Port of Savannah in Georgia, USA, is investing USD 170 million on 55 hybrid-engine rubber-tired gantry cranes. The hybrid machines will be exclusively powered by electric batteries, with diesel generators running only to recharge...

12.04.2023

Cathay Cargo partners with Tower Cold Chain

Cathay Cargo has signed a global long-term rental agreement with Tower Cold Chain, giving its customers access to a wider range of temperature-controlled solutions in terms of container size and payload volume. Allowing the...

12.04.2023

Helgafell on its first voyage to the North

The vessel "Helgafell" from Samskip, headquartered in Rotterdam, but originally founded in Iceland in 1990, set sail from APM Terminal's short-sea terminal in the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden, for the first time. From now...