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14.06.2023

Winner of public tender for Heraklion Port

It is the group's second investment in a Greek state port after Igoumenitsa: The consortium of Grimaldi Euromed and Minoan Lines has acquired 67% of the shares of Crete's port of Heraklion. The price for the Heraklion Port...

14.06.2023

MOL's first female captain takes the helm

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, (MOL) has appointed Naomi Matsushita captain of the car carrier “Beluga Ace,” effective 6 June 2023. She will be the first female seafarer to serve as a captain for a Japanese oceangoing shipping company...

14.06.2023

Two new sustainable 650 teu vessels

A2B-online, a provider of flexible trailer, container, and shipping services, has announced the construction of two sustainable vessels with a capacity of 650 teu. The vessels were designed and developed in partnership with...

14.06.2023

Hellmann opens first Swiss direct load branch

Since the beginning of June, the logistics services provider has been dispatching partial and full truck loads from Kloten between all European countries and Switzerland. Hellmann is thus taking another important step in...

14.06.2023

More trucks on German motorways

On Germany’s federal motorways, the mileage of trucks with at least four axles that are subject to tolls increased by 1.6 % in May 2023 compared to April 2023, adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects. According to the...

14.06.2023

NCM wins contract in USA

Transcarga International Airways (T7), known as ‘the airline of Venezuela,’ named Network Cargo Management (NCM) as its GSA in USA, effective 29 March 2023. Javier Gonzalez, NCM’s sales manager based in Florida, said: “I am...

14.06.2023

Going on with the Danes

The Port of Kalundborg, strategically located next to the deep-sea route in the Great Belt, and APM Terminals have signed a ten-years agreement to extend the concession of the Kalundborg container terminal. Mikael Gutman,...

14.06.2023

Sailors’ Society supports crew of "Heroic Idun"

Members of the Sailors’ Society’s global crisis response network travelled to Cape Town on 6 June 2023 to welcome back the 26 crew of the “MT Heroic Idu” after supporting them and their families through a ten-month detention by...

14.06.2023

Increasing rail capacity on Ukraine/EU border

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, uncertainty about the sea routes that traditionally carry most of Ukraine’s imports and exports has prompted improvements to rail, road, and river links with other countries. Now, the European...

14.06.2023

Nowaste Logistics: yet more space in Sweden

Property company Catena is starting to build three logistics facilities totalling around 75,000 sqm in Helsingborg, Sweden and has budgeted an investment of SEK 950 million (EUR 81.3 million) for the project. The entire space...

14.06.2023

LBX now calling Thessaloniki

Israel-based ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is starting a new service this month: Black Sea Express (LBX) will add a weekly call at the port of Thessaloniki (Greece) and will be operated exclusively by ZIM. The new rotation is...

14.06.2023

Yvonne Manzi Makolo first women to chair Iata BOG

The International Air Transport Association reports that Rwandair CEO Yvonne Manzi Makolo assumed her duties as chair of the Iata board of governors (BOG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion of the 79th Iata annual...

14.06.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) wrote her novels standing up - probably out of rivalry with her sister, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), who also painted standing up.

14.06.2023

Cacashop expands warehouses in Australia

The cross-border e-commerce platform has acquired five Australian warehousing companies for a staggering sum of AUD 37.12 million (EUR 23.3 million), significantly augmenting its logistics, product supply service and storage...

14.06.2023

EV Cargo investing in green fleet

In UK, the transport company has taken delivery of ten new Volvo FH with I-Save 6x2 tractors. With the new vehicles, EV Cargo is accelerating its carbon reduction aims without compromising on driving performance, Volvo said....

13.06.2023

Bringing the birds back to Britain

British aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has been building a large number of its aircraft in Eastern Europe since the 1960s. It has now revealed plans to increase production rates and to repatriate aircraft production to its...

13.06.2023

Waberer's receives 50 lightweight semi-trailers

Hungarian transport group Waberer's is putting 45 three-axle and five two-axle Berger trailers into operation. The vehicles represent an investment worth nearly EUR 2 million and will be deployed in both regional and...

13.06.2023

ASI service to boost Pakistan’s trade

Pakistan International Container Terminal (Pict), International Container Terminal Services (Ictsi), and Sealead, a Singaporean shipping line, have joined forces to establish a direct transport link between Pakistan and...

13.06.2023

Astral Aviation: scheduled flight to Tel Aviv

Astral Aviation (Astral) inaugurated its maiden flight from Nairobi to Tel Aviv on 5 June on its Boeing 757 freighter, which will operate on the new scheduled route. The colourful inauguration ceremony held at Astral’s Hub at...

13.06.2023

Ten days paid fertility leave

European transport and logistics provider XPO is now offering ten days of additional paid leave for UK and Ireland colleagues while they or their partners undergo fertility treatment. This applies equally to anyone in any...