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26.09.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

In Norway, Austria and Switzerland, around a quarter of the population go skiing regularly, which is the highest proportion worldwide.

26.09.2023

IAG Cargo launches constant climate in Cincinnati

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), reports that Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky International Airport has become its latest station in the USA to be approved to transport time and...

26.09.2023

Genoa: a new port government commissioner

By decree n. 217, Italy’s infrastructure and transport minister Matteo Sa lvini officially appointed Paolo Piacenza as government commissioner of the Western Ligurian sea port authority on 8 September 2023. Piacenza was also...

26.09.2023

Railcar orders: best quarter since 2013

US manufacturer Greenbrier (GBXR) received orders for 15,300 new railcars with an aggregate value of USD 1.9 billion during its fiscal fourth quarter ended on 31 August 2023. The units were commissioned by customers operating...

26.09.2023

Lulu Group opens facility in Milan

Lulu Group has officially opened its sourcing, food processing & export hub in Italy. Located at the World Trade Centre near Malpensa Airport in Milan, the facility will focus on sourcing, processing, storing, packaging, and...

25.09.2023

Like a fish out of water

Swiss lake-hopping. Trucks don’t cross the waters and ships don’t travel over land. Sometimes, however, this logic is undermined. For example, when a shipping line operating on one Swiss lake, the 24 km2 Walensee, buys a unit...

25.09.2023

Three roundtrips between Brwinow and Rotterdam

The Swiss intermodal provider Hupac is expanding its business by increasing the number of direct services from its Brwinow terminal near Warsaw, Poland to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. With easy connections to/from the UK,...

25.09.2023

A 16,000 sqm warehouse in Cameroon

A.P. Moller – Maersk has opened a warehousing & distribution facility in Douala, Cameroon. The site will be spread over 16,000 sqm, providing for dry warehousing and distribution. As a bonded facility, it will also...

25.09.2023

Austria names successor to Hercules

At a press conference, Austria's defence minister Klaudia Tanner and major general Harald Vodosek announced that all further plans for the successor to the C-130 "Hercules" will focus on the Embraer C-390. The C-130...

25.09.2023

Locomotive fleet grows to 36 Vectrons

The Polish locomotive leasing company Cargounit has ordered up to 30 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The framework agreement includes the delivery of ten units by the end of 2023 and an option for 20 additional...

25.09.2023

JKL Partners sets its sights on HMM

While international investors for the carrier HMM have been excluded by the authorities, the domestic bidders need to demonstrate that they have funding available. The respective sums are a prerequisite for the entry as an...

25.09.2023

Dokasch TS expands its business in India

India’s pharmaceutical industry ranks third worldwide in terms of pharmaceutical production by volume, the Indian government says. Dokasch Temperature Solutions has now appointed James Savio as business development manager...

25.09.2023

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: no time to waste

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and its cargo partners are combatting long truck wait times at the hub through the introduction of a new smart cargo main port programme initiative, “Digital Planning”, for which key players in...

25.09.2023

Faster and more cost-effective than rail and air

A new TIR route bridges the gap between China’s east coast and Central Asia and connects Uzbekistan to China’s coastal city of Qingdao. The first convoy, including Uzbek TIR trucks carrying blackcurrants, recently completed the...

25.09.2023

Singapore tops global shipping centre index

Singapore has once again secured the top spot in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCDI) for the tenth consecutive year. This report, published jointly by Xinhua and the Baltic Exchange, also...

25.09.2023

Anna-Maria Kirchner joins Finnair Cargo

Finnair Cargo has appointed Anna-Maria Kirchner as head of global sales, effective 15 September 2023. “We are happy to welcome Kirchner to our team. As we are looking to strengthen our sales team and develop our product and...

25.09.2023

Envirotainer adds containers for the Americas

Envirotainer, a specialist in the shipment of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, has expanded its network capabilities in the Americas, by adding more containers to handle the increasing volume of orders being shipped from...

25.09.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Gymnophobia is the fear of one's own nakedness.

25.09.2023

Safety programme for chemical terminals

The Fundación Valenciaport is actively involved in the STBERNARD project, which is aimed at enhancing safety for first responders in chemical terminals during emergencies, especially CBRN threats. The project, co-funded by the...

25.09.2023

More investors for autonomous trucking

Fernride has closed a further USD 19 million in its Series A funding, pushing the total round amount to USD 50 million. The increase in funding will further cement the company’s position as a specialist in autonomous, electric...