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04.04.2023

Crossing the Rhine

A special project currently links the banks of the river Rhine near Basel, between Grenzach (Germany) and Birsfelden (Switzerland). This is where Birsterminal is dismantling and transferring a hall covering a total area of...

04.04.2023

Five more Boeing 787-9s for EVA Air

EVA Air has ordered five more Boeing 787-9s following approval by its board of directors on 13 March 2023. The deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2027. And, starting in mid-2024, EVA will update...

04.04.2023

On the long haul with 100 e-trucks

DB Schenker has signed an agreement with Mercedes Benz Trucks to take delivery of the new eActros Long Haul. DB Schenker will begin to take over 100 e-trucks from the start of series production in 2024 and thus expand its fleet...

04.04.2023

RWI/ISL: a pessimistic outlook

The container throughput index of the RWI (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics) rose to 122.4 points in February 2023, offsetting the low value of the previous month...

04.04.2023

Scanlog picks Lars Lerstorp

Scandinavian freight logistics specialist Scanlog has appointed Lars Lerstorp as commercial director rail & road freight solutions, with overall commercial responsibility for the company’s transport solutions within rail,...

04.04.2023

Expansion in South-Eastern Europe

Intermodal specialist Metrans has acquired a 51% stake in Croatian Adria Rail, a rail operator and a provider of railfreight services from the Adriatic region to Central and South-Eastern Europe. The inland terminal in the...

04.04.2023

Two log tech companies to exploit synergies

ITA Consulting Group, provider of the B2B multi-carrier shipping solution Letmeship, is strengthening its position in the European courier, express and parcel (CEP) market with the acquisition of Parcelparcel. Founded in 2013 in...

04.04.2023

Supporting a skyrocketing travel retail market

Bolloré Logistics has launched a new air charter service to support the growth of the travel retail market in the island of Hainan in Southern China. The link will operate from Singapore to the island's capital Haikou via Hong...

04.04.2023

Accelleron: good FY/2022 and plans for the future

Accelleron is looking back on a positive first financial year as an independent company: the Swiss supplier of turbochargers for heavy-duty applications, which was spun off from ABB, ended 2022 with sales of USD 780.5 million and...

04.04.2023

Ambercor Shipping chooses Josh Havelka

Josh Havelka has been appointed as US project business development manager for Ambercor Shipping USA to drive overall logistics sales and further expand Ambercor’s project product portfolio. Havelka brings to his new role...

04.04.2023

Expanded container services in Benelux

Contargo Berry took over the transport enterprise Transport Clynhens J. on 1 April 2023, thus strengthening its container transport offer on water, rail and road as part of its trimodal portfolio. Clynhens J.’s main activity...

04.04.2023

Agility grows through acquisitions

Kuwait-based Agility had a strong 2022, which was marked by two major acquisitions. The group reported full-year 2022 earnings of KWD 68 million (EUR 205 million), an increase of 180.7% over the same period in 2021, excluding...

04.04.2023

Between Southwest Germany and the USA's Southeast

"Inspire", the penultimate "Jumbo" produced, has inspired Kuehne + Nagel to launch a new flight connection, running from Chicago to Stuttgart and then to Birmingham, AL in USA, with which the global logistics...

04.04.2023

Fashion brand moves to fancy Frihamnen port

Ports of Stockholm and Gant have signed a seven-year tenancy agreement for 4,700 sqm of premises at Frihamnen port in Stockholm, Sweden. The premises are on the ground floor of the Magasin 3 building, one of the historic...

04.04.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

The best time to see a rainbow is in the morning and late afternoon, when the sun's rays hit the raindrops at an angle of 42 degrees.

04.04.2023

Airbus expands its ‘make-in-India’ activities

Airbus has awarded a contract to Tata Advanced Systems (Tasl) to manufacture cargo and bulk cargo doors of the A320neo aircraft family. The contract is a significant step towards increasing Airbus' competitiveness in the...

04.04.2023

More capacity between France and Caribbean

During the visit of a delegation to Guadeloupe, French Guyana, and Martinique on 20 - 24 March 2023, Dunkerque-Port and its deputy director general Daniel Deschodt were able to meet numerous players in the Antilles’ transport...

04.04.2023

LeBlanc named general manager of Aeronet SF

Michael LeBlanc has been hired to head Aeronet Worldwide’s San Francisco station, which has just expanded its operation by moving into a 7803.8 sqm facility. LeBlanc has gained over 16 years of experience in the logistics...

04.04.2023

Iraq anchors its position as transit hub

The Republic of Iraq, at the crossroads of several trade routes in the Middle East, has become the 78th country to accede to the United Nations TIR Convention, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) reports. Iraq’s...

03.04.2023

“No future without change”

Jacques Leijssenaar, United Cargo’s vice-president for the Emeia region since 2015, addressed some of the key challenges facing the aviation sector in his talk to the Propeller Club, Port of Basel. Digitalisation, sustainability,...