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08.02.2023

155,000 km rail tracks in operation

China invested CNY 710.9 billion (EUR 97.5 billion) in railway fixed assets in 2022, building and putting 4,100 km new rail tracks into service, including 2,082 km of high-speed routes. By the end of 2022, the country had...

08.02.2023

Tobias Brandt to lead Nosta Sea & Air in Germany

Full-service logistics provider Nosta Group is restructuring its management by appointing Tobias Brandt (left) as COO Sea & Air Germany after the former managing director Peter Mundt (right) moved to the group’s global...

08.02.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) had great respect for every living creature. When he had finished studying an insect, he took it back to exactly the same place where he had picked it up.

08.02.2023

A good cargo year for Iberia Airport Services

Last year, Iberia Airport Services (Ibas), Iberia's handling division, which serves more than 150 airlines at 29 Spanish airports, handled more than 362,847 t of freight, 7% more than in 2021 (-9.6% vs 2019). In 2022, Ibas...

08.02.2023

GCL loves cars

Global Critical Logistics (GCL), which specialises in events & sports logistics, recently acquired the UK-based Classic Automotive Relocation Services (Cars), a company that was founded in 1989 to organise shipments of...

08.02.2023

Semi-trailer to improve food shipments

UK-based food transportation specialist Ann-Martin International has taken delivery of a Schmitz Cargobull S.KO Cool box body semi-trailer. It is equipped with an air distribution system optimised for the trailer’s S.CU cooling...

08.02.2023

Strengthening inland navigation

Duisburg-based Haeger & Schmidt Logistics (HSL) has reinforced its inland shipping business. The new vessels will be deployed in the company's Container Allianz Niederrhein (CAN), a pool for container transports that HSL runs...

08.02.2023

Busy - busier - Miami

Miami International Airport (MIA) handled 2.2 million t of international freight and 500,000 t of domestic shipments in 2022, thus matching the record of 2.7 million t of freight it had set in 2021. According to Airports...

07.02.2023

Challenges require solutions

In conversation with Challenge Group CEO Yossi Shoukroun. As a conglomerate, Challenge Group only came on the scene in 2020, but the holding’s components, which manage every link in the air cargo supply chain, date back to the...

07.02.2023

Twilight of the alliances

The end of 2M is looming, ringing in a new era. Maersk hasn’t revealed more than the fact that the decision was “thoroughly evaluated and was mutually agreed.” The end of 2M, due in 2025, is potentially highly explosive for the...

07.02.2023

Driver shortage has an immense impact

According to a new study conducted by logistics experts from the universities of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Dresden and Würzburg-Schweinfurt (both Germany), the shortage of driving personnel cost the German economy an additional...

07.02.2023

Iata: yields and revenue should stay stable

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand in 2022 took a significant step back from 2021 levels but was close to its performance in 2019. Willie...

07.02.2023

3PL in the worldwide perspective

Armstrong & Associates (A&A), a publisher of third-party logistics (3PL) market information and consulting, has released its latest research report. According to the study “Downshift: Latest Global and Regional Logistics...

07.02.2023

Global Air Charter Service heads to the capital

The global aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service has inaugurated a new branch in Washington DC, serving the Virginia and Delaware regions as well as the capital. Joel Fenn has been appointed as CEO of the new...

07.02.2023

ZXB service enhanced

ZIM is updating its US-Asian ZXB (Xpress Baltimore) weekly service, which it introduced in March 2022. Starting from late February 2023, the ZXB weekly rotation will be the following: Jakarta – Laem Chabang– Cai Mep – Haiphong –...

07.02.2023

Wagon acquired for heavy loads transport

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has purchased a 200 t well-wagon for USD 1 million. It will be used for transporting out of gauge or abnormal loads such as turbines and other components for the Julius Nyerere hydro...

07.02.2023

Digitisation to drive air cargo hub in Goa

GMR Goa International Airport, a subsidiary of GMR Airports Limited (GAL), was inaugurated in December 2022, and the domestic air cargo operations went live from an interim facility at the airport, supported by a digital solution...

07.02.2023

Sunny side of the East Coast

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) on the US East Coast handled 5.9 million teu in 2022, an increase of 5% compared to 2021. It was not only an annual record. The Port of Savannah achieved four of its top five months for...

07.02.2023

Challenges for Germany’s air freight industry

The volume of air cargo volumes handled at Germany’s airports has declined. The member companies of the German Association of Air Cargo Handlers (Vacad) handled a total of 1,766,739 t in 2022, around 9% less than in 2021....

07.02.2023

Schneider Transport expands UK business

Road haulier Schneider Transport is acquiring Global Freight Connections (GFC) in Basildon, UK and thus strengthening its activities on the English market and in the Greater London area. GFC is a medium-sized freight...