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28.02.2023

Joining forces to deploy e-trucks in California

Uber Freight, Watt EV and Chep are cooperating to deploy electric trucks on select routes in Southern California. As part of this collaboration, Watt EV will provide electric trucking capacity to Uber Freight shippers. The...

28.02.2023

IAG Cargo expands global network

Over the past year, the IAG Cargo Group, the cargo arm of International Airlines Group (IAG), has been focusing on improving the customer experience through investments in digital infrastructure, operational effectiveness, and...

28.02.2023

Molslinjen and Forsea merge

As part of its acquisition of Forsea Ferries, the shipping company Molslinjen has announced that Forsea's current CEO, Kristian Durhuus, will take charge of the operations of the merged shipping companies. Forsea Ferries is based...

28.02.2023

A coalition of technologies

Helsinki-based maritime technology developer Seaber has inked a partnership with Neste, a major producer of renewable and sustainable fuels. Neste will be using the Finnish company’s software for planning maritime logistics...

28.02.2023

For Continental from Toledo

The CAT group recently opened a new warehouse in the P3 Illescas logistics park in Toledo (Central Spain). From this new facility, which has a capacity of more than 28,250 sqm, the logistician will provide warehousing and...

28.02.2023

Stengg and SF Airlines to set up MRO JV in China

ST Engineering has announced that its commercial aerospace business and SF Airlines have entered an agreement to set up a commercial airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in Ezhou, Hubei, China. The...

28.02.2023

Carri Marais to join Bifa's training team

The British International Freight Association (Bifa) has appointed Carri Marais, as trainer – freight and customs procedures. Carl Hobbis, an executive director at Bifa, who also has overall responsibility for the trade...

28.02.2023

Further Eurasia railfreight service introduced

A new China-Moscow freight train departed from the city of Langfang in north China's Hebei Province last Saturday, 25 February 2023. Carrying 55 40-foot containers, it will leave the country via Erenhot Port in North China's...

28.02.2023

More capacities to the Canary Islands

Since they launched the project in November 2018, the shipping companies Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express have jointly transported a total of 1 million linear meters of merchandise between the Canary Islands and the port of...

28.02.2023

EPG acquires Groenewout

The owner-managed German logistics consulting company EPG Consulting has acquired the majority shares of Groenewout, thus enhancing its existing network of 22 locations and 900 employees. Groenewout was founded in 1966 and now is...

28.02.2023

Mena operations to launch from Bahrain

Asia Cargo Network (ACN) a group air cargo charter services provider in Southeast Asia, and Mena Aerospace, a Bahraini aviation services provider, have announced the start of their operations in the Mena region from the Kingdom...

28.02.2023

Priority access to hub-to-hub lanes

USA-based transport company Ascend is the first carrier customer to reserve autonomous freight capacity on the Volvo Autonomous Solutions (VAS) network. By reserving capacity, Ascend will have priority access to V.A.S.’s...

28.02.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

One carrot contains 200% of the daily requirement of vitamin A - and has 0% fat.

28.02.2023

Chapman Freeborn picks James Edwards

Global air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed James Edwards as general manager – UK. Joining Chapman Freeborn with a wealth of aviation experience, Edwards has worked with...

27.02.2023

UIC gauge to Catalunya

DB subsidiary helps speed up Spain’s railway links to Europe. The need for variable gauge wheelsets for Iberia’s 1,668 mm broad-gauge at the Franco-Spanish border has put a brake on rail traffic across the Pyrenees so far. Now...

27.02.2023

UAE completes rail network

UAE has inaugurated the last stretch of its main rail network, one of the region’s largest infrastructure projects. The line connects Ghuweifat on the border of Saudi Arabia to Fujairah at the Gulf of Oman, linking four major...

27.02.2023

Qatar Airways doubles cargo capacity in Munich

Qatar Airways Cargo is doubling its capacity at Munich airport. All four flights between Germany's fourth biggest air cargo gateway and Doha are operated on behalf of the logistics company DB Schenker. One of the carrier's new...

27.02.2023

More capacity for Medkon Lines

The Pendik-Istanbul based Turkish shipping company Medkon Lines has acquired its largest vessel to date, from Sea Consortium. The company invested approximately USD 4 million for the boxship “X-Press Brahmaputra”, which has a...

27.02.2023

New logistics park in South Korea

ESR-Kendall Square, the South Korean subsidiary of the ESR Group, an APAC-focussed logistics real estate developer, has completed the Geomdan Logistics Park, a 150,000 sqm logistics complex in South Korea’s Gimpo market. With...

27.02.2023

2023 Rock Stars of the supply chain award

UWL, a top-10 American-owned NVOCC and global logistics solutions provider, reports that Jane Colazzo, senior vice president, strategic development at UWL, has been honoured with the 2023 Rock Stars of the supply shain award...