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11.06.2024

Dongguan: a key air cargo hub

Yusen Logistics has expanded its services at Dongguan Humen Bonded Logistics Park (BLP), which now include handling air import cargoes. This allows for a one-stop solution for imports and exports via Hong Kong International...

11.06.2024

Spitzke Logistik buys ten locomotives

Manufacturer Vossloh will deliver the ordered DE 18 diesel locomotives to the railfreight company in several stages, beginning in H2/2025. Spitzke Logistik is a subsidiary of the German railway infrastructure company Spitzke in...

11.06.2024

Synergies between Doha and Kuala Lumpur

Two years after Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways concluded an expanded codeshare agreement to offer increased connectivity to their passengers, the Oneworld partners Malaysia Aviation Group and Qatar Airways Group have further...

11.06.2024

Groupage network expands in Italy

The area around Rimini is home to various industries and many export-oriented businesses serving the furniture factories in the provinces of Fano and Pesar. In this growing local economy on Italy’s Adriatic coast, the...

11.06.2024

Ikea's Indian itinerary

Ikea is expanding in the Indian market with the help of Rhenus Group, a logistics provider with an established local network. More specifically, the furnishing company is aiming for growth in the Dehli National Capital Region....

11.06.2024

Red Sea services added to Arkas Line routes

Arkas Line is launching regular weekly services in the Red Sea, thus adding to its existing coverage in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Europe, Africa, and the East Coast of America. Starting on 16 June, the Red Sea Express...

11.06.2024

A chief HR and compliance officer for PD Ports

Seaport and port logistics operator PD Ports has appointed Michelle Robson to its executive leadership team. As chief people and compliance officer, Robson will oversee a broad range of key functions in the PD Ports Group,...

11.06.2024

Jet Blue appoints GSSA for New York

Network Cargo Management has been appointed as the GSSA for Jet Blue in New York, effective from 1 June 2024. Ken Joseph, NCM’s sales manager based in New York: “I am happy to confirm that NCM has been appointed as Jet Blue’s...

11.06.2024

Optimised wagons for waste transports

Two prototype wagons for scrap logistics are soon to put into operaton at tubes and pipes manufacturer Voestalpine in Linz, Austria. The new wagons are standard Transant platform wagons that have been optimised with a special...

11.06.2024

Merck strengthens life science presence

Merck recently opened a newly expanded distribution centre in Schnelldorf, Germany. Backed by EUR 180 million, the hub specialises in life sciences. The science and technology company has enlarged the site by 25,000 sqm,...

11.06.2024

PPG joins zero harm innovation programme

PPG has partnered with Rightship's zero harm innovation partners programme to promote maritime sustainability. PPG's biocide-free silicone fouling release coating, PPG Sigmaglide 2390, is the only hull coating approved by...

11.06.2024

A promotion for Andrew Summers

Air Charter Service, a global aircraft charter broker with 35 offices worldwide, has appointed Andrew Summers to the role of regional director for ACS’s offices in mainland Europe. Chris Leach, ACS’s chairman: “We believe...

11.06.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Quiet farts usually stink more than loud ones.

11.06.2024

Air Partner picks executive VP

Air Partner, a global aviation services group specialising in aircraft charter and aviation safety and security solutions has appointed Jon Corbi as executive vice president for group charter & cargo, USA. Corbi comes to...

11.06.2024

Automatic notification of sales opportunities

Air Canada Cargo has contracted Rotate to implement the ‘sales cockpit’ programme as part of its global digitalisation strategy. It is a web-based software that continually scans the airline’s data to automatically identify...

11.06.2024

Testing refuse collection by e-truck

Pöppel recently received a new battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 with a waste collection body from the manufacturer Terberg HS. Pöppel is a family-owned haulier specialising in waste management and city cleaning with a...

11.06.2024

UK-wide warehousing service

The UK-based Kinaxia Logistics has launched its new nationwide warehousing service seeking to enhance its storage capacity for seasonal peaks. With over 250,000 sqm of storage space in Greater Manchester, Daventry,...

11.06.2024

Taiwan monopile removal wrapped up

Jumbo Offshore has completed the removal of two monopiles at the offshore wind farm (OWF) Yunlin in Taiwan. The contract, which was awarded by Yunneng Wind Power (YWPC), required the DP2 heavy lift crane vessel “Fairplayer”...

10.06.2024

Craiss expands international services

The transport and logistics expert has introduced a weekly truck service from Hungary via Germany to Portugal for a German steel producer. The route is over 6,000 km long and connects several locations. The trucks leave...

10.06.2024

Resilinc appoints first chief AI officer

Resilinc, a provider of supply chain resiliency solutions, has appointed the company’s co-founder and current chief product officer (CPO), Sumit Vakil, as chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). In this integral role,...