08.12.2022

When French and US-Americans sympathise

The Marseille-based CMA CGM Group has inked an agreement to acquire GCT Bayonne and New York terminals, on Staten Island. The two east coast facilities belong to Global Container Terminals (GCT). The price of the purchase wasn’t...
08.12.2022

Groupe Pierre in Belgium sold

In order to widen its pharmaceutical logistics services, the Japanese player Yusen Logistics has acquired the Groupe Pierre in Belgium. The group, based in the Walloon Brabant region, consists of the three units Transports Pierre...
08.12.2022

Memphis steams infested chestnuts for the holidays

A month ago US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists in Memphis TN intercepted nine immature insects in a shipment of chestnuts. The eight-kilogram shipment from Bolzano (Italy) was en route to a residential...
08.12.2022

New generation in charge at workplace specialist Krieg

On 1 October Andreas Krieg (left) transferred the management of Krieg, a company specialising in workplace systems and office furnishings, to Florian Becker (right). After completing his business studies Becker worked for one...
08.12.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) often wore a green carnation in his buttonhole. It subsequently became a sign for homosexuality.
08.12.2022

More volumes in sweet waters

Puerto Aguadulce (Colombia) passed a threshold by handling the largest-capacity vessel so far to call the port and in the country at all. The ‘CMA CGM Argentina’, a 1,572 teu vessel, was built in 2019 and sails under the Maltese...
08.12.2022

Opening up in Mumbai

In India, Rhenus Warehousing Solutions recently launched a multi-user facility in Bhiwandi. The warehouse, which covers approximately 28,000 sqm, focuses on storing chemical and petrochemical products. The building features solar...
07.12.2022

More trains link up the Western Ports

Swissterminal is expanding. On 1 January 2023 the logistics firm is adding three new direct rail connections between Switzerland and Rotterdam, in the Netherlands (Rotterdam World Gateway, RWG). At the same time Swissterminal is...
07.12.2022

Expanding the Albatros Express

TFG Transfracht, a leader for containerised seaport-hinterland transport to and from German seaports, is expanding its Albatros Express service in Europe from 11 December. The shuttle towards the western ports will now be routed...
07.12.2022

Almost 900 vehicles to be delivered by 2025

DAF Trucks has delivered the first of 879 lorries to the Belgian army. The large order comprises 636 2-axle trucks with a 4x4 driveline for general transportation purposes, and 243 4-axle trucks with an 8x8 driveline for specific...
07.12.2022

Humanitarian logistics award from 2023

The Logistics Hall of Fame is set to present a new international award from 2023 onwards – the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics. The annual medal will recognise humanitarian organisations and their...
07.12.2022

"Augmented GSSA" provides qualified and trained staff

Recruiting skilled local staff is often one of the biggest delaying factors that air cargo companies face when they seek to expand into new regions and markets. The ECS Group has solved this problem for a number of clients for...
07.12.2022

14 countries team up for a trade tool

14 government agencies in charge of guarding national frontiers worldwide, amongst them the USA’s Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP), have agreed on a common tool to improve their services.   They will deploy a...
07.12.2022

More capacity for a shortsea service

Sweden’s Stena Line has added capacities to its route between Rosslare and Cherbourg. From June 2023 onwards the ‘Stena Vision’ will change from the Baltic to the Atlantic and second the ‘Stena Horizon’ on the route between...
07.12.2022

Natilus partners with Janicki

Natilus, a US corporation, is producing the world’s first purpose-made autonomous aircraft for airfreight transport. As a big step forward, Natilus has partnered with Janicki for composite part design and fabrication. Through...
07.12.2022

1 of 171 transformers across Russia

RZD Logistics (RZDL) recently delivered a 175 t, 4 m high voltage transformer for a thermal power plant by rail from the St Petersburg region to Krasnoyarsk, central Siberia. Special preparations had to be made for the...
07.12.2022

CDB Aviation picks Jie Chen

The board of directors of CDB Aviation, a wholly-owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has selected Jie Chen to become the company’s new chief executive officer.   Chen will take the helm in...
07.12.2022

Nosta banking on fresh blood

Nosta Logistics, based in Ladbergen, in the German federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, is expanding its contract logistics activities, and to this end has appointed Cordula Brockmeyer as its new chief operating officer for...
07.12.2022

New unit digitalised into the fleet

SITC International, headquartered in Hong Kong, and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding have put a new vessel into operation, the ‘Haifeng Chenming’. The ceremony was largely held online, due to the policy to tackle the...
07.12.2022

De-icing pads to keep parcels moving at MEM

Federal, state, local and business leaders marked the completion of 3.3 million sqft de-icing pads at Memphis International Airport, home to FedEx’s largest air cargo sorting facility. The pads are large enough to de-ice twelve...
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