07.12.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

A single frame of an animated scene in the film ‘Avatar’ (2009) had an average render time of 47 hours.
07.12.2022

17 new vehicles in operation

TDW Distribution, a carriers of palletised freight based in Bridgend, Wales (UK), has upgraded its fleet with two new Volvo FE 280 6x2 rigids. The new vehicles will be used to deliver insulation products to central London. In...
07.12.2022

CCA welcomes members and treasurer

The Cool Chain Association (CCA) has welcomed Brussels Airport, Boeing, Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), and Validaide as new members and appointed Miguel Rodríguez, the senior manager of climate control products with...
07.12.2022

Turkish-German integration is on

Early in December the transport and logistics group Gebrüder Weiss (GW) fully integrated the Turkish forwarding company 3S Transport & Logistics, acquired in October 2021, into its country organisation. The firm’s main focus...
07.12.2022

Spaniards on the British coast

The first vessel in a new dedicated service from Spain and Portugal to Great Britain called at Teesport recently. The ‘Kristin Schepers’, a vessel with the capacity to carry 800 containers, arrived from Aveiro (Portugal) to...
06.12.2022

More trains between the Netherlands and Italy

The Swiss intermodal operator Hupac is increasing frequencies on its Rotterdam–Pordenone route. From 12 December the shuttle train between the Netherlands and northern Italy will operate five round trips a week, up from...
06.12.2022

First quay cranes arrive in Papua New Guinea

South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT), a unit of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) located in the Port of Lae, can now handle larger box ships, thanks to the arrival there of two new...
06.12.2022

Inland service for imports into Oman and Yemen

Maersk and the Omani port of Salalah are launching a new truck service to the Al-Mazyouna free zone in Oman. Designed to facilitate inland services, the new offer includes secure customs clearances and bonded trucking between...
06.12.2022

Deepwater port operational in Timor-Leste

Tibar Bay Deepwater Port, a new port that will improve logistics services in Timor-Leste and develop into a regional transhipment hub, was officially inaugurated recently. The first public-private partnership in the country is in...
06.12.2022

GAC promotes Fredriksson to top echelons

The GAC Group, a shipping, logistics and marine services provider, has appointed Pontus Fredriksson (on the right) as its new group president, with effect from 1 January 2023. Bengt Ekstrand (on the left), who held the...
06.12.2022

Is the trade tide turning?

In an analysis for the G20 countries, based on figures provided by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Flexport has reported a 1.1% decline in imports and a 1.3% decline in exports in the third...
06.12.2022

B747-8F engines to be serviced for six more years

Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), which operates eight Boeing B747-8Fs, has extended an engine services agreement with GE Aerospace by six years. The ‘rate per flight hour’ deal covers the four GEnx-2B engines on each of NCA’s cargo...
06.12.2022

Ammonia-powered vessel on the horizon

K Line has revealed that it has teamed up with the Itochu Corporation, the Nihon Shipyard Co, the Mitsui E&S Machinery Co and NS United Kaiun Kaisha and together they have obtained approval in principle from the Nippon Kaiji...
06.12.2022

ZTO tackles tough environment

The Chinese CEP services provider ZTO Express, founded in 2022 and listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, has reported its unaudited financial results for Q3/2022. Parcel volumes grew by 11.7% compared to the same period in...
06.12.2022

JAL implementing drones to support island life

JAL has concluded a drone project agreement with the town of Setouchi-cho, on the island of Amami in the Kagoshima prefecture at the southernmost tip of Japan. The undertaking studies the transportation of relief goods to...
06.12.2022

Northwestern Russian terminal doubles capacities

The company TransContainer (part of Delo Group) has completed the renovation of its terminal at the Kirov Kotlassky station. Renovation continued from 2020 through 2022. The terminal kept operating and marshalling container...
06.12.2022

German network names new board members

The members of the Central German Logistics Network (Netzwerk Logistik Mitteldeutschland, NLM) elected two new board members to their five-member governing body at their general meeting. They are Nicole Uhlmann, sales manager...
06.12.2022

Waberer’s ownership reshuffled

The Hungarian trucking and logistics company Waberer’s International has published notifications received from MHB Optimum, High Yield Vagyonkezelő and Ferenc Mike (the sole owner of MHB Optimum) on changes in the number of...
06.12.2022

Saab stepping back from port management

Saab is selling most of its shares in Maritime Traffic Management (MTM), a provider of management solutions for vessel traffic, ports and terminals. The shares will be purchased by funds advised by Agilitas Private Equity, for an...
06.12.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

M. de Voltaire (born François-Marie Arouet) and Denis Diderot were discussing god. “If god didn’t exist, he would have to be invented,” Voltaire proposed. To which Diderot replied: “That’s exactly what’s been done.”
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