03.05.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) has proportionally the largest eyes of all squids: they are 2 cm wide and the animal's body is only about 15 cm long.

03.05.2022

Food giant switches to renewable fuels

Nestlé’s products will now be delivered around UK and Ireland by trucks which emit up to 95% less carbon. This significant reduction in emissions comes after the company switched 75% of its own fleet of trucks from diesel to...
03.05.2022

More units on Venice-Bari-Patras service

Naples-headquartered Grimaldi Group has added another vessel to its Venice-Bari-Patras service. The “Eurocargo Cagliari” will join the “Eurocargo Alexandria” and “Eurocargo Genova” on the ro-ro line from 4 May 2022. The...
03.05.2022

New ranking of warehouse developers in Europe

In a ranking recently published by "Property EU”, which was founded in 2006, the industry evaluates Europe’s largest developers of logistics real estate according to the amount of their respective constructed space volume...
02.05.2022

Profits earmarked for newbuildings

Great investments in fleets.
02.05.2022

More agricultural deliveries from Ukraine

From March to April 2022, the Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) organised grain trains from Ukraine to Germany every second day, transporting a total of 60,000 t of grain during this period. Currently, RCG is running grain trains...
02.05.2022

South India is on

There is news beyond the war in Ukraine, the Chinese shutdowns and rising fuel prices. The St Gallen-based Swiss Inter Rail Group has established its first office in Chennai (India), to be led by branch manager Vijayan Munusamy....
02.05.2022

Russians let Let go

The company Aircraft Industries - LET Kunovice, Czechia’s largest manufacturer of civilian transport aircraft, is returning to Czech ownership after 14 years. On 21 April, the Russian owner Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company...
02.05.2022

Dachser chooses Jesper Larsen

Jesper Larsen has been appointed managing director air & sea logistics Southeast Asia. Based in Bangkok, he is now responsible for 220 employees in eight locations in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand....
02.05.2022

European road freight in all-time high

The Upply Ti IRU European road freight rates index (Erfri) for Europe hit an all-time high in Q1/2022. The benchmark index rate stood at 110.9, which is 4.3 points over the previous quarter and 7.5 points over Q1/2021. The...
02.05.2022

World trade in March: the calm before the storm?

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) went up in 2022, rising by 1.6 points to 119.2 points (seasonally adjusted),...
02.05.2022

Takeovers pay off for ID Logistics

In Q1/2022, France-based ID Logistics saw its total revenues grow by an impressive 23.7 % to EUR 539 million (+15.1% like-for-like). In France, ID Logistics recorded a 12.9% increase in revenue to EUR 204.2 million, which...
02.05.2022

Europa Road picks Andrew Darroch

Europa Road’s Northeast sales branch has welcomed Andrew Darroch as its new branch manager. The company employs a team of 15 and offers a comprehensive road haulage service for import and export to and from Europe. Sales and...
02.05.2022

Hot stuff in cooler cups from Jamaica

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati, Ohio, in New York City and in Philadelphia intercepted four shipments of cocaine from Jamaica that concealed cocaine inside the insulated walls of four thermos cups....
02.05.2022

Mining operation with battery-electric locomotives

Resources company BHP will purchase four battery-electric locomotives and conduct trials at its Western Australia iron ore rail network. The four locomotives are scheduled for delivery in late 2023. Two will be supplied by...
02.05.2022

ONE launches new service

The Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) is launching a new service calling ports in Dubai, India and Mozambique. The MIM (Mozambique - India - Middle East) service will offer direct and bi-weekly connections to Jebel Ali,...
02.05.2022

Cargo-Partner: stronger foothold in UK

After forming a joint venture with Aztek International Freight in 2021, Austria-based Cargo-Partner has now acquired the remaining two-thirds of the shares and will fully integrate the partner company into its own organisation....
02.05.2022

WFS hires Tom Lynch

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Tom Lynch as senior vice president, commercial for the Americas to lead the company’s commercial strategy and business development of its cargo and ground handling operations in North...
02.05.2022

AFA initiative against congestion

The Airforwarders Association (AFA) is driving an initiative to help find solutions for five critical issues contributing to airport congestion in the USA. Members of AFA’s airport congestion committee (ACC) met to agree to...
02.05.2022

Full speed ahead for Antwerp-Bruges, sir!

The project has now been given the official green light. The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have merged after an extraordinary general meeting on 22 April 2022, the merger process having started in February 2021. Besides 74,000...
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