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16.08.2021

Evans to lead in Australia

Clint Evans has been appointed as a director of the industry association Shipping Australia, which comprises 30 shipping companies, shipping agents and towage providers and over 40 corporate associate members. Evans began his...

16.08.2021

First 737-800BCF for Avia AM Leasing

Avia AM Leasing has welcomed its first 737-800 Boeing converted freighter (BCF) to the fleet. The passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion project, performed at the Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Company (Staeco) facility...

16.08.2021

QCS expands management team and network

The management team of Quick Cargo Service, a German Iata agent established in 1974, now has eight members: Dieter Haltmayer, as president, Stephan Haltmayer as CEO, Jennifer Melnyk as director of finance and Heidi Haltmayer as...

16.08.2021

More towage power for Suez Canal

Global towage provider Svitzer has extended its running contract with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to include two additional tugs. Svitzer has been offering towage services in the Suez Canal since late 2019 with the two...

16.08.2021

Railway hits record levels

Container rail traffic in the Port of Barcelona grew by 46% in H1/2021, recording a total throughput of 161,735 teu. With this significant increase, railway's share reached a record level of 16.1%, which is mainly due to the...

16.08.2021

New facility at Colchester

The Woodland Group’s warehouse and fulfilment business, founded in Great Britain in 2010, has opened a new 14,000 sqm facility in Marks Tey, Colchester. The warehouse has been designed to expand capacity by 5,000 pallets and has...

16.08.2021

Fresh logistics approach for fashion player

Germany-based fashion and lifestyle company S. Oliver Group is setting up a new service centre in Dettelbach close to Würzburg. Commissioning is planned for March 2024. Miebach Consulting is the Group's planning partner,...

16.08.2021

Restoring Caribbean cargo capacities

After the re-opening of the borders of Trinidad and Tobago, where Caribbean Airlines is headquartered, on 17 July, Caribbean Airlines Cargo has resumed scheduled connectivity between Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, New York and...

16.08.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

On average, a Japanese family buys gifts 26 times a year.

16.08.2021

C.H. Robinson hires chief product officer

Arun Rajan will be joining C.H. Robinson as chief product officer on 1 September. He will report to CEO Bob Biesterfeld and lead all global product development and innovation in the company’s platforms. Rajan brings nearly three...

16.08.2021

Green laurels for Duluth

The inland port on Lake Superior, the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and its terminal operations on Rice’s Point, improved their ranking in the recently released Green Marine 2020 environmental performance report. Their rating...

16.08.2021

Newly leased wagons to transport LPG

Orlen Unipetrol Doprava has leased 81 brand new LPG Safety ++ tank cars from wagon owner Ermewa. The last tranche of the delivery recently arrived at the Czech petrochemical company in Litvinov and is now in use for LPG transport...

13.08.2021

Making up for last year

Q2 / 2021 was seriously spoilt by measures to counter the outbreak of Covid-19. H1 as a whole was better, however. The upsurge is expected to continue to the end of the year for Duisport.

11.08.2021

Rio de Janeiro by blocktrain

ICTSI has followed up its takeover of a terminal near the city of Barra Mansa by establishing a rail subsidiary of its own to handle railfreight options.

06.08.2021

In the green corridor

A production centre / refuelling station has been set up for the new generation of LNG lorries in Sadobre (Italy).

02.08.2021

Cargo trumps passenger links

The long pandemic year has shown how vital airfreight is for aviation. Nevertheless, it often ekes out a wallflower existence with airlines or at airports. Not so in Brescia. The northern Italian location is now re-dedicating...

26.07.2021

“Improve our operational efficiency”

Stormy demand and the turbulences churning up the logistics markets have also had an impact on freight forwarders. Jenny Vargas-Lamprecht, CEO of Lamprecht Pharma Logistics, teamed up with managing director Gian Carlo Alessi to...

22.07.2021

Triple whammy in France

Half a year after the official decision the ball is now in the Swiss court. The firm Alsaceterminal, a subsidiary of Swissterminal, can commence activities in the inland ports of Ottmarsheim, Huningue and ÎIe Napoléon. Le...

19.07.2021

Bidder in the shadows

The question is, when will the big deal be signed? We’re talking about the sale of Gefco, a logistics corporation with specialised automotive expertise. The price tag has been said to amount to EUR 2.2 billion.

15.07.2021

East Africa as a model

The clocks don’t necessarily tick at the same pace all across Africa, as Folashade Akanni-Shelle, the managing director of Bolloré Transport & Logistics in Nigeria, also pointed out. She believes that some East African countries...