28.04.2021

Business expansion in Kyrgyzstan

Russian railcar manufacturer UWC has opened a service centre in Kyrgyzstan as part of its warranty and post-warranty maintenance programme for new generation freight cars. The state-owned national company Kyrgyz Temir Jolu,...
28.04.2021

Drone delivery service in Kenya

British advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports has signed a MoU with Kenya’s flag carrier airline Kenya Airways, to collaborate on launching permanent UAV operations in the East African country. Joint efforts have already...
28.04.2021

Daimler Truck prepares for independent future

In preparation for its spin-off from Daimler and its independent listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange which is planned for late 2021, Daimler Truck has created a new management board and is planning a series of significant...
28.04.2021

Geis contracts and improves

Germany-based Geis Group carried out a portfolio adjustment in 2020, but ended the financial year on a positive note. In 2020, the internationally active logistics service provider achieved net sales of just over EUR 1...
28.04.2021

Improving global road safety

Menzies Distribution Group in UK has become the latest supporter to sign up as a corporate member of Transaid, the international development organisation committed to improving global road safety standards. The company has...
28.04.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

The moth "Eudryas grata" disguises itself from predators as bird droppings.

28.04.2021

Dutch trade association mandates Paycargo

Payment platform Paycargo, which processed USD 4 billion in transactions for logistics firms last year, has teamed up with Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) to help simplify the payment and collection of the association’s membership...
28.04.2021

HGK banks on continuity

Steffen Bauer has been at the helm of inland navigation company HGK Shipping, which is part of the Stadtwerke Köln Group, since August 2020. His contract as CEO has now been extended. Bauer served as head of the Imperial Shipping...
28.04.2021

How sustainable is Hapag-Lloyd?

In 2020, Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet was using IMO 2020-compliant low-sulphur fuel oil, thereby reducing its sulphur-oxide emissions by roughly 70% compared to 2019. This can be deduced from Hapag-Lloyd's latest sustainability report. In...
27.04.2021

New partner for China-France e-commerce

Following the 2019 launch of DPD China under the Lenton Group umbrella and benefiting from the rollout of multimodal services between China and Europe, Lenton Group is implementing additional logistics solutions to strengthen its...
27.04.2021

Oxygen train helps combat Covid-19

Indian Railway is running “Oxygen Express” trains to support the fight against Covid-19. Oxygen Expresses with Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) tankers have already arrived at Nashik & at Lucknow for the states of Maharashtra and...
27.04.2021

Silk Way West wins award in South Korea

During its fifth annual award ceremony, South Korea's Incheon Airport (ICN), one of the world’s biggest air cargo hubs (see upcoming ITJ 19-20/2021, "Aviation supplement", p. 13) honoured Silk Way West Airlines with the...
27.04.2021

Toll's Express brand to stay for two years

Toll Group is selling its global express business to Australian Allegro Funds, a private equity firm. The global express business provides express parcel, freight delivery and domestic forwarding services in Australia, and...
27.04.2021

Big takeover in South Africa

Kuwait-based National Aviation Services (NAS), Colossal Africa and a consortium comprised of the current executive management team have signed an agreement to acquire Bidair Services from the Bidvest Group. The closing of the...
27.04.2021

OOCL doubles revenues in Q1/2021

Hong Kong-based container shipping company OOCL, an affiliate of OOIL whose shares have been held by Cosco (90.1%) since 2018, started strongly in Q1/2021. Total volumes surged by 23.8% in comparison to the same period last...
27.04.2021

Digitalisation in Central Asia goes ahead

The digitisation of transport services is proceeding apace in Central Asia, with successful eTIR pilots between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in 2020. The International Road Union (IRU) is now working with the Asian Development...
27.04.2021

Promoting belly cargo in Baltics

Air Baltic and Riga Airport (RIX) have signed a land reservation agreement for building a new Baltic cargo hub at the Latvian capital’s airport. Covering 6,000 sqm, the terminal will be the largest dedicated air cargo...
27.04.2021

Changing sides

Jens Graefe will be joining the management team of German express service provider trans-o-flex, which specialises in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other sensitive goods sectors, from May. The pharma logistics expert will...
27.04.2021

Strong environment for K+N

Q1/2021 brought large profits for Kuehne + Nagel. Net turnover (CHF 6 billion), ebit (CHF 431 million) and a CHF 318 million profit in this quarter were all significantly above the levels of Q1/2020. The positive turnaround,...
27.04.2021

"Eco Savona" christened

The port of Savona has just witnessed the christening of the vessel “Eco Savona”. This is the fourth hybrid ro-ro unit of the most recent GG5G (Grimaldi Green 5th Generation) vessel class to be ordered by Naples-headquartered...
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