16.03.2021

Formula I renews logistics contract

Shortly before the start of the new FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Formula 1 organisation has renewed its contract with DHL. DHL, which has been on board since 2004, will thus remain Formula 1's official logistics partner...
16.03.2021

Driving digitalisation of transport in Asia

Efforts to maintain the integrity of supply chains while limiting physical contact among transport workers and border agencies during the pandemic have already led to increased digitalisation in transport. Now, Shanghai...
16.03.2021

Equipment for Yilport portfolio

The Yilport Holding has ordered 27 new Kalmar machines to be spread across its ports and terminals: 11 reachstackers, four empty container handlers and 12 heavy terminal tractors. Delivery of all machines is scheduled for Q3 and...
16.03.2021

Serving Unicef Emergency Fund globally

Turkish Cargo is supporting the battle against the pandemic by carrying Unicef Emergency Fund's Covid-19 vaccines and health equipment all around the world. The carrier just recently delivered 1.7 million doses of vaccines...
16.03.2021

Tunisair tries again

After the guest appearance of Olfa Hamdi, a young executive from outside the company, at the helm of Tunisair (see ITJ 11-12/2021, p. 5) was of only short duration, the Tunisian government is once again relying on a manager with...
16.03.2021

Kwik Delivery expands in Nigeria

Lagos-headquartered Kwik Delivery has officially launched its just-in-time delivery service in Nigeria's capital Abuja. Launched in 2019, Kwik Delivery is an on-demand, last-mile delivery platform that connects African businesses...
16.03.2021

Novel locomotive from the Urals

Sinara-Transport Machines (STM) has identified a site for the production of mainline diesel locomotives with an asynchronous traction drive. The engines will be produced at the facilities of Ural Locomotives in Verkhnyaya Pyshma,...
16.03.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

T-shirts were first marketed on a large scale in 1904. The target group was bachelors because they didn't have a woman to sew on their shirt buttons. (599)
15.03.2021

China–Zurich direct

Next Friday, 19 March, the Swiss logistics company Tibbett-Britten is launching its new container rail service. The train will run directly from Xian (China) to Zurich (Switzerland).The service allows customers to load LCL rail...
15.03.2021

From Sweden down south

Starting 12 March, a new direct service will link the Port of Gothenburg with South Africa and Oceania. The Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners will operate the connection on a weekly basis. The “Höegh Trigger” is the...
15.03.2021

Frankfurt and Hong Kong going high

Despite one day less than the same month the year before, February 2021 cargo traffic at Frankfurt airport (FRA) grew 21.7% to 180,700 t, of which 177,200 t were airfreight (+24%). During the first week of the month, right before...
15.03.2021

Only slight drop in sales despite pandemic

Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail expects a quick return to normality as the negative effects of the pandemic begin to fade away. For 2021 the company forecasts an order intake of around CHF 4 to 5 billion, a turnover...
15.03.2021

KLU studies burnout

Kühne Logistics University (KLU), a state-accredited private university based in Hamburg’s HafenCity, has investigated the relationship between career status and the risk of burnout. Published in the international Journal of...
15.03.2021

A lot of money for Lineage Logistics

Lineage Logistics, a major player in temperature-controlled logistics since 2008, has raised USD 1.9 billion in equity from new and existing strategic partners for investments in facilities and technologies. Among the...
15.03.2021

Vaccines from China and India to Africa

Ethiopian Airlines transported the first batch of coronavirus vaccines from Mumbai to Addis Ababa on 6 March, and handed it over to the Ethiopian ministry of health in a ceremony held in the carrier's cargo terminal. This...
15.03.2021

Trailer manufacturer expands in Benelux

New location at transport hub in the Netherlands: German manufacturer Kögel is expanding its sales and service activities in the Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg triangle. The company has opened a new branch of its Dutch subsidiary...
15.03.2021

2020: uptick in reefer market

The reefer market saw a global upswing in 2020, with a worldwide average growth of 3%-4%. The increased volume of reefer containers in the Belgian port of Antwerp last year is partly due to the increased demand for healthy...
15.03.2021

Second managing director for LHG

Upon recommendation of the supervisory board of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), Germany’s largest port operator on the Baltic Sea, Ortwin Harms (right) has been appointed the company’s second managing director with effect from...
15.03.2021

More time for industry in UK

The British International Freight Association (Bifa) does not overestimate the extension of the border operating model deadlines in UK till the year 2022. "It’s no surprise that the government has extended the deadline...
15.03.2021

100th joint cargo flight of reduced fleet

One year ago, Austrian Airlines built an air bridge between Europe and Asia on behalf of Time Matters, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, to directly transport urgently needed PPE to Vienna, Frankfurt and Linz. Over 2,000 t of...
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