15.03.2021

Safety measures for TEN-T Corridor

Rail Baltica, the consortium that will oversee the construction of a 1,000 km railway segment of the North Sea-Baltic Corridor, has awarded engineering company Rina to define safety, reliability, availability and maintainability...
15.03.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

In purebred hens, the colour of the skin under the ear lobes shows which eggs they lay. Red ear lobes usually mean brown eggs, and white ones white eggs. 

15.03.2021

From Alaska to the Spanish Isles

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) recently sold ferry vessels to Spain. In mid-March, the AMHS vessels the “Fairweather” and the “Chenega” were acquired by Servicios y Concesiones...
15.03.2021

New sales and marketing director

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has further bolstered its sales and marketing team by hiring Armen Keuleyan as the director the unit from 1 March 2021. Michael Zahra, DDC’s president and CEO, said that “we're also adding...
15.03.2021

Stef Group hit hard by Covid-19

The pandemic inflicted heavy casualties on the Stef Group, a European provider of temperature-controlled transport and logistics services for food products. 2020's annual results saw operating income contracting by 28% to EUR...
12.03.2021

Well prepared

The Munich-based logistician has recorded increasing demand for warehouse space and handling in the airfreight and parcels segments. Brexit brought in some new clients.

12.03.2021

Now four round-trips in key service

The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is increasing the frequency of its intermodal TransFER service Linz-Wels-Duisburg to four round-trips a week from 5 April 2021, thus enhancing its offer for FCL and FTL transport between Austria and...
12.03.2021

Bringing Thai Cargo back on track

Thai Airways International and Thailand Post Distribution (THPD) join forces on research and development in logistics and e-commerce, according to an MoU which has been signed by Suvadhana Sibunruang, the airline's EVP, aviation...
12.03.2021

Solar powered system tracks milk deliveries

Australian haulier McColl’s Transport has implemented a new form of telematics tracking throughout its milk division. The independent carrier of dairy, food and consumer and industrial chemicals has partnered with Orbcomm....
12.03.2021

Very big transactions

Aercap, a global leader in aircraft leasing headquartered in Dublin, is to acquire its competitor GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas). GE will receive 111.5 million newly issued Aercap shares, USD 24 billion of cash and USD 1...
12.03.2021

Ready for e-commerce?

The e-commerce-boom opens up new opportunities, but are companies ready to seize them? Geodis and Accenture have jointly developed a methodological approach to measure the level of e-commerce readiness in cooperation with 200...
12.03.2021

2020: Ranking of European Ports

In the pandemic year 2020, the 15 European ports with the most container traffic handled 76.8 million teu, 2.8% less than in 2019. Some of the ports registered significant double-digit downturns in H1/2020, but a generalised...
12.03.2021

Two appointments at American Club

Shipowners Claims Bureau (SCB), managers of the American Club, has appointed Andrew Dyer and Niki Tiga (photo) in its Piraeus office (Greece) to consolidate service to club members and EOM insureds. They replace Despina...
12.03.2021

Partly sunny over Southern France

With a cargo volume of 51,300 t (-14.1% compared to 2019), Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS) did not fare badly in 2020, ranking second nationally behind Paris CDG. For 2021, cargo director Jean-Marc Boutigny expects a growth...
12.03.2021

Another stop on Vladivostok-Moscow route

Russian transport group Fesco has added the terminal and logistics centre Bel Rast as a further stop to its Fesco Moscow shuttle service on the route from Vladivostok to Moscow. The trains will thus arrive at and depart from...
12.03.2021

Swiss Post against the trend

Swiss Post is clearly in the black in 2020, but does not benefit from the parcel boom as much as other postal organisations in Europe. Revenue fell significantly year-on-year from CHF 450 million to CHF 272 million (-40%), which...
12.03.2021

Better rates with environmental standards

Following the implementation of the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) in March, the Brazilian Port of Açu now operates according to the ranking of classified vessels that exceed the emission standards issued by the International...
12.03.2021

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics gains CCO

Global full-service logistics provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has named Patrick Oestreich as its new chief commercial officer. Succeeding Jens Möller, who took over the role on an interim basis in August 2020, Oestreich...
12.03.2021

Unmasking creative smuggling methods

Over a recent period of six days, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Cincinnati airport seized several shipments with illicit cargo, each smuggled in a unique way. On 23 February, narcotics detector dog Bruno...
12.03.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

532 cars were destroyed in the making of the film ‘Transformers 3’.
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