19.02.2021

Contract to fill gaps in fleet

After more than 40 years in business, Hireco is much more than trucks and trailers. It has developed a “diagnostics-in-action” approach which has led to a new order from Panther Logistics. The order is for x44 brand new SDC...
19.02.2021

Mozambique Airports PCA chairs ACI-Africa

Emanuel Chaves, president of the board of directors of Aeroportos de Moçambique, has been nominated by unanimity to chair ACI-Africa (Airports Council International). He took over his new position on 15 February 2021 and will end...
19.02.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Fish that live in the waters of the Antarctic have a kind of antifreeze agent in their blood so that they do not freeze to death

18.02.2021

MAJ warns of a seafarers' exodus

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) expressed its growing concerns about future seafarer shortages if the crew change crisis should continue. In a media release, the possibility of "exhausted crew choosing to leave...
18.02.2021

Extending Egypt’s intermodal corridor

As a country with a growing population and economy, Egypt needs urgent investment in new transport facilities to reduce congestion, improve the distribution of goods and enable trade to flow freely. A key element in this...
18.02.2021

Air Austral's third cargo-only flight in February

French airline Air Austral has agreed with the authorities to carry out five more cargo-only flights this month. On the three roundtrips between Paris and La Réunion and on two flights between Paris and Mayotte, a...
18.02.2021

A coalition for ten LNG vessels

While the value of the shares of Zim Integrated Shipping Services dived even below the price of USD 15 per share after the company's IPO at the NYSE in the end of January with an amount of 14.5 million sold shares (less than the...
18.02.2021

Operate more trains with a mouse click

The chemicals company Dow Olefinverbund has invested several million euros in a fully computerised interlocking, giving the Schkopau chemical cluster in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) a modern and efficient connection to Europe's rail...
18.02.2021

Italy's minister for infrastructure and transport

On 13 February 2021, the new Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi swore in the economist, statistician and academic Enrico Giovannini as government minister for infrastructure and transport. Following Paola De Micheli, Giovannini...
18.02.2021

Ryder on the run

For Ryder, which has been listed on the NYSE since 1960 and specialises in the vehicle sales, commercial rental and automotive supply chain business, the year 2020 was no success. Revenues shrank by 5.7% to USD 8.4 billion,...
18.02.2021

Endless summer?

Early in Q1/2021, the Hamburg-based shipping company Hapag-Lloyd expects a significant higher profit than in the same quarter last year. In a media release, the carrier spoke of a "very good start" in 2021 due to a high...
18.02.2021

ASL converts option

Dublin-based ASL Aviation Holdings is taking up ten options for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter. This follows the original agreement with Boeing for ten firm orders and ten options, announced at the Paris Air Show in 2019....
18.02.2021

Volumes to persist, says NRF

Ben Hackett, founder of Hackett Associates and in cooperation with the US National Retail Federation (NRF), recently pointed out that US retailers' sales and thus their imports to replenish inventories are set to continue...
18.02.2021

Sustainable steel distribution

XPO Logistics has renewed its UK partnership with stainless steel manufacturer Outokumpu. The partnership has now lasted nearly two decades. As Outokumpu’s supplier, XPO is responsible for transporting stainless steel products...
18.02.2021

New managing director and chairman

PE Automotive has a new managing director, Christian Loidolt, who will also chair the executive board. He succeeded Ralf Maurer when he joined the company on 1 February 2021. Loidolt will be working with longstanding managing...
18.02.2021

Counterfeiters strike wrong note

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport recently seized 36 counterfeit guitars recently that if authentic, would have had a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of USD...
18.02.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Mascara was first mentioned in Egyptian texts of the 4th millennium BC. It was a paste made of coal, honey and crocodile excrement.
18.02.2021

Jolie Cosman joins Deugro USA

Deugro USA has strengthened its team in Houston (Texas) and appointed Jolie Cosman as senior business development manager. “Making a pivotal change in her career” by leaving her own freight forwarding and letter of credit...
18.02.2021

Stihl fully automated in Italy

Andreas Stihl, a manufacturer of outdoor working tools, has entrusted Swisslog with the expansion and upgrade of its production plant in Cambiago near Milan (Italy). The newly installed fully automated system comprises almost...
18.02.2021

Special hazmat load securely delivered

Woodinville Whiskey recently called upon Lynden’s subsidiary LTI to haul its premium 140-proof whiskey in the USA from Woodinville, WA to its aging and bottling facility in Quincy, WA. Because the whiskey is flammable, the...
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