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29.09.2020

Bringing Japan and the USA together

The Californian urban drone logistics platform Matternet is expanding operations to Asia through a new business partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL). The partnership is to deploy the Matternet M2 drone system in Tokyo...

29.09.2020

CMA CGM updates WAX service

CMA CHM has decided to modify its service between West Africa and Asia as of the beginning of October 2020. The carrier said in a press release that it wants to "enhance service quality and reliability in Cameroon."...

29.09.2020

Port of Guadeloupe opts for continuity

Marie-Luce Penchard has been re-elected president of the supervisory board of the Grand Port Maritime de la Guadeloupe. The following new board members have also been appointed to the port's governing body: Alexandre...

29.09.2020

Satisfactory result for Circle in H1

Circle announced the half-year consolidated financial report on 30 June 2020, which is subject to limited audit. The value of production amounted to EUR 3.2 million (EUR 2.6 million H1/2019) with an increase of 21%. Ebitda...

29.09.2020

Rail and truck bring olive oil to Belgium

Transfesa has enhanced its intermodal transport services for food products within Europe by adding a new weekly connection to its network. Over the past two months, Transfesa has been transporting olive oil from Spain to...

29.09.2020

Biggest cargo carrier back in Africa

Releasing its annual report for the fiscal year ending on 31 March 2020, Qatar Airways says it transported 1,493 million t of cargo, 2.8% more than in the twelve months before. This was in part due to the fact that the cargo...

29.09.2020

Otávio Meneguette elected vice president of Latam Cargo

Latam Airlines Group has announced that Otávio Meneguette is Latam Cargo Brazil’s new vice president, responsible for leading the company's air cargo business strategy in the Brazilian market. Meneguette joined Latam Airlines...

29.09.2020

Sculptures on the move

Harder Logistics, a specialist for the transport of artworks headquartered in Neu-Ulm (Bavaria, Germany), took over the challenging task of transferring three sculptures from the Ulm museum’s roof terrace to the city’s central...

29.09.2020

Laurels for the Port of Montréal

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has recognised the work of 28 port authorities in its annual environmental improvement, facilities engineering, information technology and communications awards programmes....

29.09.2020

Pan-European call for Brexit deal

The International Road Union (IRU) and 32 transport business groups and road transport associations from across Europe call on EU and UK negotiators to reach a Brexit deal for the sake of consumers and the economy. In an open...

29.09.2020

Nikki Clifton to lead the UPS Foundation

UPS has appointed Nicole “Nikki” Clifton as president of social impact and the UPS Foundation, effective 1 November and announced the retirement of Eduardo “Ed” Martinez, who will be leaving the organisation after a distinguished...

29.09.2020

New Flexis for Norish

Third party multi-temperature warehousing and logistics network Norish operates lithium-ion battery-powered Flexi articulated VNA truck technology at one of its cold store facilities in the West Midlands. The company, which...

29.09.2020

New normal at Port of Corpus Christi

The Port of Corpus Christi (TX, USA) has returned its hurricane readiness status to port condition 5 (normal seasonal readiness) after the passing of tropical storm Beta. The Port Authority continues to monitor the tropics...

29.09.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

When the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, painter Pablo Picasso was the prime suspect. It later transpired that an Italian thief called Vincenzo Peruggia had simply walked out with it tucked under his arm.

29.09.2020

Eastern and Globalx - but all USA

Global Crossing Airlines ("Globalx") has signed a letter of intent with two affiliates of Singapore-based technology, defence, and engineering group ST Engineering to convert five A321 passenger aircraft into...

29.09.2020

More rail tank cars meet US safety standards

Nearly half, 48%, of rail tank cars carrying class 3 flammable liquids in 2019 met the new safety requirements, up from 33% in 2018, according to the latest statistics of the US department of transportation’s bureau of...

28.09.2020

Turkish Cargo integrating its virtual workforce

Turkish Cargo is continuing its journey to the future by integrating robotic process automation into its business processes that can minimise errors. In an initial phase the robots Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta will go live....

28.09.2020

Daily trains from China to Hamburg

UTLC ERA, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, and Belintertrans Germany, are launching a joint end-to-end regular multimodal service from Altynkol, on the border with China, to Kaliningrad (Russia) and Hamburg (Germany). The new...

28.09.2020

New times ahead, says Drewry

This is neither the perfect storm, nor the sought-for boom, says London-based Drewry, pointing out that eastbound spot container freight rates have not just risen since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, but are now even...

28.09.2020

Guaranteeing long term Asia–Europe capacities

Geodis has increased its investment in its own network to more than EUR 70 million, and has confirmed a two-way schedule of flights from Shanghai PVG to Amsterdam and back. This will run through to early 2021 and guarantee its...