16.09.2020

Largest cargo volume increase in a decade in the USA

US airlines carried almost 13% more cargo by weight in July 2020 (preliminary) than in July 2019, the largest year-on-year increase since 2010.The rise was fuelled by a gain of 15.8% in domestic cargo, while the 4.5% rise in...
15.09.2020

Ministers’ opposition

The EU’s latest transport measures – aka the mobility package I – represent an overdue reform of Europe’s transport industry for some. Others consider it protectionism against Central / Eastern Europe hauliers, with questionable...
15.09.2020

Port of Valencia upgrades rail access

The JV of Ardanuy Ingeniería and Gesman has been contracted by the Port Authority of Valencia, Spain, to implement the track duplication and third rail project between the Poniente and Levante piers. These works are part of...
15.09.2020

Siemens India integrates systems with Mumbai ACS

Siemens India has integrated its systems in order to gain real-time visibility of its shipment movement with standard milestone tracking capabilities along with other useful information from the air cargo community system (ACS)...
15.09.2020

In memory of Petr Kroča

Czech logistics company Oltis Group has announced the death of its director research and innovation Petr Kroča, who passed away on 3 September at the age of 53. The company wrote: "We are missing our long-term colleague,...
15.09.2020

Polish forwarder purchases 1,000 flat cars

Russian manufacturer UWC and Laude Smart Intermodal in Poland have signed a contract on the development and supply of 1,000 flat cars for the transportation of containers along the Russia–Poland transport corridor. The model...
15.09.2020

A. Duie Pyle expands its facilities

A. Duie Pyle, a provider of asset and non-asset-based transportation and supply chain solutions in Pennsylvania (USA), has opened its highly anticipated integrated logistics centre near Hagerstown MD. The company also plans to...
15.09.2020

Industrial imports via Tec Plata terminal

To consolidate its position as an alternative to the port of Buenos Aires, the container terminal of Tec Plata (ICTSI Argentina) started handling imports for the logistics hub Buenos Aires La Plata Free Zone (BAZFLP). In July...
15.09.2020

Connecting three continents with one service

DHL Global Forwarding, the freight forwarder of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has launched an airfreight charter connecting the Asia-Pacific region to Europe and the USA, to meet demand from customers in the technology, manufacturing,...
15.09.2020

Bremenports: H1/2020 better than expected

Bremen’s port throughput in Q1/2020 showed a less severe decline than had been feared at the beginning of the pandemic. All in all, total throughput from January to June 2020 amounted to 34.5 million t, 4.3% down from the same...
15.09.2020

IFAN strengthens board of directors

The International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN) has appointed Louise Evans to its board of directors. Evans brings considerable expertise to the foundation. She is currently a non-executive director and audit...
15.09.2020

Twelve locomotives for Moldova

As a land-locked country, freight transport plays a vital role in Moldova, and many businesses and large parts of the economy depend on efficient rail infrastructure and services. The European Bank for Reconstruction and...
15.09.2020

Pfenning's GDP certification reconfirmed

Pfenning Logistics Group has gained recertification of the GDP (good distribution practice) certificate it obtained for its Heddesheim location in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany in 2017. The audit evaluates distribution...
15.09.2020

‘One record’ trial for the UK industry

While the air cargo world continues to focus on recovering from Covid-19 and the UK prepares for Brexit, London Heathrow Airport’s air cargo community has completed its first trial of Iata's ‘One record’ technologies.Working on...
15.09.2020

Swiss deep-sea ships get public guarantee

On 11 September 2020, the Swiss federal council approved an amendment to the regulation on guarantees for loans to finance Swiss deep-sea vessels. The revised regulation will enter into effect on 1 November 2020. In 2019, a...
15.09.2020

Militzer & Münch mourns Werner Albert

Werner Albert passed away at the age of 80 years on 8 September. He was a long-standing president of the administrative board and one of the main shareholders of the Transinvest group to which the Militzer & Münch group also...
15.09.2020

B+S: more capacities in Borgholzhausen

For B+S, a German logistics services provider, Panattoni is building an extension in the company’s location in Borgholzhausen (North Rhine Westphalia). Panattoni planned and developed the provider’s new headquarters in the...
15.09.2020

Fully-electric HGV to be tested in H1/2021

Swedish start-up Volta Trucks has revealed its first vehicle and the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-t commercial vehicle designed specifically for inner-city distribution services. The vehicle is 9,460 m in...
15.09.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The first flushing toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, who installed it at Richmond Palace for his godmother Elisabeth I.
14.09.2020

One-stop access to tri-coastal rail network

Canadian National Railways (CN) has joined the Commtrex Transload online marketplace, offering customers one-stop access to CN’s tri-coastal rail network and its extensive range of transloading distribution services across Canada...
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