20.04.2020

Indian Railways introduces 109 time-tabled parcel trains

In a major boost to the supply chain network across the country, Indian Railways has introduced unhindered services of timetabled parcel trains for nationwide transportation of essential commodities and other goods. Over 58...
20.04.2020

Hapag-Lloyd changes rotations in the Med

Hapag-Lloyd is adapting its Adriatic Express Service (ADX) and changing its current rotation as of week 18. On 20 April 2020, the service will be converted from the previous butterfly concept to a round trip. The first vessel...
20.04.2020

Industry veteran now works for pfenning logistics

Michael Küppers, managing partner at the consultant company Advisors for Advanced Logistics, has been acting as chief representative for the pfenning logistics group since April 2020. Küppers previously served as head of the...
20.04.2020

Baltic Exchange enters air cargo market

EU authorised benchmark administrator the Baltic Exchange has partnered with Hong Kong-based air cargo pricing publisher TAC Index Company. Both partners will provide new regional general air cargo rate assessments. Launched...
20.04.2020

Medical order lines at DC enhanced

System integrator Inther Group will implementing an automation project at the company Uniphar's DC in Ireland. Uniphar, a supplier of medical supplies, has asked for a new system that will significantly expand current capacities....
20.04.2020

12,000 truckloads shifted to rail every year

On 4 November this year, the Swedish carrier Green Cargo will have transported goods for the energy company St1 for 25 years. Now, Green Cargo and St1 have signed an agreement to continue collaboration for two more years. The...
20.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

In Hong-Kong, some high-rise buildings on the seafront have holes in their façade. The holes enable the dragons from the mountains to fly to the sea without hindrance, which is thought to produce a positive energy flow.

20.04.2020

Spanning the Pacific Ocean

Aerolíneas Argentinas arranged its first two return flights to China last week. The flights took approximately 55 hours with 6 hours of estimated loading work, using an A330–200 specially prepared with nets to enlarge cargo...
20.04.2020

New building for Amazon

Online retailer Amazon has awarded a contract to Bremer AG and Garbe Industrial Real Estate to begin construction of a new distribution centre in Emden, Lower Saxony/Germany. The logistics property is being built on a 30,500 sqm...
20.04.2020

Launch of "Stella Maris Centenary Rose"

Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS), an international non-profit industry volunteer group formed in 2017 by senior industry professionals of the container and maritime sectors, has launched the "Stella Maris...
20.04.2020

MOL SOV for service in Taiwan

On 1 April, MOL and Ta Tong Marine (TTM) signed a charter contract for the SOV with Ørsted Taiwan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ørsted in Denmark, through Ta San Shang Marine, a joint company of MOL and TTM. At the...
20.04.2020

First timber train leaves Archangel for China

The first container train to China recently departed from Arkhangelsk Station in Russia with Northern Railways carrying sawn timber in 62 large-capacity containers. After a journey of ten days, the train arrived at the...
17.04.2020

A freightful fifty years

The history of Cargolux, founded half a century ago – on 4 March 1970 to be precise, with its first aircraft taking off on 11 May 1970 – represents a synopsis of the development that the aviation and airfreight industry has...
17.04.2020

Indian carrier spices up cargo services

Spicejet operated its first B737 freighter service to Singapore last week, carrying critical medical equipment and Covid-19 related medical supplies. Until then, the Indian airline had transported over 1,500 t of cargo...
17.04.2020

Norvik Port now connected to Swedish railway

Over the Easter weekend the EUR 73 million industrial branch line that Ports of Stockholm has built to Stockholm Norvik Port was connected to the railway network and electrified. This creates a direct railway link to and from the...
17.04.2020

Biggest total cargo volume ever flown

Witnessed by about 80,000 people in Warsaw (Poland), the AN-225 landed on 14 April carrying a record cargo volume of medical supplies. The day before, "Mriya", loaded with about 100 t of medicines, reagents for...
17.04.2020

New DACH sales manager at former Neopost

On 1 April 2020, Packaging by Quadient, formerly Neopost and a provider of packaging technologies based in France, welcomed a new international senior sales manager DACH. Industrial engineer Claus Weigel will expand the company's...
17.04.2020

Wood transports shifted from road to rail

This week saw DB Cargo Logistics and customer binderholz dispatch their first load of cross-laminated timber on its journey from Burgbernheim in northwest Bavaria (Germany) to Sweden. Previously, binderholz sent its products...
17.04.2020

New vehicle for construction traffic

In Switzerland, Hauser Transporte in Lömmenschwil (Canton St. Gall) has been able to add a new Renault Trucks C520 P10x4 to its fleet. The five-axle truck is designed as a two-side tipper and will be deployed in regional...
17.04.2020

Lower throughput in Rotterdam

Throughput in the Port of Rotterdam suffered in the first quarter of 2020, also due to the corona virus pandemic. Goods handling in the first quarter was at 112.4 million t (123.9 million t), 9.3% less than in the same period...
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