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01.04.2020

Open cloud-based solution without box

RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once...

01.04.2020

New branch manager for Mosolf Wilhelmshaven

Today, 1 April 2020, Inke Onnen-Lübben has taken charge of the Mosolf branch in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), where she will manage the group's entire product portfolio. Her tasks will include supervising the building of an...

01.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Earth's reserves of fresh and salt water would be enough to fill the Baltic sea 1,750 times.

01.04.2020

From Panasonic to Amazon

The real estate company Reich Brothers announced that it has entered into a long term lease with Amazon for its 12,000 sqm facility in Salem, Oregon (USA). The facility was originally constructed by Panasonic in 2009 and is...

01.04.2020

Ro-ro terminal at Stockholm in the making

The last two of nine ramps for rolling goods have been installed at the Stockholm Norvik Port. Five were delivered to the recently newly rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the reconstructed Port of Kapellskär. The ro-ro...

31.03.2020

Maskargo flights to fight Covid-19

MAB Kargo, the logistics arm of Malaysia Airlines, is working to ensure that Malaysians have access to much-needed medical equipment and supplies, using Maskargo flights and cargo space management of goods flown into the country,...

31.03.2020

Schweizerzug adds China to its network

On 1 April 2020 Schweizerzug will launch a container train between Switzerland and China. The new train links Frenkendorf near Basel and Niederglatt near Zurich (Switzerland) with Xian in Shaanxi province and Hefei Anhui province...

31.03.2020

Mixed results for Cosco Shipping Ports

There was a year before corona. In 2019, the Chinese port and terminal operator Cosco Shipping Ports witnessed rising revenues, which surged by 2.7% to USD 1.02 billion, but declining profits, which went down by 7.1% to USD 272.7...

31.03.2020

UAE carriers upgrade cargo capacities

As Emirates ground crews around the world bid farewell to their last operating flights back to Dubai last week (pictured Prague), the Dubai-based air cargo carrier which is concentrating its entire operations to DXB, has unveiled...

31.03.2020

Bolloré to handle logistics for ten million masks

As part of the effort initiated by King Mohammed VI aimed at limiting the spread of the Covid-19 virus across the country, Bolloré Transport & Logistics Morocco has committed to support the initiative by offering its...

31.03.2020

LOC China appoints Shi Wenchao as managing director

LOC Group, the international engineering and marine consulting firm, has appointed Shi Wenchao to the role of managing director of LOC China. Shi Wenchao will be based in Shanghai and will oversee the group’s Chinese operations,...

31.03.2020

Obligatory sale of Long Beach terminal pays off

The decision of the committee on foreign investment in the United States to make Orient Overseas International (OOIL) sell its stake in Long Beach happened at the right time - for the seller. Since China’s Cosco Shipping acquired...

31.03.2020

JAS chooses new CCO

JAS Worldwide has appointed Carol Kijac as CCO. With more than 25 years of industry and management experience, Kijac has increased sales performance by creating and implementing programmes that focus on the development of...

31.03.2020

Group7 offers inventories per Skype

Since March, customers and auditors do not have to be personally present for an inventory in logistics centres. The logistics services provider Group7 offers inventories per Skype at all warehousing locations in Germany – in...

31.03.2020

Air Baltic uses all A220 capacities

After a request from the national health service of the Republic of Latvia this weekend (28 and 29 March 2020), Air Baltic performed a special cargo flight to and from Ürümqi in China, bringing 900,000 face masks and 80,000...

31.03.2020

Rail company MKB invests in vehicle fleet

Mindener Kreisbahnen (MKB) in Germany intends to upgrade its locomotive fleet as from 2021. To this end, the 121 year old rail company has ordered two new types of locomotives from Siemens. The “Vectron Dual Mode” combines a...

31.03.2020

US short line railroads to improve infrastructure

TNW Corporation has received grants for two of its US short line railroads. The federal railroad administration (FRA) has awarded USD 4.1 to Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) to reconfigure and improve its interchange facility...

31.03.2020

EU redefines conditions for Fehmarn project

For Scandlines and Stena Line, the decision taken by the European Commission regarding the Fehmarnbelt fixed link at the end of March further speciifies the existing conditions for the project. After another review, the...

31.03.2020

First freighter for Sun Country in landing approach

In December last year, the American LCC Sun Country Airlines formed a partnership with Amazon Air for the operation of ten B737 converted freighters (see ITJ 05-06/2020, p. 18). It seems that one of these aircraft will arrive...

31.03.2020

Europa Road enters partnership with Gardner Distribution

Europa Road has announced a new partnership with Gardner Distribution, further strengthening its leading logistics operation by expanding its reach across the South West region of the UK. Gardner is strategically placed to...