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21.02.2020

Korean Air starts double service to Budapest

Starting from today, 21 February 2020, Korean Air will commence a new scheduled cargo flight from Incheon (Seoul) to Budapest and Frankfurt, deploying a B777F twice a week. With the sharp boost of air cargo demand to Hungary due...

21.02.2020

Hutchison Port appoints non-executive director

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) has appointed Fong Chi Wai Alex as independent non-executive director. Fong replaces Kevin Anthony Westley who has retired from the board. Canning Fok, chairman of the board, said:...

21.02.2020

Prague logistics centre gains new certification

cargo-partner's iLogistics Centre next to Prague Airport has been certified for the storage and handling of organic products according to EU Eco-regulation. The logistics facility provides a total of 10,900 sqm of storage space,...

21.02.2020

Green light for trains to haul heavy duty loads in Italy

Rail Cargo Carrier – Italy has successfully completed the journey of the heaviest freight train in its history, travelling from Travisio to Udine. 24 fully loaded tank cars with a total weight of 2,200 t started at the large...

21.02.2020

HMM shortly before friendly takeover

As from April 2020, the South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will be operating the "HMM Algeciras", the largest container vessel worldwide. This will ring in the next round of the programme to...

21.02.2020

Two more converted MD-83 for Mexican cargo carrier

Florida (USA)-based aircraft converter Aeronautical Engineers has signed a contract to provide Saltillo, Mexico-based Aeronaves TSM with two additional AEI MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first one will commence...

21.02.2020

“Curiosity of the Day”

All insects carry their skeletons on the outside of their bodies.

21.02.2020

Siemens supports the expansion of Kumming Airport

Siemens Logistics has received an order to supply baggage handling and sorting technology for the Terminal 1 extension at Kunming Changshui International Airport in China. The order includes delivery of a highly developed early...

21.02.2020

New hopper car model certified

Russian manufacturer UWC has received RC FRT certification for two models of six-axle articulated hopper cars running on 25 t axle load bogies. The rolling stock’s increased loading capacity and load per unit length bring...

21.02.2020

New managing director for Miebach Consulting

Logistics and supply chain consultant Miebach Consulting has a new managing director: Jochen Schühle become CEO of the company on 1 February 2020. Prior to that, he was managing director of Miebach's offices in the United States...

21.02.2020

Port of Hamburg back on track

After the start of the Elbe river dredging, lady luck is back in the port of Hamburg. In 2019, its seaborne cargo throughput rose to 136.6 million t, a modest growth of 1.1%. Nevertheless, container handling stood at 9.3 million...

20.02.2020

Hupac breaks the 1 million barrier

In 2019, Swiss intermodal transport operator Hupac increased its traffic volumes by 13% compared to the previous year, leapfrogging the 1 million threshold for the first time. In transalpine traffic through Switzerland, its core...

20.02.2020

Airlines and posts team up for cross-border airmail

The international air transport association (Iata) and the international post corporation (IPC) have signed a MoU to reinforce cooperation between the two organisations in seven specific areas. The aim is to promote the...

20.02.2020

Conciergerie service for VIP clients

DB Schenker has expanded its product portfolio with its new La Conciergerie service and is now the first logistics provider to provide a personalised customer service for the world's best-known luxury fashion brands. The...

20.02.2020

Hapag-Lloyd's big leap forward

On the basis of preliminary, not yet validated figures, the Hamburg-headquartered carrier Hapag-Lloyd achieved higher revenues and more profit in the 2019 financial year. The growth in revenues was considerable, by approximately...

20.02.2020

Rhenus plans a new business site in Kazakhstan

The Rhenus Group plans to expand its activities in Kazakhstan by establishing a business site and container depot in the industrial city of Karaganda. “Kazakhstan is the second-most important country in terms of imports and...

20.02.2020

ITD doubles its representation in Brussels

ITD, the Danish association of road transport companies, wants to strengthen its impact on decisions concerning the road haulage industry on a European level. The association has therefore doubled its crew at the Brussels office...

20.02.2020

Etihad Cargo and Dnata deepen partnership

Etihad Cargo from Abu Dhabi has bolstered its global handling partnership agreements with Dnata from Dubai, one of the world’s largest air service providers. The new agreements align the two UAE-based companies until 2023, with...

20.02.2020

Wallonian inland navigation looks back on year of change

According to statistics in the Belgian province of Wallonia, 39.13 million t of cargo were shipped on the Walloon inland waterways over the year 2019. Volumes were 5.8% below the performance of 2017 and 2018 but remain equal to...

20.02.2020

100 new rail cars open up new market segment

Kombiverkehr transferred a total of 884,168 consignments or 1.77 million teu to the railways in 2019. The company thus transported 5.7% fewer containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers than in the previous year. While traffic...