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26.10.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

The English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) insisted on tidiness and order. He couldn't write a line if the table and chair weren't the way he wanted them.

26.10.2022

Fleet management system for SMEs

Impargo has closed its seed funding round with DKV Mobility, the European B2B platform for road transport payments. With the investment, the Berlin (Germany)-based start-up will develop a digital transportation management...

D’où viennent ces routiers?

Des mesures étatiques ont atténué la pénurie de chauffeurs en Grande-Bretagne. Danger identifié, danger écarté... pense en tout cas le gouvernement britannique à propos du nombre élevé de chauffeurs de poids lourds formés depuis...

25.10.2022

Six charging stations for e-trucks

The first public charging and hydrogen filling station in the Nordic region for heavy goods traffic has opened at the Port of Gothenburg. The station will form a new hub at the port for facilitating the transition from fossil...

25.10.2022

New logistics hub at Lyon airport

UPS has inaugurated a new building at Lyon airport (LYS). With a capacity to sort 3,000 packages per hour, this logistics hub is part of the modernisation project for the platform's cargo area, Cargoport. In line with the...

25.10.2022

MCI: Søren Leth Johannsen to be promoted to CEO

Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a manufacturer of refrigerated containers and a subsidiary of A.P. Moller - Maersk, is promoting current CCO Søren Leth Johannsen to the company’s new CEO, effective November 2022. He will replace...

25.10.2022

It is Werner & Baylor now

In USA, Werner Enterprises has closed its acquisition of FAB9, which trades under the name of Baylor Trucking. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 1946, Baylor is a truckload carrier that operates 200...

25.10.2022

Airbaltic carries over 400 t of mail from Ukraine

Since April 2022, the Latvian airline Airbaltic has been providing cargo operations from Kyiv, Ukraine by organising a multimodal mail transportation system in cooperation with Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service. From...

25.10.2022

A stable 9M/2022 in Rotterdam

351 million t of freight were handled in the Dutch port of Rotterdam in the first nine months of 2022, roughly the same amount as in 9M/2021 (+0.3%). The container segment dropped by 8.6% in total weight and by 4.4% in number...

25.10.2022

Transload rail park opens for business

The US short line rail road Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) has opened the Midland Logistics Park in Cabarrus County, NC. The cargo handling yard can accommodate 175+ railcars for the transloading, storing,...

25.10.2022

For a big site in Sheffield

It is already the second project. Glencar, a UK construction company, is to build a 34,000 sqm logistics facility at TCC’s Shepcote Lane Site in Sheffield on behalf of the major developer and investor in commercial real estate...

25.10.2022

Air Caraïbes welcomes Hughes Marchessaux

The French airline Air Caraïbes has appointed Hughes Marchessaux as general manager of Air Caraïbes Atlantique, the subsidiary which operates transatlantic flights from Paris. Based at Paris-Orly airport, the "Caribbean...

25.10.2022

ITA Airways opens Cargo One booking channels

ITA Airways Cargo and Cargo One are forming a global partnership to bring the airline's cargo capacities to the managed marketplace for digital bookings. Thousands of freight forwarders globally will gain improved access to...

25.10.2022

Capacity outstrips demand

The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the rising gap between global capacities on the seas and global demand. The latest demand data from Container Trade Statistics (CTS) shows that in...

25.10.2022

Leasing locos for container and car transports

Germany-based transport company Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB) has leased two Siemens Smartron locomotives and one Vectron dual mode locomotive from Northrail. The handover of the first Smartron locomotive...

25.10.2022

Matthias Hohmann leaves Night Star Express

After 25 years of successful commitment, Matthias Hohmann is leaving the company at his own request in order to pursue other challenges. Before his appointment as managing director in 1997, Hohmann worked for a shareholder...

25.10.2022

First aircraft lands at Nigeria's Ekiti airport

Ekiti State Agro-Allied International Airport, Ado-Ekiti, was inaugurated for public use shortly after the first aircraft landed at the facility ten days ago. Its construction began in early 2021. With the...

25.10.2022

Stockholm wants more hydrogen

It is a coalition involving three partners. The Ports of Stockholm, Volvo Penta and CMB.Tech are collaborating to jointly pilot and operate ro-ro tractors running on hydrogen-diesel dual fuel powertrains. The investment is...

25.10.2022

More logistics space at Strasbourg airport

Bolloré Solutions Logistiques (BSL), a subsidiary of Bolloré Logistics specialising in contract logistics, launched its first logistics centre dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry at Strasbourg airport in January 2022....

25.10.2022

Another player switches to TIR in GCC region

Fedex Express, has completed its first TIR operation in the GCC region. The general cargo consignment, originating in Dubai, UAE, has reached its final destination, the King Fahad International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia....