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11.12.2024

Nippon: safe and sustainable air transport

Equipped with isothermal containers, Nippon’s airfreight service is set to help its new partner, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, cut CO2 emissions for export shipments. The pharmaceuticals producer requires temperature control for the...

11.12.2024

Enhanced connectivity for Ecuador’s main port

Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), Ecuardor's main port and a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), has strengthened its trade links with Asia through a new commercial agreement for the Asia-South America...

11.12.2024

Econowind hires CCO

Econowind, which specialises in wind-assisted ship propulsion technologies for the maritime industry, has appointed Chiel de Leeuw as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective 1 December 2024. With a wealth of experience and...

«Nous sommes prêts!»

Entretien avec Manuel Scortegagna, directeur gérant de Scortrans. Scortrans de Vicence a fêté ses 35 ans en 2024. Lors d’un entretien accordé à l’ITJ, Manuel Scortegagna, qui a fondé la société avec son père Dario, lance un coup...

10.12.2024

CPKC orders more H2-locomotives

The North American railway has placed a follow-on order for 98 Ballard fuel cell engines. Each engine has a nameplate of 200 kW, totalling 20 megawatts (MW) of fuel cell power. Deliveries of all 98 engines are expected in...

10.12.2024

Freight train to reopen Riedbahn line

After five months of construction work, the Riedbahn between Frankfurt/Main and Mannheim in Germany is set to reopen on Sunday, 15 December, initially with a scheduled freight train. Then the number of trains will then be...

10.12.2024

Adieu to Australia

Singpost is set to sell its Australian freight business to a local equity partner at a value of AUD 775.9 million. Following a bid process, the Singaporean postal provider entered a sale and purchase agreement with Pacic Equity...

10.12.2024

Logistics hall of fame honours inventors

Huge cheers and thunderous applause in the Erich Klausener Hall of Germany’s ministry for digital and transport in Berlin. Raffaello D'Andrea, Mick Mountz and Peter Wurman (pictured from left to right), the three founders of Kiva...

10.12.2024

Liquefied biomethane to power fleet

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has expanded its collaboration with Titan Clean Fuels, securing a major liquefied biomethane (LBM) supply agreement to reduce its fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions by over 75,000 t in 2025....

10.12.2024

ATA Conference 2025 to be held in Qatar

The Animal Transportation Association (ATA) has announced that its annual conference will be held in Doha, Qatar, from 16-19 February 2025. The event will bring together industry executives, experts, and stakeholders from around...

10.12.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” has no eyebrows.

10.12.2024

Improving cross-border roads in western Africa

The African Development Fund has approved loans totalling EUR 156.66 million for Burkina Faso and Mali for upgrading and asphalting cross-border roads linking the two landlocked West African countries to Côte d'Ivoire. The...

10.12.2024

Sharpening disaster response in Sri Lanka

20 years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, employees at DHL’s service centre in Colombo have attended a disaster response training to help crisis management in times of need. DHL’s “go help disaster response team” is trained to...

10.12.2024

Geodis picks two executive VPs

The transport and logistics company Geodis has appointed Eric Martin-Neuville (left) as executive vice-president, Asia-Pacific & Middle East and Henri Le Gouis (right) as executive vice-president, global freight forwarding....

10.12.2024

Shaft system to support zero-discharge goals

Thordon Bearings has supplied its Compac water-lubricated propeller shaft and SXL grease-free rudder bearings for McKeil Marine’s bulk carrier “Northern Venture” as part of a major eco-focused retrofit. Operating on the Great...

Innover pour la neutralité climatique

Compte-rendu de la XXVIe Euromed Convention de Grimaldi Group. Du 10 au 13 octobre 2024 s’est déroulée à Athènes la XXVIe Euromed Convention «From Land to Sea». Organisée par Grimaldi Group de Naples, la conférence a réuni 800...

09.12.2024

Kenya Railways gets three Rolls-Royces

As part of a significant railway refurbishment project to enhance sustainable rail transport in the wider East African region, Kenya Railways (KRC) has repowered three of its retired heavy haulage locomotives. In collaboration...

09.12.2024

Combilift launches Christmas video

Combilift, a global manufacturer of multidirectional, sideloading and articulated forklifts headquartered in Ireland, is spreading holiday cheer with its in-house production, "The Grinch Christmas Video by Combilift"....

09.12.2024

LTG Cargo now also active in Austria

In its first rail shipment from Austria to Lithuania, the Lithuanian freight carrier recently organised the transport of a special cargo of new rails on the European gauge. The delivery from Leoben Donawitz via Austria and...

09.12.2024

A new home at Heathrow

London-based freight forwarder Unsworth has opened its newest airfreight hub at Heathrow airport. Moving from previous headquarters in East London, the forwarder’s airfreight team will now position itself at a key hub for cargo...