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03.09.2020

Captrain restructures management

Jan Läzer joins the management of the companies Dortmunder Eisenbahn and DE Infrastruktur, which are both members of the Captrain Deutschland Group and Dortmunder Hafen AG. The economist most recently worked for thyssenkrupp...

03.09.2020

Sievert Logistik joins Logcoop

Sievert Logistik is now part of Logcoop's B2B/B2C forklift truck network. By joining this cooperation, the logistics services provider is responding to changes in the end consumers' purchasing behaviour. Currently, customers are...

03.09.2020

New services bear first fruits

In H1/2020, Russian FTL company Globaltruck operated an average number of 1,319 trucks, 41 or 3% less than in H1/2019. Average monthly distance per truck grew by 3.1% y-o-y to 16,300 km in H1/2020. The total distance covered...

03.09.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

In Hawaii, if a woman is wearing a flower over her left ear it means that she is not open to approaches.

02.09.2020

More options for road trains in NSW Australia

Road train operators can now access more than 900 km of additional road network, making it easier for producers and manufacturers to move freight across the state, according to the NSW ministry of regional transport in Australia....

02.09.2020

Global maritime capacities coming back

The idle fleet worldwide is shrinking while the carriers add further capacities to the global maritime market. The trades between Asia and North America West Coast are particularly strong, capacities being up 15% compared to the...

02.09.2020

Pall-Ex appoints operations director

Pall-Ex has promoted talent from within and appointed a new operations director to steer through the changing logistics landscape during the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Paul Pegg has taken up the role at Pall-Ex’s central hub,...

02.09.2020

Swiss Post takes over notime

Swiss Port has acquired all shares in Zurich-based notime, having been the company's majority shareholder since 15 March 2018. With this move, Swiss Post strengthens its position in the growing same-day delivery market....

02.09.2020

Digital access to rail system now online

The Austrian ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has been working for some time on the digitisation of its services and end-to-end logistics processes. Effective 1 September 2020, customers can enter this digital world with the aid of...

02.09.2020

Diesel and propellers: technology for the future?

The Californian start-up Otto Aviation officially introduces the Celera 500L as "the most fuel-efficient commercially viable passenger aircraft in the world". The full-scale prototype has completed 31 test flights...

02.09.2020

Maersk reshuffles its brands

Having posted stronger-than-expected results for Q2/2020, tripling its net income to USD 443 million in comparison to USD 153 million in Q2/2019, Maersk is redesigning its portfolio. The Safmarine and Damco brands will be...

02.09.2020

Dachser Shenzhen relocates

Dachser Shenzhen moved to a new office in August. The new premises are located at the Qianhai special economic zone, which was set up by the central government of China in 2010. The aim of this area is to strengthen the...

02.09.2020

Pharma logistics providers praise cooperation

Skycell, a Swiss-based provider of temperature-controlled container solutions, has supported three vaccine shipments sent from a manufacturer in Italy to the Brazilian government amid the pandemic. The first charter, jointly...

02.09.2020

Harder logistics wins removal contract

Harder logistics from Neu-Ulm (Bavaria, Germany) has won the tender to organise and carry out a warehouse removal inclusive administration for automotive parts supplier Beon. Beon, which works for the French PSA Group in the...

02.09.2020

New coupling mechanism to strengthen railfreight

As part of a research project, the German railfreight company DB Cargo has successfully used a brand new coupling mechanism – digital automatic coupling (DAC) - to connect several freight wagons. This innovative system, tested...

02.09.2020

San Francisco today, Boston tomorrow

Only a few days after landing again in Buenos Aires (photo), Swiss Worldcargo is expanding in North America. Starting today, 2 September 2020, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines will operate...

02.09.2020

New Japanese tugs for Indian ports

The fourth in a series of 13 tugs, built by Kanagawa Dockyard in Kobe, Japan, has been delivered to the multinational Adani Group, headquartered in Ahmedabad in India. The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) praises the...

02.09.2020

Indian Railways seizes opportunity

Indian Railways (IR) has taken a series of initiatives in the tariff and non-tariff field to boost freight operations. Total freight loading in the month of August 2020 (till 27 August 2020) amounted to 81.33 million t, 4.3%...

02.09.2020

Kansas City Southern picks vice president

Kansas City Southern (KCS) has promoted Rodrigo Flores from vice president automotive to vice president automotive and intermodal sales. In this expanded role, he is responsible for the automotive and intermodal business units in...

02.09.2020

North Highland acquires Logistipoint Consulting

North Highland, a change and transformation consultancy, has taken over Logistipoint  Consulting, a retail supply chain and distribution consulting firm that helps clients achieve significant results in logistics and distribution...