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24.10.2019

Wedding of Antwerp and Zeebrugge definite?

The ongoing exchange of a closer cooperation of the two European port authorities of Antwerp and Zeebrugge in Belgium has entered its next phase. The ports officials said they have now given the green light for merger...

24.10.2019

Kiwis to quit Europe

From October next year, Air New Zealand will fly between Auckland and its alliance partner United Airlines' New York hub Newark Liberty International Airport three times weekly, year-round, using its latest configuration B787-9...

24.10.2019

Agility invests in a new facility in Saudi Arabia

Agility has opened a new 900,000 sqm logistics park in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), part of a series of investments in the country valued at SAR 1 billion (EUR 240 million). The new facility was developed by Agility Logistics Parks...

24.10.2019

EU to promote shift from road to rail in Italy

The European Commission has approved an Italian support scheme to encourage the shift of freight traffic from road to rail in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. The scheme, which has an overall budget of EUR 6 million and...

24.10.2019

Busy times in Long Beach

The port of Long Beach on the US West Coast witnessed the best September of its 108-year history. In total, almost 707,000 teu were handled in September, slightly more (+0.8%) than during the same month a year ago. While imports...

24.10.2019

Saudia Cargo now GDP certified

The global certification leader SGS has issued Saudia Cargo with the certificate of European Union Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP) for handling pharmaceuticals. The certificate marks a new achievement for the carrier and an...

24.10.2019

Sébastien Delmotte to head overseas network at Heppner

Heppner has appointed Sébastien Delmotte director overseas network of the company. Delmotte joined Heppner’s office in Lille (France) as head of the overseas department in 2013. “International business is part of Heppner’s DNA...

24.10.2019

Tigers builds new hub in Rotterdam

Tigers is building a new mega hub facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as global customer demand and the e-commerce sector continue to grow. The multi-million-Euro mega hub is currently under construction and is scheduled to...

24.10.2019

Upgrade of Serbian railways goes ahead

Russian Railways (RZD) and Serbia have signed an agreement on the joint implementation of a project to modernise the Belgrade – Vrbnica (Slovakia) – border railway line with Montenegro (Bar). The contract includes the...

24.10.2019

Liege airport invites bright heads

Powered by the investment fund LeanSquare and Liege Airport (Belgium), the WeCargo event will soon bring together start-ups, air cargo industrialists and investors from 7 to 14 November, 2019. Through the "acceleration...

24.10.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

If a baby were to grow at the same speed every year as in the first year of its life, it would reach a height of about 5 m at its 18th birthday.

24.10.2019

New chairman for Pakistan's forwarders

International Cargo Management (ICM) has announced that its managing director, Izhar-Ul-Haq Qamar, has been elected unanimously as chairman of Piffa (Pakistan International Freight Forwarder Association) for 2019-20. The role...

24.10.2019

Gefco opts for augmented reality

Gefco has joined forces with Artishock to develop the augmented-reality application “Gefco Enterprise AR”. The new programme is deployed by Gefco Freight Forwarding to improve quality checks and increase productivity in packaging...

24.10.2019

Dutch forwarder invests in digitalisation

A seamless flow of information is the basis for the smooth operation of a logistics company. This aim can hardly be achieved without modern IT systems. Therefore, Raben Group has equipped all drivers in eleven countries with an...

24.10.2019

Four musketeers for one terminal

Container transport is increasing in comparison to bulk cargo. Duisburger Hafen (duisport) will withdraw its coal island from the market as from 2020 and build a trimodal container terminal on the site in cooperation with three...

23.10.2019

«Tremendous potential»

Vasilis Karakoulakis is the president of Greece’s FDL Group, a leading national contract logistician. He wants to convince more companies to outsource their logistics activities and is aiming to expand into the Balkans region.

23.10.2019

E-commerce consignments to be carried on EMU services

Indian Railways has started a pilot project that allows e-commerce consignments on its EMU services. As a part of innovative pilot project, the carrying of e-commerce consignments of Amazon in EMU services commenced from Sealdah...

23.10.2019

More LCL railfreight options on the new Silk Road

Cargo-Partner currently operates 40 FCL railfreight services und 15 LCL railfreight services from China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin) to Poland (Warsaw) per week. Now, the company has introduced additional direct LCL...

23.10.2019

Maersk pleased with 2019's results

The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based Based A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (APMM) has upgraded its expectations for the 2019 result. The optimism derives from the financials of Q3 and the updated outlook for freight rates, volumes and bunker...

23.10.2019

Turkish Cargo now ISO 10002 certified

Turkish Cargo has obtained the "customer satisfaction management certificate" (ISO 10002) and developed the cargo customers feedback management policy accordingly. Under these guidelines, various improvements have been...