16.05.2019

SBB Cargo introduces automatic coupling

From 6 May, SBB Cargo trains have been operating with autocouplers. Around 100 freight wagons and 25 locomotives for intermodal domestic transport have been converted for this purpose over the past year. The move is a first...
15.05.2019

LNG sees itself at the top of the class

A study has found that using LNG as a marine fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 21%.
15.05.2019

Belarus and Georgia forge closer ties with China

Georgia and Belarus have signed bilateral international road transport agreements with China, which will allow trucks to pass more easily between the countries and ultimately boost trade cooperation. Both countries are important...
15.05.2019

Boeing's big cargo drone makes first outdoor flight

Boeing has completed the first outdoor flight tests of the cargo air vehicle (CAV), taking off, hovering, transitioning to forward flight and then landing safely. Powered by an electric propulsion system, the CAV is designed to...
15.05.2019

Arkas Line/Hapag-Lloyd VSA starts operations

Arkas Line and Hapag Lloyd have concluded a new vessel sharing agreement (VSA) that is now being implemented after the Westmed Black Sea service (WBS), formerly operated by Emes Feedering, was taken over by Arkas Line and Hapag...
15.05.2019

Dualog appoints new sales manager for Greek market

Tromsø (Norway)-based maritime digital software service provider Dualog has appointed Kalliope Economou as a new sales manager to further develop its position in the Greek market. Dualog has been steadily expanding its...
15.05.2019

DP DHL Group grows revenue and earnings in Q1

Deutsche Post DHL Group increased both revenue and operating profit in Q1/2019. The company generated revenue of EUR 15.4 billion between January and March, 4.1% more than in Q1/2018. Operating profit (ebit) shot up by 28.1%...
15.05.2019

Take-over expands logistics services in Australia

Qube has acquired LCR Group in Australia for a total of AUD 135 million (EUR 83.5 million). LCR is a specialist provider of outsourced industrial logistics services, operating across mining, heavy transport, mobile crane and...
15.05.2019

Fresh news for flying fish from Norway to China

Starting today (15 May 2019), the Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is operating a nonstop route between Beijing and Oslo. As the first direct connection between the capitals of Norway and China, the thrice weekly A330-300 service...
15.05.2019

New mega ro-ro vessels to run on LNG

The fledgling Swedish company Wallenius-SOL (see ITJ Daily from 26 April) has ordered the first generation of LNG-powered ultra-large ro-ro vessels designed by Knud E Hansen. An up to four vessels order has been placed with...
15.05.2019

Nunner Logistics takes over 4PL provider Caroz

Nunner Logistics from Helmond (Netherlands) is taking over the Caroz coordination centre. Founded in Venlo (Netherlands) in 2000, Caroz was one of the first players on the Dutch market to focus on so-called control tower (or 4PL)...
15.05.2019

Laude Smart Intermodal buys four dragon locomotives

Smart Laude Intermodal, the Polish provider of transportation and logistics services, is investing in four new six-axle dragon 2 electric locomotives, two of which can also be powered by diesel. The company recently signed an...
15.05.2019

Descartes acquires Core transport technologies

Descartes Systems Group has acquired Core Transport Technologies NZ (Core), an electronic transport network that provides global air carriers and ground handlers with shipment scanning and tracking solutions. Core has been...
15.05.2019

European airports lose cargo volumes in Q1

During Q1/2019, freight traffic at the airports which shared their data with the European trade body ACI Europe, declined by 1.8% year-on-year. All four leading stations lost volumes and remained at the positions they held one...
15.05.2019

Strong April for the port of Long Beach

The US port of Long Beach witnessed a peak in container throughput in April 2019. Dockworkers at the port's marine terminals moved 628,121 teu last month. The previous record was 619,512 teu in April 2006. Imports in April...
15.05.2019

Brockmann moves from Coli to AAL Shipping

Marc-Oliver Brockmann has left Coli Shipping after 27 years and has been appointed as the new commercial manager at AAL Shipping’s European regional hub. Brockmann started working for Coli in 1992 in Hamburg (Germany) as...
15.05.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

A person uses an average of around 20,800 sheets of toilet paper per year.
15.05.2019

LDZ privatisation promoted by false valuation?

Board members of the Latvian railways (LDZ) have sent an application to the law enforcement authorities with the request to evaluate possible activities of the Latvian minister of transport. The management believes that the...
15.05.2019

Agility achieves targets

Kuwait-based Agility reported Q1/2019 earnings of KWD 20.3 million (EUR 59.4 million), up 7.3% vis-a-vis Q1/2018. It was a 10.2% increase excluding IFRS-16 impact. Q1 revenue was KWD 378.8 million (EUR 1.1 billion), and ebitda...
14.05.2019

Additional rail capacity for Western Canada

Canadian National Railways (CN) is increasing its operations in Western Canada with two additional export supply chain projects. The projects are both focused on maximising the use of rail services into the Port of Prince Rupert...
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