26.04.2019

BLG Logistics grows faster than expected

BLG Logistics generated a turnover of EUR 1.14 billion in FY, an increase of EUR 53.5 million or 4.9% compared to 2017. Earnings before tax (EBT) again rose significantly by EUR 4 million or almost 12% to EUR 37.5 million (EUR...
26.04.2019

Train to shift up to 70 lorries off the road

GB Railfreight (GBRf) and British Gypsum in the UK have agreed to extend their contract until December 2021. GBRf’s existing service from Southampton to British Gypsum’s plasterboard plant in Robertsbridge will therefore...
26.04.2019

Australian hydroxide plant needs new equipment

Tianqi Lithium Kwinana has recently placed an order with Liebherr for the first LRS 545 Reachstacker in Australia. Tianqi Lithium operates a new lithium hydroxide plant in the Kwinana industrial area, south of Perth in Western...
26.04.2019

Middle Eastern carrier takes another digital step

Etihad Cargo claims that it has gained a prominent position in the field of air cargo digitalisation and innovation six months after migrating to a new technology platform. Last year, the Abu Dhabi (UAE)-based carrier...
26.04.2019

Flash Europe takes over Speed Pack

Flash Europe, a Luxembourg-based provider of on-demand transports, has taken over the express logistics company Speed Pack Europe. With this transaction Flash Europe paves the way for a further internationalisation and growth of...
26.04.2019

Michaël Koundri named CEO of Gefco Lorry & Transport

Gefco Spain has appointed Michaël Koundri as new CEO of Gefco Lorry & Transport, a division that specialises in the trade between Europe and Morocco. Koundri has a degree in commercial law and more than 25 years of experience...
26.04.2019

Moscow pushes Chinese connections forward

Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) and Moscow Cargo, with the support of the Russian ministry of industry and trade, recently presented their cargo hub to their Chinese partners as a part of a strategy to develop...
26.04.2019

SOL and Wallenius create special fleet

A new shipping line, Wallenius Sol, has been founded. The company will move mainly forest products and other cargoes within a network covering the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The initiative was launched by...
26.04.2019

Georgia Central Railway to serve new plastic facility

US shortline railroad Georgia Central Railway, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), will serve a major new plastics distribution facility under construction on its line in Pooler (GA). Georgia Central will...
26.04.2019

New grain storage at the Port of Liverpool

Global animal feed trader and supply chain leader ADM Agriculture has completed its GBP 7.4 million expansion at the Port of Liverpool, providing the equivalent of two football pitches of extra capacity for trade in bulk...
26.04.2019

New representative at Hamburg’s Chinese liaison office

There has been a change of responsibility at the Port of Hamburg’s marketing representative office in Shanghai (China). The previous manager, Lars Anke, has left the office at his own request to take up a new challenge in...
26.04.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

“Desert Bus” is said to be the most boring video game of all times. The player must drive a bus in real time along a dead straight road through the desert from Tucson in the US federal state of Arizona to Las Vegas – a journey of...
25.04.2019

Attractive IT solutions

How can a logistics IT provider stimulate airfreight? ITJ editor Andreas Haug talked to David Linford about this in Johannesburg recently. Linford previously worked for the GSA Network Airline Services, was Delta’s regional...
25.04.2019

New ownership for two US shortline railroads

Ironhorse has acquired the Sequatchie Valley Railroad and the Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad. The Tennessee (USA)-based railroads will be renamed Sequatchie Valley Switching Company (SQSC) and the Walking Horse Railroad...
25.04.2019

Upbeat first quarter for the port of Rotterdam

In the first quarter of 2019, the quantity of cargoes processed at the port of Rotterdam surged by 5.1% compared to the same period last year. In total, 123.9 million t were handled compared with 117.8 million t in Q1/2018....
25.04.2019

Eurosib buys 400 new container platforms

The Russia-based private rail operator Eurosib – Transport Systems and the United Wagon Company (UWC) have signed a contract for the production and supply of 400 new generation container platforms. They will be delivered to the...
25.04.2019

More room for food and pharma logistics

Greiwing Logistics has completed an expansion scheme at its site in Duisburg (Germany) according to plan. The scheme comprised a EUR 6 million logistics hall with 8,000 pallet slots that was specially designed for storing food...
25.04.2019

Emir Pineda from Miami Airport joins Tiaca board

Emir Pineda, trade & logistics manager of the marketing division of Miami-Dade aviation department, which operates Miami international airport (MIA), has been elected to the board of the international air cargo association...
25.04.2019

Another profit increase for Cargolux

For the second year running, Cargolux has registered an increase in net profit after tax while continuing its efforts to maintain an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable business. Despite a global softening...
25.04.2019

Extension at Prague airport

Cargo-partner recently started operations at a 1,400 sqm temperature-controlled warehouse near Prague airport. The facility has 1,800 slots for storing pallets at a 2°C - +8°C temperature range. The company is using the warehouse...
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