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12.06.2019

TT Club enlarges its surplus

TT Club, the international transport and logistics insurance provider earned USD 195 million gross premiums in 2018 (2017: USD 181.8 million) and a surplus for the year of USD 16.5 million (2017: USD 7.3 million). TT Club has...

12.06.2019

Belarus, Russia & Kazakhstan railways ink pact

A shareholder agreement was recently signed by the Russia-based joint stock company United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA). The document indicates that the railway administrations of Russia,...

12.06.2019

Associations bundle forces in Brussels

The road transport associations of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany and France are founding a joint office in Brussels. The respective representatives are scheduled to move into the office on 1 August. Dirk Engelhardt, CEO of the...

12.06.2019

MOL and Makarov deepen cooperation

MOL recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping in St. Petersburg (Russia). The MOU reconfirms and further develops the cooperation between the two...

12.06.2019

Imperial Logistics wins automotive haulage contract

Imperial Logistics has secured more road haulage management business from its major client BMW Group. The company is adding new routes and extra daily runs to its existing programme of just in time and just in sequence...

12.06.2019

New hub for vehicle distribution in North America

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has opened its new Vancouver Automotive Compound (VAC) with a capacity to process 168,000 vehicles annually. The new facility is in a prime location to handle vehicles made in North America for...

12.06.2019

Saudia Cargo supports heavy athletes

Saudi Airlines Cargo Company once again transported 175 t of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) equipment all the way to Jeddah, from Maastricht (Netherlands) for the WWE event that took place at King Abdullah Sports City last...

12.06.2019

Seth Hertel joins CSafe Global as new CCO

CSafe Global, a provider of temperature-controlled packaging solutions has appointed Seth Hertel as its new chief commercial officer. “I am excited to welcome Hertel, a healthcare veteran who comes to us with a wealth of...

12.06.2019

Digital data corridor comes on stream

Kale Logistics Solutions has finished the first phase of the digital data corridor between Mumbai (India) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in collaboration with the Dutch company Cargonaut. Using the iShare framework, which...

12.06.2019

ICTSI increases capacities in Rijeka

The Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian subsidiary of Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) at the port of Rijeka (Croatia), is set to realise a comprehensive expansion plan in the...

12.06.2019

Rail holds pole position in Hamburg

In Germany’s port of Hamburg more than 135 million t of seaborne cargo traffic are cleared annually. On the overland seaport-hinterland routes, rail is in pole position with 48.2%, ahead of trucking with 41.4% and inland shipping...

12.06.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Due to some confusion with names, staff of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange incorrectly addressed mail.

12.06.2019

Survitec appoints new heads

As part of a tranche of measures to strengthen its position in the global marine safety and survival market, Survitec has appointed Baba Devani as managing director, Survitec Marine. Devani’s appointment follows on from the...

11.06.2019

On a new track

Rail activities are losing ground to the roads worldwide. In Iran the national rail firm RAI is modernising and expanding its infrastructure and rolling stock, and linking international markets through cross-border routes. Saeid...

11.06.2019

Booking rail and truck transport online

Box2rail, an online booking platform for SMEs, has augmented its portfolio by adding a capacity display for HGV transport services. In addition to the existing capacity indicator for the railway, Box2rail 2.0 now offers a...

11.06.2019

COA provides new standard

The container owners association (COA), which represents the common interests of owners of freight containers, has announced that its telematics/track trace work group will provide an open standard to permit interoperability of...

11.06.2019

Russian intermodal operator introduces two new trains

Trans-Container will raise the number of regular services in Russia and China. A block train has been launched from Zibo (Shandong Province, China) to Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovskaya Railway, Russia) through the Zabaykalsk...

11.06.2019

Contract logistics for textile producer

DHL Supply Chain has signed a five year contract with the Seidensticker Group, a family-run company based in Bielefeld (Germany). Seidensticker has been one of Europe’s most renowned shirt and blouse manufacturers for almost a...

11.06.2019

Mikko Tainio is Finnair Cargo’s new MD

Janne Tarvainen, managing director (MD) of Finnair Cargo, will leave the carrier at the end of July and take on the role of MD of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) in August. Mikko Tainio has been chosen as his successor and a...

11.06.2019

Light air vehicles for Thyssenkrupp's daily business

Only a few weeks after its first official demonstration flight on 21 May 2019, a drone designed by doks.innovation is ready to make Thyssenkrupp's shipment of laboratory samples faster and safer while also reducing traffic on the...