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03.05.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

When astronauts return from space they are about 5 cm taller. Due to weightlessness in space the cartilaginous discs between the vertebrae in the spine expand, as indeed they do while you sleep on earth. We are all taller first...

02.05.2019

Pirate flags lowered

Nobody will deny that piracy is a scourge of shipping. Incidents continue to be reported. So the latest news from the International Maritime Bureau is welcome – the number of incidents of piracy has declined, and combined with a...

02.05.2019

Queensland’s zinc railway resumes service

The first freight trains are operating successfully again on the Mount Isa Line in Queensland, Australia marking the reopening of the 1,000 km route after twelve-weeks of unprecedented flood repairs. The line is used by...

02.05.2019

Air Mauritius receives first of two A330-900neos

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) delivered the first of two new Airbus A330-900neo aircraft on long-term lease to Air Mauritius. ALC executive chairman Steven F. Udvar-Házy: "This delivery marks the 25th anniversary of our...

02.05.2019

Arkas and CNAN to cooperate in the Med

Turkey-headquartered Arkas Line and CNAN Med, the national shipping line of Algeria, are launching an Algeria service at the beginning of this month (May). CNAN Med will operate the new Westmed Oran service (WOS) with two...

02.05.2019

Changes in K Line's management

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has announced the following changes to its management: Jiro Asakura, Hiromichi Aoki and Kiyoshi Hosomizo have reached retirement age. Jiro Asakura will remain in the company as a special executive...

02.05.2019

Czech forwarder invests heavily in its fleet

C.S.Cargo group purchased trucks for CZK 155 million (EUR 6.03 million) in 2018. The company acquired 51 Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, MAN and Renault vehicles and 48 trailers. A completely new aspect of the vehicle-fleet upgrade was...

02.05.2019

Pekaes opens new customs agency

The Poland based logistics provider Pekaes recently opened a customs agency in Białystok. The move will ensure efficient clearance of imported and exported goods handled by the company's distribution network. The agency's...

02.05.2019

New Mexican offspring for Hamburg Süd

Hamburg Süd recently held a ceremony to name a containership at the port of Veracruz (Mexico). Now known as the "Polar Mexico", the vessel was sponsored by Claudia Dávila, wife of Carlos Ayala, logistics and...

02.05.2019

Cargotec simplifies its leadership structure

Cargotec has simplified its leadership structure and combined its executive board and extended executive board to form a new Cargotec leadership team. The team consists of former executive board members Mika Vehviläinen,...

02.05.2019

Antonov freezes turboprop project

The Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is suspending its AN-132D multi-purpose transport project. The twin-engined turboprop is a new-generation version of the original 1976 Soviet AN-32 aircraft, but with no...

02.05.2019

Packing centre for Volkswagen is ready

Panattoni Europe has finished building the multi-brand packaging centre for exporting the Volkswagen Group’s car parts according to the requisite deadline. The German vehicle manufacturer will use the centre in the Jade Weser...

02.05.2019

150 more roads than railtracks

For every new kilometre of railtrack, 150 km of roads are built. Germany’s road network has been expanded by 250,000 km since 1994, which amounts to an average of 192 km per week. In contrast, an average of only 1.3 km of new...

02.05.2019

Uzbekistan Airways increases network

Uzbekistan Airways has just received its fourth B787-8 Dreamliner. The country's flag carrier, this aircraft model's first customer in Central Asia, began commercial operations in 2016 and plans to operate six B787s by 2020....

02.05.2019

Coalition on West African routes

Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (Bocs) and Universal Africa Lines (UAL) are to combine their forces on the West African trades. The Bremen entity, a breakbulk MPV shipping line, operates five geared MPV vessels ranging...

02.05.2019

Arpin Group appoints Bridget Ritchie to management committee

Bridget Ritchie, vice president global business development – corporate accounts, has been appointed to the Arpin group management committee, which is responsible for making recommendations and implementing the vision of Arpin’s...

02.05.2019

"Teesport Express" marks extended Scotland service

PD Ports in UK, based in the north east, has celebrated the success of its second daily rail freight connection to Scotland, with an official locomotive naming ceremony at Teesport. Five years after the launch of the...

02.05.2019

Bolloré Transport & Logistics opens first B.Lab centre

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has officially opened its B.Lab center in Puteaux (France). The new 500 sqm location aims at developing new solutions to accelerate the digitalisation of the supply chain by involving company...

02.05.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

In the Hawaiian language there are 65 words for fishing nets, 108 different words for sweet potatoes, 42 for sugarcane and 47 for bananas.

30.04.2019

Speed queen of the freight gateways

The capital of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna has many nicknames, including ‘professor’, on account of it being home to the oldest university in the world, ‘fatty’, for its rich cuisine, and ‘the red city’, on account of its...