05.03.2019

Globe Air Cargo Argentina becomes Azul GSSA

The Brazilian Azul Linhas Aéreas, which began operating in 2008, has appointed Globe Air Cargo (GAC) Argentina, an ECS Group subsidiary almost a year old, as its GSSA in Argentina. With this two-year contract, GAC Argentina...
05.03.2019

Highly specialised chemical tankers join fleet

Imperial Logistics has expanded its European road tanker fleet in response to several years of strong business growth and its successful entry into intermodal services in 2016. The company headquartered in Germany has...
05.03.2019

Astre Península Ibérica on an expansion course

Astre Península Ibérica, the Spanish network of transport SMEs, grew significantly in the last year, with the association reporting a 12.1% rise in turnover. Astre Península Ibérica strengthened its local position by appointing...
05.03.2019

Change at DFDS's head

Niels Smedegaard will step down as CEO of DFDS at the end of April. Torben Carlsen, who has been the company's CFO since 2009, will become the new CEO. Smedegaard has been CEO of DFDS since 1 January 2007. He said: “My time...
05.03.2019

New bulk giant for K Line

At Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan, the 200,000-dwt ton Cape size bulker "Cape Sapphire" has been completed and will join K Line's operative fleet in due course. The ship is compliant with the common structural rules for...
05.03.2019

Restrictions on radioactive shipments to and from Belgium

Effective immediately and until further notice, United Cargo is restricting all shipments containing substances classified as radioactive material originating in or destined for Belgium. The carrier said that this restriction...
05.03.2019

More dragons and griffins for the locomotive fleet

The Polish railfreight company Lotos Kolej has ordered five new electric locomotives from Polish manufacturer NEWAG for PLN 80 million (EUR 18.6 million). The engines are two four-axle griffins and three six-axle dragons...
05.03.2019

IDS benefits from private customers

With a 3% rise to 13.8 million consignments, the general cargo cooperation IDS Logistik has expanded its business for the sixth year in succession. With a growth rate of 12%, the private customer segment was particularly...
05.03.2019

Bita appoints Dale Chrystie as its first chair

Dale Chrystie of Fedex was elected as the first chair of the blockchain in transport alliance standards council (Bitas) during the meeting of its board of directors last month. Chrystie, business fellow and blockchain...
05.03.2019

UPS links Hong Kong and Cologne with B747-8F

UPS will deploy larger capacity aircraft, Boeing 747-8s, to service major trade routes connecting Hong Kong and Europe, via UPS’s European air hub in Cologne (Germany). The expansion is part of the on-going transformation of...
05.03.2019

Highs and lows for RCL in 2018

The Thailand-based container shipping line Regional Container Lines (RCL) reported a 5% rise in revenue 2018 compared to 2017 to THB 12,262 million (EUR 340 million). The surge in volumes on a year-on-year-basis amounted to 6.3%....
05.03.2019

New hub and new rail connections

On 1 April 2019 Metrans will integrate the intermodal hub in Zilina, in the northwest of Slovakia into its network by launching a regular daily shuttle train service between Zilina and Dunajska Strada in the south of the country....
05.03.2019

New logistics platform for cocoa butter

Haesaerts Intermodal has opened a subsidiary in the port of San Pedro (Ivory Coast). The Antwerp (Belgium)-based logistics operator now controls the entire cocoa butter logistics chain, from the production region to the final...
05.03.2019

Knut Kokkeling takes charge at Cuxhaven

After a two-month transition period, Knut Kokkelink has taken over the management of the Cuxhaven subsidiary of Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts, Germany). His predecessor Hans-Gerd Janssen is retiring after 33 years of work for the...
04.03.2019

Will Brexit close Scotland down?

In five weeks the UK is due to leave the EU after 46 years in the fold; the day will see dark clouds gather over Scotland and Northern Ireland. How is airfreight faring in the regions where a majority voted to remain in the EU in...
04.03.2019

Molinari to make it move

The Swiss railway technology entrepreneur Michele Molinari plays a key role in a project for a new trans-continental railway line across South America. Swiss know-how and technology are being recruited to draw a railway line...
04.03.2019

70,000th tractor rolls off the production line

Kalmar’s manufacturing plant in Ottawa (Kansas, USA) has produced its 70,000th Kalmar tractor. The truck was ordered by long-standing customer Penske Truck Leasing. Kalmar is part of Cargotec. The Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal...
04.03.2019

Third location in Turkey

Cargo-partner continues to expand and has just opened its third location in Turkey. After entering that market in summer 2018, the Austrian service provider has set up its third facility in Bursa. Cargo-partner now has 33...
04.03.2019

Damen's LNG/MGO hybrid ready for work

Success for the switchover: a dredger has been converted to a dual-fuel unit running on LNG and MGO eighteen months after the contract was awarded. It was the first conversion of its kind in Europe. Damen delivered a turnkey...
04.03.2019

Green trucks for Simon Loos and Peter Appel Transport

DAF Trucks helps Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain, to supply its shops electrically. The first electric trucks have been handed over to Albert Heijn’s carriers Simon Loos and Peter Appel Transport. It is the start of a...
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