18.01.2019

Norfolk Southern to expand US terminal capacity

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a deal to supply the US railway company Norfolk Southern with four Kalmar Smart Power rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) equipped with a suite of process automation solutions. Delivery should...
18.01.2019

Four new B777Fs for Lufthansa Cargo and Aerologic

Lufthansa Cargo will take delivery of a fourth new freighter in autumn 2019. The B777F will be leased from Boeing and operated by Aerologic at Leipzig/Halle airport (Germany). This will take the fleet of Aerologic, a joint...
18.01.2019

Ocean Alliance on course up to 2027

The CMA CGM Group, Cosco Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL have signed a contract to continue their cooperation until 2027. In addition, the partners will introduce, inter alia, the "Ocean Alliance Day 3 product" for Asia...
18.01.2019

New ops manager for new logistics centre

Volker Weidemann has been recruited as operations manager of Hermes Fulfilment’s 76,000 sqm logistics centre that is currently being built in Ansbach (Germany). In his new role, he will be responsible for warehouse logistics for...
18.01.2019

Arnold Group enlarges business field

The Arnold Group, based in in Rimpar, between Frankfurt and Nuremberg (Germany), has added a new division – Arnold Logistics – to its existing heavylift business field (Arnold Schwerlast) and forwarding sector (Arnold Spedition)....
18.01.2019

Improving rail access to northeast corridor in USA

In the USA, Quonset Development Corporation has received a USD 3 million federal grant for the Quonset freight rail enhancements and expansion project, designed to increase freight train capacity at the Quonset Business Park and...
18.01.2019

Pegasus starts working with TCM provider

Turkey-based Pegasus Airlines has signed a total cargo management (TCM) service agreement with World Cargo Solutions DMCC. From 1 January 2019, the Dusseldorf (Germany)-based GSSA began exclusively marketing the full cargo...
18.01.2019

From Bilbao into the Caribbean

After some complicated manoeuvres, a fully erected crane was loaded onto a ship at the port of Bilbao (Spain). The equipment is bound for a container terminal in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The twelve hour loading operation...
18.01.2019

UPS creates position President Supply Chain Solutions

Philippe Gilbert is joining UPS as president, supply chain solutions this month (January). He will also become a member of the company’s management committee, the company’s senior most leadership group. Gilbert will be based at...
18.01.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

Prohibition in Iceland went into effect in 1915 and lasted until 1 March 1989. The ban originally prohibited all alcohol, but wine was legalised in 1922, and all alcoholic beverages, except beer with more than 2.25% alcohol...
18.01.2019

Broekman Logistics opens new branch in Hyderabad

Broekman Logistics has strengthened its market position in India by adding a new office in Hyderabad. The facility will serve customers in central India, act as the gateway to Asia, and give the company its own presence in yet...
18.01.2019

Acquisition of almost 600 more intermodal wagons

Ermewa, part of the French SNCF group, has acquired the intermodal fleet of Macquarie European Rail. Thanks to this acquisition of 60 ft, 80 ft and 90 ft container wagons, the rail wagon lessor Ermewa takes a further step in the...
17.01.2019

Desert border crossing open again

The regional economy has suffered greatly for the last three years on account of the closure of the border between Syria and Jordan. Now that it has been re-opened, DP World organised a convoy running from Dubai to Syria and back.
17.01.2019

Combatting frustration on the truck ramp

Allocating parking spaces, meeting deadlines, regulating responsibilities: the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) has developed nine ramp rules – entitled the "Golden Ramp Rules" that are designed to make...
17.01.2019

Cologne/Bonn airport recruits new CFO

Torsten Schrank has been chosen for the role of second managing director of Cologne/Bonn airport (Germany). The company’s supervisory board appointed Schrank, a business administration graduate, who is expected to start work in...
17.01.2019

German air service provider orders B737 p2f

The US aircraft conversion company, Aeronautical Engineers, has signed a contract with Miesbach (Germany)-based Royal Aero to provide the latter with a B737-400SF freighter. The aircraft, Royal Aero's first AEI freighter...
17.01.2019

Liverpool - permanent substitute for Felixstowe

The 2M alliance, comprised of Maersk and MSC, has confirmed that the port of Liverpool (UK) will become a permanent call on its TA4 service, connecting Europe with the USA. The decision follows the introduction of a temporary...
17.01.2019

Rhenus Alpina snaps up document destruction specialist

Rhenus Alpina is acquiring all of Dissolve Tech’s shares. The family firm, based in Fällanden, near Zurich (Switzerland), is a mobile document destruction specialist. Along with the shares, Rhenus is also taking over all patents,...
17.01.2019

Beacon finds new traction lessee in Spain

Beacon Rail Leasing has acquired nine Bitrac locomotives from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). The traction will be leased to SNCF Captrain España. The lessor said: “The acquisition is a natural extension of...
17.01.2019

Airship maker grounds prototype, plans production

As 2018 came to a close, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) received the design organisation approval (DOA) from the European Aviation Safety Agency and production organisation approval (POA) from the UK's Civil Aviation Authority. The...
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