27.02.2019

First Europe - China TIR transport takes 12 days

The first successful TIR transport from Europe to China came to a successful conclusion on 26 February, after a 7,400 km journey from Germany to Khorgos, a major Chinese overland Belt and Road port. The TIR truck, carrying 12...
27.02.2019

Emirates uses technology to raise KBL capacity

Emirates Flight Operations has developed a new navigation technique that allows the airline to carry additional cargo into Kabul international airport (KBL) which is situated in a wide valley at an elevation of 1,750 m and is...
27.02.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

In 2014, Apple automatically downloaded the U2 album "Songs Of Innocence" free of charge into the music libraries of 575 million iTunes users. 494 million people did not listen to a single song.

27.02.2019

Panalpina to hold extraordinary general meeting

Panalpina has been requested by its shareholder Ernst Göhner Foundation (EGF) to implement the one share – one vote standard at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to be held prior to the annual general meeting. The EGH...
27.02.2019

CTI Group chooses new head for global maritime business

The Centre Testing International Group (CTI) has appointed Herbert Soanes to oversee its global maritime business. With this move, CTI seeks to fortify and expand its client relations across the globe. As senior vice...
26.02.2019

Georgia strengthens traffic links with the EU

Georgia will improve its traffic links to the European Union and enjoy safer travel conditions within the country thanks to financial and technical aid from the EU. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and other EU institutions...
26.02.2019

US railroad expands Texan Fort Worth – Cleburne line

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) intends to invest USD 405 million in a rail upgrade in Texas, USA, in 2019. More than half of this capital will be allocated to expansion projects aimed at enhancing capacity and fluidity along the...
26.02.2019

Good January at Jaxport

The Florida-based Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) had a good start into the year. CEO Eric Green announced that container movements had increased by 16% compared to the same month in 2017. Almost 122,000 teus were handled....
26.02.2019

New position for Michael Gehrken

The members of the Swiss association of driving instructors (SFV) have elected Michael Gehrken as their new president. He succeeds Pierre-André Tombez, who took over the mandate on an interim basis after the resignation of the...
26.02.2019

Acito Logistics wins new customer

Acito Logistics has won another customer from the automotive sector. The logistics company from Weil am Rhein (Germany), located close to the German-Swiss frontier, will be responsible for the customer’s warehouse logistics and...
26.02.2019

Three die on Atlas Air/Amazon B767 freighter crash

Atlas Air Worldwide has confirmed that the three people on board Atlas Air flight 3591 did not survive the accident on 23 February 2019, just before landing at George Bush intercontinental airport in Houston, Texas (USA). The...
26.02.2019

New port strategy of Djibouti continues

On 22 February 2018 the State of Djibouti prematurely terminated the Doraleh container terminal concession, which was granted in 2006 to Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), a company mainly managed by DP World. While the legal...
26.02.2019

New mega trailers to transport car components

In Sweden, Dachser is organising the transport of replacement parts for Volvo Cars from Torslanda, a suburb of Gothenburg, to Dachser’s subsidiary in Gothenburg and from there to Volvo Cars’ warehouses in Germany. Dachser...
26.02.2019

Neel Jones Shah joins Tiaca board of directors

Neel Jones Shah, senior vice president and global head of airfreight at Flexport, has been appointed to the Tiaca board of directors. Shah, who previously served on the Tiaca board from 2011 to 2012, has almost 20 years of...
26.02.2019

Symbia acquires iD Commerce + Logistics

Symbia Logistics, a Colorado-based warehousing, logistics and e-commerce fulfilment company has recently acquired Chicago-based iD Commerce + Logistics (IDC), a leader in third-party logistics and e-commerce fulfilment. ...
26.02.2019

Saudia Cargo opens sales office in Dubai

Saudi Airlines’ cargo company has inaugurated a brand-new cargo sales office in the free zone of Dubai international airport (DXW). It has been operational since 27 January 2019. The opening of the new sales office...
26.02.2019

Merger of Hapag-Lloyd with UASC bears fruit

The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd achieved a more satisfactory result in 2018 than in previous years. On the basis of preliminary and unaudited figures, its Ebitda surged by almost 8% to EUR 1.14 billion (2017: EUR 1.05...
26.02.2019

New weekly train runs from China to Belarus

RZD Logistics organised the rail transport of Geely knock-down kits from China to the JV car manufacturer BelGee’s assembly factory in Belarus in about 14 days. The first four container trains set off in accordance with a...
26.02.2019

Tim Hoffmeister becomes CEO of Implico Group

Tim Hoffmeister has taken over the newly created position of CEO of Implico Group. He will manage the finance and controlling department and be responsible for administration and HR. Hoffmeister joined the software and...
26.02.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

The open stone stairs in medieval castles always spiralled anticlockwise so that right-handed invaders would have their sword arm impeded by the wall, while defenders had full sweep.
Displaying results 23721 to 23740 out of 24394
<< First < Previous 23661-23680 23681-23700 23701-23720 23721-23740 23741-23760 23761-23780 23781-23800 Next > Last >>