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01.02.2019

Riga airport has cargo ambitions

With the goal of becoming "a modern and convenient north European hub", Riga Airport (RIX) wound up 2018 with an encouraging increase in its key performance indicators. The volume of cargo handled at the Latvian...

01.02.2019

Slight upswing for Marseille Fos in 2018

The port of Marseille Fos made modest progress in 2018. The total cargo throughput grew to 81 million t, 1% more than in 2017. Last year, container traffic rose by 2% to 1.4 million teu, and dry bulk volumes surged by 12% to 15.2...

01.02.2019

Ceva Logistics renews partnership with Fincantieri

Ceva Logistics has renewed its partnership with Trieste (Italy)-based Fincantieri for another three years. Fincantieri, one of the world's top ten shipbuilders, builds both commercial and military vessels. The two companies...

01.02.2019

Laurels for UK railfreight operator

Direct Rail Services (DRS), based in based in Carlisle (UK), has received the prestigious Golden Whistle Award for the sixth time running, when the company was officially declared "The best performing railfreight...

01.02.2019

SPC Logistics wins Hoyer representation

SPC Logistics has obtained representation from Hoyer, a major provider of transport services for liquids such as chemicals, foodstuffs and mineral oil. SPC logistics will continue to function as agents for Hoyer within Nicaragua...

01.02.2019

Japanese carriers to end mail codesharing with UPS

ANA All Nippon Airways and Air Japan are to cease mail codesharing with UPS effective tomorrow (2 February 2019). After the merger with ANA in 2010, Air Japan began to operate 217 cargo flights per week with a B767-300F/BCF. The...

01.02.2019

Fedex delivers Super Bowl trophy

The professional football world is descending upon Atlanta GA (USA) in preparation for Super Bowl LIII. One special piece of hardware has already arrived courtesy of Fedex Express. The company was selected to provide safe and...

01.02.2019

Tarros adds Marseille to GPS service

The La Spezia (Italy)-headquartered Tarros Group upgraded its Great Pendulum service (GPS), effective 31 January 2019. It ensures that Tarros is able to maintain a very efficient service network, with great reliability and...

01.02.2019

Increasing rail connectivity in India and Italy

APM Terminals has introduced new rail connections between a number of deep-sea terminals and the hinterland. In Gujarat (India), APM Terminals Pipavav has launched a rail service to its Kanpur inland container terminal. APM...

01.02.2019

“Curiosity of the Day”

American Indians did not communicate by smoke signals. A fire might be lit to confirm a previous verbal message, for example, but no one could waft a blanket over a fire to send up “coded” messages in puffs of smoke that others...

01.02.2019

Senior management changes at MOL

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced changes to its senior management. The appointment of new directors and auditors is subject to approval at the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on 25 June 2019. As from 1 April...

01.02.2019

Telematics raises efficiency of pharma transports in Sweden

DB Schenker has started to deploy a telematics solution for mobile temperature monitoring for healthcare and pharmaceutical transports in Sweden. The service provider says the solution lifts the transport chain quality to an even...

31.01.2019

Cleared and delivered

Passengers are not the only ones keen to get from A to B quickly. The forwarding firm Gerhard Wegmüller also wants its airfreighted consignments to reach their destination rapidly – which is why it banks on K & S Informatik‘s...

31.01.2019

More flat cars for heavy containers

After winning an open tender, Russia-based United Wagon Company (UWC) completed and delivered 60 flat cars on bogies with an enhanced axle load to Transcontainer, Russia’s largest intermodal container operator. The rolling stock...

31.01.2019

Mobile harbour crane acquisitions in 2018

Liebherr Maritime Cranes sold 83 mobile harbour cranes in 40 countries in 2018. That gave the company an estimated market share of up to 66% in the mobile harbour crane segment. The major clients were, inter alia, Qube Ports...

31.01.2019

Barig strengthens cargo component again

Cargologic Germany (CLG), a cargo airline that is currently being established, is, with immediate effect, a member of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig). At the same time, CLG has joined the cargo...

31.01.2019

DSV leases P3 logistics centre

Property developer P3 and the Danish logistics provider DSV have inked a rental agreement for over 33,000 sqm of space in the P3 Park in Błonie, west of Warsaw. According to the contract, DSV will move into warehouse 16 that has...

31.01.2019

Green Cargo shifts 370 lorry loads from road to rail

The Swedish Transport Administration is building a so-called west link under central Gothenburg. The tunnel will be used to create a railway for commuter and regional trains. The west link will connect railway lines north and...

31.01.2019

B&H Worldwide picks business development manager for Asia

The aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Chris Allen to the newly created position of business development manager, Asia. Based at Changi Airport (Singapore), he will be responsible for identifying...

31.01.2019

Paving the way for more P2F conversions

Through its Irish affiliate NGF Genesis Ltd, the Austin TX (USA)-based freighter-focused aircraft leasing and management company Spectre Cargo Solutions has closed its first round of a long-term senior debt facility led by Erste...