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01.02.2019

Stena to deploy new ferry on Irish Sea

A new ro-pax ferry named the “Stena Estrid” has just been launched. According to the ferry operator’s plans, the newbuilding will go into service on the Dublin – Holyhead route at the beginning of 2020. The “Stena Estrid” is...

01.02.2019

Hg buys stake in Transporeon

After nearly three years of successful cooperation, the private equity company TPG Capital is selling its shares in the Transporeon Group to the investor Hg. Transporeon is a provider of cloud-based transport logistics. Hg...

01.02.2019

ABC mandates ACG to finance a B747-8F

California (USA)-headquartered Aviation Capital Group (ACG), an aircraft operating lessor founded in 1989, has been mandated by Airbridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) to structure, arrange, and provide a guarantee for a senior loan to...

01.02.2019

Haulier joins UK pallet network

Smethwick (UK)-based ICS Distribution has decided to turn its roadfreight and import expertise to pallet network distribution for the first time. The company has therefore joined The Pallet Network (TPN) in the UK. ICS, which...

01.02.2019

Dominique Lebreton appointed foreign trade advisor

Dominique Lebreton, member of the board and director of the audits, projects and marketing department at MGI, has been appointed foreign trade advisor to the French government. Foreign trade advisors are selected based on their...

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...