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13.02.2025

H2 stations growing worldwide

Around 1,160 hydrogen refuelling stations were in operation worldwide at the end of 2024, including 384 hydrogen refuelling stations in China, according to an evaluation by the German consulting company LBST. 45 countries now...

13.02.2025

DNV guidance on Hong Kong Convention

DNV has released a guide, entitled ‘Safe and green recycling for shipowners’, designed to help shipowners comply with regulations laid down in the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) and the EU Ship Recycling Regulations. The HKC takes...

13.02.2025

Expanding MRO services in the Middle East

FL Technics is continuing its Middle Eastern expansion efforts. Its regional subsidiary FL Technics now supports Fly Vaayu, which is based in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) and operates in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and...

13.02.2025

Mosolf Group acquires Stoof

The Mosolf Group has announced the acquisition of Stoof International, a specialist in armoured vehicles and security solutions. The takeover will take effect on 31 March, subject to approval by Germany’s cartel office, with...

13.02.2025

Bringing energy to Houston

Spliethoff-BigLift Houston has appointed Roberto Frigeni as its vice-president for business development. With more than 35 years of experience in heavy lift, marine operations, engineering and sales, Frigeni is a well-respected...

13.02.2025

Raben growing in the Netherlands

The transport company Raben is enhancing its local road network in the Netherlands by acquiring 100% of the shares of the Dutch company DGO Express. With this takeover Raben has enhanced its local road network in the Netherlands...

13.02.2025

DPW progressing with Egyptian logistics park

DP World has completed 65% of the first phase of its ‘Sokhna Logistics Park’, a USD 80 million facility in the Suez Canal economic zone. The hub covers 300,000 sqm and has been designed to enhance supply chain efficiency and...

13.02.2025

Filling the belly of ANA’s first Turkey service

Skylog Turkiye, the ECS Group’s Turkish subsidiary, has signed a GSA agreement with All Nippon Airways (ANA) ahead of the airline’s first direct Turkey–Japan flights. Starting yesterday, 12 February, ANA will operate...

13.02.2025

Grendi expanding workforce and reach

The Italian Grendi Group is following up on its EUR 36 million investment plan for 2024-2026, as the company declared in the presentation of its 2024 results. In the previous year it allocated EUR 14 million to modernise...

13.02.2025

From Wisag to CHI

CHI Aviation Handling has expanded its management team. On 1 February Hakan Sener joined Kai Domscheit and Dominik Mißkampf on its management board. Sener was previously a managing director at Wisag Ground Service Frankfurt...

13.02.2025

Nigel Rice now delivers pallets electrically

Nigel Rice Transport & Storage, from the UK, recently added its first fully electric truck, thus taking a major step towards reducing its carbon footprint. The Renault Trucks ‘E-Tech D16 4x2’ will handle local pallet network...

12.02.2025

Strategic cooperative effort

Swiss freight wagon hire company and Lithuanian railway operator team up. Wascosa and LTG Cargo Polska want to expand intermodal transport between the Baltic States and Western Europe. They see this as an important step towards...

12.02.2025

Improved truck services at Metrans’ Bucs terminal

Metrans has reached another milestone in its ongoing process of modernising the Budapest-Csepel Terminal (Bucs) in Hungary. The affiliate of HHLA opened a 68-space lorry parking area recently, which further improved truck...

12.02.2025

Dachser air and sea logistics relocate to Himberg

Dachser air and sea logistics Vienna has moved into Dachser’s logistics centre in Himberg, the company revealed in a recent media release. The site is the first in Austria to integrate both Dachser air and sea logistics and...

12.02.2025

Flying equine stars from Europe to Hong Kong

Cathay Cargo has transported 70 world-class horses to Hong Kong for the Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show (HKIHS), taking place from 14-16 February in the AsiaWorldExpo centre there. This marks the return of elite show...

12.02.2025

100 years of Belgian-African aviation marked with a stamp

Today, 12 February, Belgium is celebrating 100 years since the first flight from the European country to Congo took place. To mark this milestone, BPost launched a special stamp, featuring a photomontage of the 8,000 km...

12.02.2025

Tir hubs and cross-borders routes open in China

The Tir transport market in China is booming. In 2024 alone the number of Chinese Tir operators and vehicles skyrocketed, growing by more than 400%. Five Tir hubs and 50 cross-borders Tir routes opened in the country. Tir...

12.02.2025

The consequences of a merger

Total employment in the USA’s airline sector (passenger and cargo figures) fell by 21,330 jobs (–2%) to 1,014,225 in December 2024. Passenger airlines employed 544,298 workers (54% of the total) and gained 392 jobs. Cargo...

12.02.2025

Arches Capital investing in Next Ocean radar system

Next Ocean has secured seed investment from Arches Capital “to drive its expansion and enhance maritime safety worldwide,” as the company stated in a media release. The Delft-based enterprise develops predictive radar systems...

12.02.2025

CER Cargo modernising with ‘Transmontanas’

The Hungarian railfreight carrier CER Cargo has taken over the first of two 610-105 locomotives on order from the Romanian manufacturer Satronic. The units are equipped with the latest European Train Control System technology...