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15.02.2023

Qatar Airways Cargo's flower power

Valentine’s Day has become a key date in Qatar Airways Cargo’s business calendar. This year, the Middle Eastern carrier has transported over 4,000 t of flowers over a two-week period. Exported from two main areas, Colombia...

15.02.2023

Happy beginning, happy return

Illinois-headquartered Seko Logistics has formed a partnership with Happy Returns, a Paypal company. Using a US-network of return bars, Happy Returns offers shoppers a solution for sending back online purchases. At more than...

14.02.2023

Logistics concepts for ammonia

RWE will use rail transport for the onward shipment of fuel from the green import terminal it is planning to open in Brunsbüttel, North Germany. To this end, the company is developing a logistics concept with VTG to deliver the...

14.02.2023

Erfa calls for focused subsidies

The European Rail Freight Association (Erfa) recognises that financial support for single wagon traffic (SWT) can play an important role in achieving modal shift targets. However, such aid must not distort competition with other...

14.02.2023

Ofac adding Kratol and Zitotrans to blacklist

The US department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control (Ofac) is taking additional actions to degrade the Russian Federation’s capacity to wage war against Ukraine by sanctioning eight individuals and 16 entities,...

14.02.2023

AA Cargo: 50% more flowers for Valentine's Day

American Airlines Cargo is transporting hundreds of tonnes of fresh flowers this Valentine’s season, marking the first of several peaks the carrier will see throughout the year. While many companies gear up for the Valentine’s...

14.02.2023

Eurasian FTL Service launched

Globallink has introduced a new cross-border trucking service, connecting the industrial heartland of Mainland China to major hub cities in Europe via Mongolia. The aim is to offer a faster and more cost-effective shipping...

14.02.2023

A great success for SGN

Kristy Guo, the founder of SGN, managed a very successful first conference for SGN – Signature Global Network. She gathered about 58 worldwide member attendees and business leaders in the logistics industry for the three day...

14.02.2023

New facility in Singapore

Freight forwarding company JAS Worldwide has started operations at a new warehouse dedicated to pharma and healthcare logistics in Singapore. The facility is certified to both GDP standards and has Singapore's Health Sciences...

14.02.2023

Containers galore

In a recent survey, London-based maritime consultancy Drewry analysed the amount of available containers worldwide. Drewry's senior analyst for container equipment, John Fossey, was quoted that he expected high numbers of leased...

14.02.2023

Train to connect Baltics and Central Europe

LTG Cargo in Poland is opening a new intermodal train route between Poland and Lithuania. The direct trail will connect Slawkow (Poland) and Kaunas (Lithuania) in both directions twice a week. The first train will depart...

14.02.2023

Paving the way for operations on gravels

The US aircraft manufacturer Textron Aviation is now offering a gravel kit for its new twin-engine, large-utility Cessna Sky Courier turboprop. First deliveries with the installed option that gives customers the flexibility...

14.02.2023

GW closes another gap on the map

At the beginning of February this year, Gebrüder Weiss added Albania’s capital Tirana as the latest new link to its network in South East Europe. The Austria-based forwarder spoke of "closing the geographical gap between...

14.02.2023

Transmec UK promotes Imran Mohammed

Transport and logistics group Transmec has promoted its experienced London branch manager to general manager to lead its UK operations. Imran Mohammed will take over from John Simkins, who has stepped aside after nine years in...

14.02.2023

Taranto's Yilport terminal now multimodal

Now that the Port of Taranto has restarted the railway line connection between the port’s multi-purpose pier and the national network, the San Cataldo Container Terminal operated by Yilport has launched its multimodal business....

14.02.2023

Mullen, Menzies, and Loop: pilot at LAX underway

Mullen Automotive, an emerging electric vehicle manufacturer, is launching a 60-day pilot programme for Class 1 EV cargo vans with Menzies Aviation and Loop Global at Los Angeles International Airport. Menzies Aviation is...

14.02.2023

Cool investments in Georgia Ports

Amongst others, Georgia Ports on the US East Coast is to spend around USD 6 million to expand refrigerated container capacity. Private chilled and frozen warehouse space in Savannah is set to grow by 11% in 2023 to more than...

14.02.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

Those who suffer from anuptaphobia are afraid of remaining single.

14.02.2023

Rieck picks Sascha Lassau

Sascha Lassau has been appointed to the management team of Rieck Systemspedition, the forwarding arm of Ulrich Rieck & Söhne Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft. Detlef Helsing, Michael Gruner and Christian Stuhr have been...

14.02.2023

XPO's spin-off takes its toll

XPO Logistics generated revenues of USD 1.83 billion in Q4/2022, surpassing the USD 1.77 billion achieved in Q3/2021. Yet, the company witnessed a net loss due to three impacts primarily related to the RXO spin-off completed...