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18.11.2022

Air cargo shipments are growing at ONT

At Ontario International Airport (ONT) in California, air cargo shipments totalled more than 68,500 t in October 2022, a nearly 1% gain compared with October 2019. From January through October, ONT’s shipments of freight and mail...

18.11.2022

Twelve blades from India

The "MV Superfast Levante", a ro-ro vessel sailing under the Spanish flag and chartered by Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza, called at the Cuxport terminal in Cuxhaven for the first time in mid-November. Since then, the...

18.11.2022

Forward Solutions welcomes Connor Scotece

Transport technology firm Forward Solutions has welcomed Connor Scotece to its customer success team at its Nottingham headquarters. Forward Solutions is one of the longest-established freight software development companies,...

18.11.2022

160 new partner locations in one go

The mobility service provider UTA Edenred has gained two new cooperation partners. Through the partnership with Conti Trade Austria, a subsidiary of Continental, and Point S, UTA Edenred is expanding its Austrian tyre partner...

18.11.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

About half the world’s population has never seen snow.

18.11.2022

Another player goes Down Under

It is a premiere. Arvato Supply Chain Solutions is opening its own warehouse in Australia. The new site in Villawood, the Greater Sydney area, has a 4,000 sqm warehouse area and a capacity of more than 3,000 pallet spaces....

17.11.2022

New locomotive for mineral oil transports

The German railway company IGE is expanding its fleet and leasing another Euro Dual locomotive from the European Loc Pool (ELP). The new traction unit will be used for heavy mineral oil transports The six-axle Euro Dual is the...

17.11.2022

More connections for the Middle corridor

The Middle corridor is a hype now, but there is more to it. The Batumi International Container Terminal (Bict), an affiliate of International Container Terminal Services (Ictsi) in the Black Sea region, has received the maiden...

17.11.2022

Aapa elects new board chairman

At its 111th annual convention and expo in Orlando, Florida, the American Association of Port Authorities (Aapa) elected Sean Strawbridge of the Port of Corpus Christi as the new chairman of its board of directors. Outgoing...

17.11.2022

ZIM prepares for landing

Haifa-based ZIM Integrated Shipping has reported its results for Q3/2022 and 9M/2022. In the third quarter of this year, revenues reached USD 3.23 billion, a year-over-year increase of 3%, while adjusted ebitda declined by 7%...

17.11.2022

CPSL enhances pharma handling capacities

Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL) has opened its newest facility at the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal, a fully temperature-controlled area of over 1,250 sqm dedicated to handle pharmaceutical products. The new pharma...

17.11.2022

Shift to electric city logistics continues

Transgourmet, a subsidiary of the Swiss retailer Coop, has put two new e-trucks into operation in Schlieren near Zurich. With Renault’s two D Wide E-Tech trucks, Transgourmet is taking a further step in the conversion of its city...

17.11.2022

Alternative Parcels hit in FY 2021/2022

The financial results for the UK-based Alternative Parcels Company (APC) in the 2021/22 financial year ending on 31 March 2022 showed some decline. Profit before tax amounted to GBP 6.41 million, a 30% drop compared with the...

17.11.2022

Ray Provencio now CBP director for El Paso Port

Ray Provencio was formally sworn into office as US Customs and Border Protection director for El Paso Port at a CBP change of command ceremony. Family, friends, colleagues and local dignitaries gathered as Provencio recited the...

17.11.2022

A tough quarter for Hamburg

The port community of the Port of Hamburg handled 91.8 million t of seaborne cargo from January to September 2022, about 4.3% t less than in 2021. Conventional general cargo performed well with 1.1 million t crossing the quay...

17.11.2022

Railways demand fair sharing of costs

The German Railway Industry Association (VDB) has posted mixed results for H1/2022: at EUR 6.8 billion, sales are around 1.5% above the figure for H1/2021. Domestic business is up by 24%. Foreign sales, on the other hand, show a...

17.11.2022

Ninth STC approval for AEI's B737-800 freighter

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has approved the STC of Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) for the twelve-pallet position B737-800SF freighter conversion (ST02690LA). The Miami-based passenger-to-freighter...

17.11.2022

Now it's Bomi Group, a UPS company

As reported by the ITJ Daily on 16 August 2022, UPS has finalised its previously announced acquisition of Bomi Group, a healthcare logistics provider mainly in Europe and Latin America. Through the acquisition, the company’s...

17.11.2022

Fleetenergies picks Robin Quittard

Fleetenergies, a provider of SaaS solutions to reduce energy costs and the environmental footprint in the road transport sector, has given Robin Quittard the task of making its technology as accessible as possible. Quittard...

17.11.2022

YEG completes cargo and apron expansion

Construction on the new 47,000 sqm cargo apron expansion at Edmonton International Airport (YEG) finished at the end of September 2022. The expanded cargo area is equivalent to five-and-a-half CFL football fields and can hold...