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14.11.2022

Matson feels transpacific drop

The Honolulu-based Matson Navigation Company recently reported its Q3/2022 results, disclosing its deployment strategy. Chairman and CEO Matt Cox spoke of "lower demand in the transpacific trade lane”. The carrier thus...

14.11.2022

Chattogram to open in December

A.P. Moller-Maersk’s new 9,000 sqm warehouse at Chattogram (Bangladesh) will soon be operational. The three-storied facility is expected to go live by December. The hub is situated close to Chattogram Port and well-connected...

14.11.2022

Bringing widebody capacity back to Tokyo

Commencing from Sunday, 13 November 2022, IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), is restarting its direct service between London and Tokyo HND. The revival of this service will be welcomed by IAG...

14.11.2022

DB Schenker strengthens management board

DB Schenker is setting up its management team for the future and has elected two top international managers to strengthen its management board. The Dutchman Hessel Verhage (left), formerly executive vice president global...

14.11.2022

336 million barrels of oil saved

Lineage Logistics, a specialist in temperature-controlled industrial REIT (real estate investment trusts) and logistics solutions, has renewed its participation in the Smartway transportation partnership of the US environmental...

14.11.2022

Silk Way West orders Boeing 777-8 freighters

At a ceremony recently held in Everett, Washington (USA), Azerbaijani cargo carrier Silk Way West Airlines signed an order with Boeing for two state-of-the-art 777-8 freighters with options for two additional aircraft. Under the...

14.11.2022

Seven LNG carriers in a row

NYK affiliates have inked a long-term time-charter contract with Qatar Energy. Seven liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers will be deployed for the state-run energy company. The shipbuilding contracts for the LNG carriers with...

14.11.2022

Rituals in Hanover

The home and body scents company Rituals Cosmetics and the service provider Arvato Supply Chain Solutions opened a logistics hall at the Hanover Fair site (Germany) last week. Arvato will now handle Rituals Cosmetics’ online...

14.11.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

Overweight people perceive distances as 10% longer than people of normal weight.

14.11.2022

YEG and Cargo AI

Tiaca has announced the winners of the 2022 Air Cargo Sustainability Awards, an annual programme run in partnership with IT solutions providers Champ Cargosystems. The awards recognise outstanding businesses and industry...

11.11.2022

Facing seven challenging years

Team effort at Athens airport will ensure success. Cargo activities at Athens International Airport (AIA) seem to be regaining their momentum. According to Lina Palli, the gateway’s senior account supervisor for cargo...

11.11.2022

Trains don’t have to enter town anymore

After years of building work, the US railway operator BNSF recently celebrated the opening of the Willmar rail bypass in Minnesota (USA). It includes 4.5 km of new tracks and a triangle of railroad tracks used to turn locomotives...

11.11.2022

Espo: Zeno D’Agostino takes the helm

The Verona-born Zeno D’Agostino, who heads the port of Trieste, has been appointed chairman of Espo, the European Sea Ports Organisation. The representatives from the Organisation’s 23 member countries elected him unanimously...

11.11.2022

LMR now spelt Grammer Logistics

The US corporation Grammer Logistics has purchased the company Logistics Management Resources (LMR), based in Baton Rouge LA. LMR specialises in serving the chemicals, industrial gases and related industries. Grammer...

11.11.2022

Prangl readying for business in Serbia

Encouraged by numerous enquiries and with the aim to seek new projects in a growing market, Prangl is expanding its activities in the Adriatic region and founding its own company in Serbia. Prangl Srbija will be an independent...

11.11.2022

OOCL adds another triangle connection

OOCL has launched its new East Africa Express 5 (EAX5) service in the Asia – Africa region to extend its network coverage in the emerging markets. In addition to OOCL’s current loops EAX1 / 3 / 4, this complementary service...

11.11.2022

New Chinese conversion partner for EFW

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a subsidiary of ST Engineering and Airbus, has teamed up with Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp (Ameco), a provider of MRO services for aircraft in China, for a new collaborative project for...

11.11.2022

Change in the cockpit of Zurich Airport

CEO Stephan Widrig has decided to take on new challenges outside the company and will be leaving Flughafen Zürich, the operator of Zurich Airport, at the end of April 2023. Widrig worked for the company for 23 years in...

11.11.2022

Strengthening the North-South route

Russia’s RZD Logistics, Kazakhstan’s KTZ Express and the Transport and Logistics Centre of Turkmenistan have signed an MoU with the aim of establishing a joint rail service on the Russian North-South route. In addition to an...

11.11.2022

Aero Union outsources ULD management to Jettainer

Mexican cargo airline Aero Union has outsourced the management of all its unit load devices (ULDs) to Jettainer. This was announced by both companies at Tiaca's Air Cargo Forum in Miami. The global market provider of ULD...