08.02.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

There are 8.6 million lightning strikes in the world every day.

08.02.2022

Huge truck order in the UK

Maritime Transport has begun to take delivery of a further 355 Volvo FH with I-Save tractor units, adding to the 170 it already has in service and making the Felixstowe-based business the UK’s largest operator of Volvo’s turbo...
08.02.2022

AIT promotes Ian Cullingham

AIT Worldwide Logistics promoted Ian Cullingham to the newly-created position of vice-president of sales for Europe on 28 January. His previous position was director of sales for Europe. In his new role, Cullingham reports to...
07.02.2022

US railroad invests in automated trucking

Union Pacific Railways (UP) will become the first customer to move freight on Tu Simple’s fully-automated trucking route between the Tucson and Phoenix (AZ) metro areas. UP is leveraging Loup Logistics (Loup), a wholly owned...
07.02.2022

DNV appoints area manager for Germany

DNV has appointed Rasmus Stute as area manager for Germany, with effect from 1 February 2022, replacing Jörg Lang Kabel in a planned succession. In his new role, Stute will be based in Hamburg. A naval architect, Stute has...
07.02.2022

Another route for food transport

RZD Logistics is transporting fresh and frozen products by train from the Chinese Shandong Province to Moscow for the first time. The train, consisting of 50 autonomous refrigerated containers with fresh and frozen fruits and...
07.02.2022

First Atlantic crossing for “The Little Prince”

“The Little Prince” – one of the world’s best-selling books – was written in the USA in 1942, before author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry left to fight in North Africa in 1943. The original manuscript of the book was sold to the...
07.02.2022

Houston excels in container throughput

The Texan Port of Houston's throughput in 2021 amounted to almost 52 million t in total. The port’s previous record cargo tonnage (48.2 million t) dates back to 2019. 3.5 million teu were handled, a 15% increase compared to 2020...
07.02.2022

C.H. Robinson all over the ocean

3PL C. H. Robinson has released its full-year results for 2021: revenues went up by 42.5%, amounting to USD 23.1 billion. Operating income grew almost to the same extent, with a 37.8% uptick to USD 1.08 billion. Yet, profit...
07.02.2022

Bpost picks Henri de Romrée

Henri de Romrée will become CEO of Bpost Group's e-logistics North America business unit, including accountability for the group's affiliated companies Radial, Landmark Global, Apple Express and FDM. He will report to the CEO of...
07.02.2022

Air Menzies adds FRA to global network

Airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has opened a new branch at Frankfurt airport (FRA). It is the carrier’s 24th location and complements a global network of 250 partners. The addition strengthens the...
07.02.2022

Spedition Garbe gets LNG filling station

Alternoil and Hoyer have founded a joint venture to quickly expand the network of LNG filling stations. The JV will open new facilities with the innovative fuel at Hoyer service stations and Hoyer customers' sites, as was...
07.02.2022

New PCS in Indonesia

Indian provider Kale Logistics Solutions has rolled out Indonesia's port community system (PCS) in the Port of Rembang. The port, located in the country’s central Java province, uses the system to fast track, streamline and...
07.02.2022

Swedish double strike in the south

Founded in Gothenburg in 2003, Swedish freight forwarder NTEX recently acquired the transport and forwarding company Scanroad in Belgium and shares in the Italian freight company ITX Cargo. It is a further step on a path already...
07.02.2022

Second career for former Scandlines CEO

Søren Poulsgaard Jensen joins the advisory board of Ehrenberg Sørensen Kommunikation, an international communications agency. Due to his many years of experience as CEO of Scandlines, Poulsgaard Jensen is one of the most...
07.02.2022

Complementing the ‘pipeline in the sky’

H2 Clipper has been awarded US Patent 11,236,864 on a new technology that solves the ‘last-mile’ problem of hydrogen distribution, while assuring hydrogen purity. The patent for a ‘pipe-within-a-pipe’ technology covers the...
07.02.2022

"Curiosity of the Day"

According to the National Association of Pizzeria Operators, the American pizza industry bakes the equivalent of 400,000 sqm of pizza per day - an area almost as large as the entire Vatican City. 

07.02.2022

Sea Lead to call at Australian ports

Sea Lead Shipping will start operations within the CA2 service from March 2022. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore, the shipping company will deploy a vessel within the CA2 consortium also run by TS Lines. The CA2...
07.02.2022

Better rail access for Wilhelmshaven

Around EUR 13.6 billion is to be invested in Germany’s rail infrastructure in 2022. This is roughly EUR 900 million more than in 2021 and the highest sum ever made available in a single year. The money will be used for 175...
07.02.2022

GDP and WDA for NX Spain

Two certificates at the same time: Nippon Express de España has obtained the wholesale distributor authorisation (WDA) and good distribution practice (GDP) certification from the Catalan department of health. Effective 24...
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