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31.08.2021

Rail hub for Novorossiysk

Maersk has opened its first Russian inland container depot (ICD) in Novorossiysk. The hub adds needed storage/cross-dock capacity to relieve strained supply chains. Novorossiysk is the largest port on the Black Sea and one of...

31.08.2021

Pre-contract for new cargo centre at NUE

Airport managing director Michael Hupe has just inked the preliminary contract for a third cargo centre at Nuremberg Airport (NUE) with Soheyl Rahmani, managing director of CHI NUE Cargo Handling, as the future anchor tenant....

31.08.2021

Swiss Brewery buys electric vehicles

Renault Trucks and Feldschlösschen, a Swiss brewery belonging to the Carlsberg Group, have made a tangible commitment to carbon neutral mobility: the truck manufacturer has handed over the keys to 20 electric vehicles....

31.08.2021

Cargo Ai’s advisory board grows

David Lara will join Cargo Ai’s advisory board, effective 1 September 2021, after having served as SVP global airfreight procurement & capacity management at Ceva Logistics for 20 years. Cargo Ai was launched by founder...

31.08.2021

Gradual recovery in Hamburg

Throughput in the Port of Hamburg picked up in H1/2021: at 63.5 million t, it grew by 3.8% compared to the same period last year, but is still 8.5% below the level of H1/2019 (69.4 million t). Container handling in H1/2021...

31.08.2021

Kerry Logistics in wonderland

In its interim results for the first six months of 2021, Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics reports group revenues of HKD 36.7 billion (USD 4.71 billion), a surge of 68% compared to the HKD 21.9 billion in H1/2020 (USD 2.81...

31.08.2021

Buss HGK Logistics augments management

David Penschek joined the management team of Buss HGK Logistics on 1 August 2021, replacing Wolfgang Nowak, who will concentrate on driving the expansion of the HKG Group’s short sea business in future. Penschek will retain...

31.08.2021

SIA Cargo adopts Envirotainer's "Releye"

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has approved Envirotainer's temperature-controlled "Releye" RLP container for use on board its freighter and passenger aircraft. These containers, which are powered by rechargeable batteries...

31.08.2021

Californian haulier receives e-trucks

Battery-electric CV specialist Peterbilt Motors has delivered ten Model 579EVs to Shippers Transport Express for immediate use as part of its drayage operations at the Port of Oakland, USA. Five additional Model 579EVs are...

31.08.2021

Port of Brussels' comeback

The inland Port of Brussels has recovered quickly since the lifting of almost all sanitary restrictions. Freight traffic in the first half of the year rose by 11% to 3.65 million t of goods compared to the first six months of...

31.08.2021

India: major logistics player on the rise

In India, CEP giant Delhivery has acquired Bengaluru-based Spoton Logistics. It is said that the company is enlarging its footprint in order launch an initial public offering (IPO) in due course. Although financial terms were not...

31.08.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Ladybirds taste bitter.

31.08.2021

Arranging UK aid flights to Haiti

Air Charter Service (ACS) chartered a Boeing B787-9 to transport 20 t of humanitarian aid donated by the British government for those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The charter, operated by IAG cargo, flew from...

31.08.2021

A new head for Scandinavia & Germany

International towage operator Svitzer has appointed Mathias Jonasson as cluster managing director for Scandinavia and Germany. He will assume his new position on 1 September 2021. Jonasson, who will report to Svitzer Europe’s...

31.08.2021

Empty containers: filling the gaps

Hamburg-based shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another 75,000 teu dry boxes. The containers will be manufactured in China and delivered to Hapag-Lloyd in the course of Q4/2021. Since the beginning of 2020, Hapag-Lloyd has...

31.08.2021

Better figures for ID Logistics

In its results for the first half of 2021, the French Group ID Logistics reports a 15% increase in revenues to EUR 893.1 million. Operating income surged 37.8% to EUR 27.7 million. Consolidated net profit thus amounted to EUR...

30.08.2021

Port of Vienna puts trailers on trains

After one year of testing, the new rail service for the transport of non-craneable trainers between the port of Vienna (Austria) and Düsseldorf (Germany) has officially started with three round trips per week. The trains use...

30.08.2021

European operations under one management

The European road haulage team of the forwarder Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Rob Bartlett to the new position of head of European operations. Bartlett brings over 20 years of experience at Europa Road, one of the six...

30.08.2021

Reliability at a stable low, Sea-Intelligence says

Sea-Intelligence, a Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider, has updated its schedule reliability figures up to and including July 2021. The report covers the relevant data from 34 trade lanes and more than 60 carriers....

30.08.2021

Swiss Post wins with logistics

In H1/2021, Swiss Post generated a profit of CHF 247 million, CHF 217 million more than in the previous year. At CHF 3.6 billion, operating income was a good 7% higher than in H1/2020. The improved result is mainly due to rising...