28.04.2021

A 13.3% decline

The value of goods traded on overland routes between the USA and its two neighbours fell to just over USD 1 trillion. All of the modes of transport assessed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics were affected by the...
28.04.2021

Q1/2021 in NWAC ports exceptionally strong

Maritime consultant Sea-Intelligence from Copenhagen has analysed volume developments in North America’s largest ports on the West Coast in Q1/2021. All growth rates were exceptionally strong in comparison to the same period...
28.04.2021

60% of fleet to be electrified by 2030

DHL Express has purchased the first 100 units of Fiat's new E-Ducato. These large vans are 100% electric, and, with a range of more than 200 km, they are very well suited for last mile logistics. DHL Express plans to have...
28.04.2021

Agility becomes DSV Panalpina

After acquiring the Inkas Group of companies in 2021, UTI Worldwide in 2015 and Switzerland-based Panalpina in 2018, Danish transport and logistics company DSV is taking over Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL). The...
28.04.2021

Sleiman to lead Bolloré Logistics in Lebanon

Bolloré Logistics has appointed Mounir Sleiman as its managing director for Lebanon. He joined the group’s corporate internal audit team eight years ago and became chief financial officer for Lebanon four years later....
28.04.2021

"Finneco I" launched

The hybrid ro-ro vessel “Finneco I” has just been launched at the Nanjing Jinling Shipyard. The first new Finnlines’ unit of this generation, which have 38% more cargo capacity than their predecessors, will start sailing under...
28.04.2021

30,700 trucks shift to rail

Steel producer SSAB and Swedish state-owned railway Green Cargo are extending their partnership which comprises shipments of some 700,000 t of finished goods each year. Under the three-year contract, Green Cargo will...
28.04.2021

Air Canada and WFS against Covid-19

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Air Canada are working closely with the Canadian government to transport vial caps for doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to support the country’s immunisation programme. Since December 2020,...
28.04.2021

E-commerce: great expectations

Inspired by a recent report issued by Transport intelligence (Ti) on the global e-commerce logistics market, which grew by 27.3% in 2020 and is expected to hit EUR 557 billion by 2025, Simon Wong, CEO of the Hong-Kong-based...
28.04.2021

More traffic between Lübeck and Liepāja

More connections have been added to the Baltic Sea route between Latvia and Germany. Swedish shipping company Stena Line recently began to deploy the "Stena Vinga" on its service between Lübeck and Liepāja in Latvia,...
28.04.2021

Business expansion in Kyrgyzstan

Russian railcar manufacturer UWC has opened a service centre in Kyrgyzstan as part of its warranty and post-warranty maintenance programme for new generation freight cars. The state-owned national company Kyrgyz Temir Jolu,...
28.04.2021

Drone delivery service in Kenya

British advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports has signed a MoU with Kenya’s flag carrier airline Kenya Airways, to collaborate on launching permanent UAV operations in the East African country. Joint efforts have already...
28.04.2021

Daimler Truck prepares for independent future

In preparation for its spin-off from Daimler and its independent listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange which is planned for late 2021, Daimler Truck has created a new management board and is planning a series of significant...
28.04.2021

Geis contracts and improves

Germany-based Geis Group carried out a portfolio adjustment in 2020, but ended the financial year on a positive note. In 2020, the internationally active logistics service provider achieved net sales of just over EUR 1...
28.04.2021

Improving global road safety

Menzies Distribution Group in UK has become the latest supporter to sign up as a corporate member of Transaid, the international development organisation committed to improving global road safety standards. The company has...
28.04.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

The moth "Eudryas grata" disguises itself from predators as bird droppings.

28.04.2021

Dutch trade association mandates Paycargo

Payment platform Paycargo, which processed USD 4 billion in transactions for logistics firms last year, has teamed up with Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) to help simplify the payment and collection of the association’s membership...
28.04.2021

HGK banks on continuity

Steffen Bauer has been at the helm of inland navigation company HGK Shipping, which is part of the Stadtwerke Köln Group, since August 2020. His contract as CEO has now been extended. Bauer served as head of the Imperial Shipping...
28.04.2021

How sustainable is Hapag-Lloyd?

In 2020, Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet was using IMO 2020-compliant low-sulphur fuel oil, thereby reducing its sulphur-oxide emissions by roughly 70% compared to 2019. This can be deduced from Hapag-Lloyd's latest sustainability report. In...
27.04.2021

New partner for China-France e-commerce

Following the 2019 launch of DPD China under the Lenton Group umbrella and benefiting from the rollout of multimodal services between China and Europe, Lenton Group is implementing additional logistics solutions to strengthen its...
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