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06.10.2020

MOL restructures organisation

As part of its “rolling plan 2020”, MOL has established an offshore technical division to concentrate management resources and strengthen its market position in an important business field. United with the "One MOL"...

06.10.2020

Confidence in shipping on the rise

Carriers seem to be finding the way out of the valley of tears, gradually. One of the Big Three in Ratings, the Agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P), has just upgraded its perspective on the carrier Hapag-Lloyd. The...

06.10.2020

Maritime purchases more container business

The UK-based transport and logistics operator Maritime Transport (Maritime) will take over Wincanton’s container transport business, Wincanton Container Logistics, by an investment of approximately GBP 1.5 million. The move...

06.10.2020

Cargo saves airline and patients

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines recently launched their 40th humanitarian delivery flight when the airline’s new 787-9 Dreamliner departed Everett, WA, carrying more than 9 t of humanitarian supplies. The shipment, including...

06.10.2020

Palletised network expands in Iberia

Pall-Ex Iberia recently completed work on its brand new 12,000 sqm hub facility, which is strategically located in San Fernando de Henares. The state-of-the-art building will replace its current warehouse in Madrid and give...

06.10.2020

Haropa appoints directors for two agencies in Paris

Haropa - Ports de Paris has elected new executives to lead two of its agencies in Paris. Morgane Sanchez joins the association of the northern French ports comprising Le Havre, Rouen and Paris and will take over the management of...

06.10.2020

Young GDP network looks back in joy

The pharma logistics network "GDP network solutions", which was launched in Germany last July, has drawn a positive balance of its performance over the last three months. Heinrich Koch, managing director of Koch...

06.10.2020

New terminal active in Wilhelmshaven

Mosolf has commenced operations at its auto terminal in Wilhelmshaven. The terminal operator will handle vehicles and other rolling cargo at the German Northern port and plans to develop further lines of business in the medium...

06.10.2020

Quito performs better than last year

Export cargo numbers at Quito airport (UIO) show a clear trend. Andrew O'Brian, President and CEO of Corporación Quiport, operator and administrator of the airport of the capital of Ecuador: "In April, the worst month for...

06.10.2020

Nordic ro-ro operations about to begin

The final preparations for the opening of the new ro-ro terminal in the Stockholm Norvik Port are underway. Sweden’s newest port currently covers an area of 440,000 sqm. The last of eleven million paving stones was laid at the...

06.10.2020

Second "City Dock" close to Berlin

In a business park in the Berlin metropolitan region, a real estate is being developed on the basis of a new concept called “City Dock”. Since 2019, Panattoni, a project developer for industrial and logistics real estate...

06.10.2020

Jaxport's economic impact honoured

The First Coast Manufacturers Association (FCMA) recently recognised Jaxport, Florida's leading container port based in Jacksonville, with the 2020 economic impact award during its annual excellence awards programme. The award...

06.10.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The millipede "Illacme plenipes" is the animal with the largest number of legs: 750.

05.10.2020

Rates through the roof

The record current spot market rates just represent the beginning for the London-based analyst Drewry. The firm’s experts see the concentration of shipping companies, alliances and capacity management as heralding a new era.

05.10.2020

Shipping agent despatches train to China

The port of Rotterdam recently gained its first direct rail connection with China. In the night of Friday (2 October 2020) leading into Saturday, the Maersk shipping company despatched a 640 m long freight train to the provincial...

05.10.2020

First Airbus solution for freight in A350 cabin

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has become the world’s first airline to embody the Airbus solution to convert an A350 passenger cabin to carry freight. This solution was developed in cooperation between Airbus, European Union...

05.10.2020

Ship managing unit with two stakeholders

The multinational Thome Group and the Hamburg-headquartered shipping company Carsten Rehder have decided to cooperate in a joint venture. A new company, Thome Shipmanagement Germany, with the Thome Group and Carsten Rehder as...

05.10.2020

Rail access for customers without private sidings

Collection today, delivery tomorrow – DB Cargo is using overnight express service to transport freight from Hamburg to Cologne for its customer Coca-Cola. This is a combined transport service, which means trains cover the...

05.10.2020

Heppner ventures into uncharted terrain

The French Groupe Heppner, which widened its scope with acquisitions in Germany and the Netherlands in recent years, has now introduced an internal innovation. The group includes its company’s purpose in its articles of...

05.10.2020

Redelivery of IAI's first P2F B737-700 freighter

Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) Aviation Group has delivered the first passenger-to-freight (P2F) converted B737-700 to Tianjin Cargo Airlines, which will become the first operator of this type of aircraft in China. The...