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26.11.2024

Questions after DHL crash in Vilnius

DHL flight QY5960 from Leipzig (LEJ) to Vilnius (VNO), operated by a B737-400 converted freighter of the Spanish company Swiftair, was destroyed yesterday morning, 25 November 2024, when it collided with terrain while approaching...

26.11.2024

Budapest to get an intermodal terminal

Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) recently signed a memorandum of cooperation with Xi'an Free Trade Port Construction and Operation (China) to create a joint intermodal cargo terminal in Budapest. The Hungarian capital is part of a...

26.11.2024

A promotion for Dave O’Brien

Davies Turner, a UK-based independent freight forwarding group, has appointed Dave O’Brien to the board of directors at its surface freight subsidiary, Davies Turner & Co. O’Brien’s career at Davies Turner began in 1990 when...

26.11.2024

UAE: promoting economic competitiveness

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has extended its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the UAE’s ministry of industry and advanced technology (MOIAT), offering preferential air cargo rates to...

26.11.2024

Kalmar cranes to cut emissions at Tanger Med

Kalmar has secured an order to supply 20 hybrid straddle carriers to APM Terminals Medport Tangier in Morocco, with deliveries scheduled for Q2 and Q3/2025. The transaction will complement Tanger Med 2’s existing fleet of 65...

26.11.2024

From Seko to AGS

Accelerated Global Solutions (AGS), a freight forwarder and logistics specialist, has appointed Tony Barnes to the newly created position of global chief commercial & growth officer. Barnes brings 35 years of global...

26.11.2024

VR sells road logistics business

As a result of the transaction, the staff working in road logistics and customer contracts at VR, a Finnish logistics corporation, will be transferred to a newly established company. With the sale, VR strengthens its focus on...

26.11.2024

Roadrunner changes hands

Prospero Staff Capital is set to take over the majority ownership of Roadrunner Freight, with the previous majority shareholder, Elliott Investment Management, retaining a minority stake. Prospero, which is co-led by Ted Kellner...

26.11.2024

Egypt and UAE partner for East Port Said zone

AD Ports Group has signed a framework agreement with the Egyptian government to explore the development of an economic zone in East Port Said, near the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal. Using a build, operate, and...

26.11.2024

"Curiosity of the Day"

Human fingernails and toenails grow faster in summer than in winter, partly because we eat more fresh food and get more sunlight in summer.

26.11.2024

Duvenbeck Group picks COO

The Duvenbeck Group, a Germany-based logistics provider with more than 6,500 employees working at 40 business sites in eleven countries, has appointed Christian Seidl as its new chief operating officer (COO) to oversee the...

26.11.2024

Approval for first converted e-truck in France

The 12 t Renault Trucks D was originally equipped with a combustion engine and was retrofitted into a battery-powered electric vehicle. The e-truck has now been leased for a period of several years to Extime, a company that...

26.11.2024

DX acquires in Northern Ireland

Delivery solutions provider DX has added to its Northern Irish portfolio and acquired Express Freight, gaining access to a 12,140 sqm base close to Belfast. With 50 years of experience in the freight forwarding industry, Express...

25.11.2024

SBB Cargo International now in France

With the newly founded SBB Cargo France, based in Huningue, Alsace, and its own safety certificate for the country which it received from the European Railway Agency on 21 November, SBB Cargo International is strengthening its...

25.11.2024

A transport bridge between Turkey and Milan

The new service was jointly developed and introduced by intermodal operator Alpe Adria, ro-ro operator DFDS, SBB Cargo International and the port of Trieste. In Italy, the new train links the ro-ro terminal in Trieste with the...

25.11.2024

Dachser invests in more e-trucks

With the new battery-electric vehicles the logistics specialist Dachser has set up an emission-free delivery zone in the centre of Cologne, Germany, for all deliveries and pickups of non-refrigerated goods. Two Fuso e-canter...

25.11.2024

MOU to drive modal shift

PSA Antwerp and Combinant have signed an MOU to enhance connectivity between PSA’s deep sea terminals and the Combinant rail terminal in the port of Antwerp, promoting a modal shift from road to rail. The integrated service...

25.11.2024

Experiencing the benefits of new HDPE pallets

Latam Cargo Group is introducing a groundbreaking initiative in Chile, to be continued in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil, by replacing traditional wooden and conventional plastic pallets with recycled plastic pallets made...

25.11.2024

Handing over the baton at Wascosa

Wascosa is bidding farewell to Peter Balzer (left), who will leave the company at the end of the year after more than a decade of service, first as CEO and then as an advisor for the past two years. As the company’s COO and...

25.11.2024

Duvenbeck expands in northern Germany

Duvenbeck has taken over Sander Logistics Group, thus adding Sander’s locations in Hamburg, Itzehoe, Rostock, Halle and Moosburg to its portfolio. Sander has been working in the transport sector for almost a century, which...