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31.08.2020

ESR delivers strong H1/2020 results

ESR, an APAC focused logistics real estate platform, has announced its unaudited consolidated results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. The group recorded revenue of USD 198 million in H1/2020, up 26.9% from USD 156...

31.08.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

Around 75,000 umbrellas are left on the London Underground every year.

28.08.2020

100 connections to and from Bremen

With effect from 7 September 2020, specialist Provider TFG Transfracht will open up its Bremen location in Germany and connect it to all the 22 terminals in its comprehensive Albatros Express network. Thus, seaport-hinterland...

28.08.2020

Swiss continues to expand cargo network

From today, 28 August 2020, Swiss Worldcargo is back in Moscow DME, performing thrice-weekly A320/A220 flights from Zurich and a weekly A220 flight from Geneva. The Swiss national carrier also announced the addition of two...

28.08.2020

6,000 truckloads to be shifted to rail in Estonia

This year, Operail plans to increase the amount of grain transported by rail by as much as three times. Increasingly large amounts of other goods are also transported by container lines. This season, the Estonian carrier...

28.08.2020

New president for UPS International

UPS has appointed Nando Cesarone president, US operations and Scott Price president, UPS International. Cesarone previously served as president UPS International and in that role led the company's business operations in more than...

28.08.2020

A favourable H1/2020 for OOCL

The Hong Kong-headquartered Orient Overseas (International) Limited Group (OOIL), which was acquired by Cosco Shipping in 2018, recently reported its results for H1/2020. Remaining in the black, the group achieved a profit of...

28.08.2020

Rhenus Sports Tech expands cooperation with gym80

Rhenus Sports Tech is expanding its range of services to include Europe-wide transport operations and the assembly of fitness equipment as part of the gym80 anniversary celebrations. In doing so, the sports tech logistics...

28.08.2020

Kerry wins awards for the fourth year running

Kerry Logistics has been honoured with the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific best practices awards for the fourth consecutive year, winning the “2020 Asia-Pacific logistics services provider of the year award” and the “2020...

28.08.2020

More freight on trains in Melbourne’s southeast

The Victorian and Commonwealth governments are making railfreight cheaper for businesses and taking trucks off suburban roads , thanks to an AUD 28 million (EUR 17 million) investment in direct railfreight between the port of...

28.08.2020

First B787-700BDSF delivered to a Chinese operator

Austin, TX-based Spectre Cargo Solutions, through its Irish entity NGF Overseas Aircraft, delivered a B737-700BDSF to Tianjin Air Cargo (TJAC). The first Boeing freighter of the type to be delivered to a Chinese operator is on a...

28.08.2020

Swiss Post hasn't benefited from pandemic

In the first half of 2020, Swiss Post generated a group profit of CHF 30 million, CHF 163 million less than in the prior-year period. The corona pandemic has had a significant financial impact on the company, with a negative...

28.08.2020

Recent sales in the Swiss maritime fleet

The Geneva office of the law company Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported having been involved in the sale of almost half of the entire Swiss maritime fleet. HFW advised Swiss shipowner Massoel Shipping on eight separate...

28.08.2020

Developments in Nigeria

As from tomorrow, 29 August 2020, Nigeria will again be open to air traffic. Based on the principle of reciprocity, only those airlines from countries that permit flights from Nigeria will be allowed to serve the airports of...

28.08.2020

Customs head to drive Brexit plan

Driving forward with its Brexit preparations Europa Worldwide Group has hired a head of customs as the chief of its customs team. Belgian Lieven Hendrickx has an 30-year track record with logistics operators, having worked across...

28.08.2020

UK container hubs to receive new equipment

Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), have made a significant investment in 75 new lifting and handling machines to be deployed at their container terminals throughout the UK. The...

28.08.2020

STI relies on Sixfold

The Duisburg (Germany)-based logistics company STI Freight Management continues to press ahead with the digitalisation of its transport solutions. Its endeavours are supported by a cooperation with Sixfold, whose platform...

28.08.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

There is a cloud in outer space that contains one sextillion litres of alcohol. That is a 1 followed by 36 zeros. However, the alcohol is not suitable for drinking and the cloud is 10,000 light years away from Earth.

28.08.2020

Green Laurels for Barcelona

The Port of Barcelona was awarded the lean & green initiative, promoted by the Spanish association of manufacturers and distributors (Aecoc), for reducing its carbon footprint by 20% in a period of five years through "a...

27.08.2020

New shuttle links Ural with the Far East regions

Fesco is expanding its domestic network for regular container services. The new Ural Amur shuttle connects Ekaterinburg in the east of the Ural and Khabarovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast near the Russian-Chinese border. Trains will...