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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...

05.10.2020

David Goh appointed VP Asia Pacific

Software provider PTV Group has appointed David Goh vice president APAC, with responsibility for the Asia Pacific Region. Goh will bring the profound experience he gained at Daimler, where he has worked as general manager...

05.10.2020

From Dubai to a second point in Mexico

Emirates Skycargo is commencing twice weekly scheduled cargo flights to Guadalajara from this week. The service to Mexico’s tech hub will be operated by a B777F offering around 100 t of cargo capacity per flight. The...

05.10.2020

USA: safe rail-shipping practices honoured

Norfolk Southern recognises 58 chemical customers who earned its 2019 thoroughbred chemical safety award for safely handling products regulated as hazardous materials in the USA. These companies safely shipped at least 1,000...

05.10.2020

Clipper Group chooses CEO

Effective 1 October, Amrit Peter Kalsi is the new CEO of Clipper Group and CEO for Clipper Bulk, succeeding Peter Norborg, who is leaving the group. Kalsi has worked in shipping since 1994 and joined Clipper in 2011. Since...

05.10.2020

M&M launches Austrian affiliate

The Militzer & Münch group has now put its Austrian office in Vienna into operation. The focus will be on providing logistics services and rail transports for markets in central and eastern Europe. Nikolay Gueorguiev has been...

05.10.2020

Another cyber victim

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that it has been hit by a cyber-attack against its IT-systems. The UN organisation spoke of “technical issues” at first, but declared by the end of the week on its...

05.10.2020

90 years ago today: the end of British airship plans

Exactly 90 years ago, on 5 October 1930, R101, with a length of 237 m the longest airship of its time, crashed on its first flight from Cardington (UK) via Ismailia (Egypt) to Karachi in modern Pakistan. The explosion near...

05.10.2020

ICS publishes updated corona guidance

The first guidance of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) for the global shipping industry to help combat the spread of Covid-19 was issued in March 2020. Since a great deal has changed since spring this year, the ICS...

05.10.2020

New 40 t truck to supply stonemasons

The vehicle fleet of Cosentino, a Swiss manufacturer of surfaces for residential and commercial premises based in Neuhaus, has recently welcomes a new Renault truck. It is used to deliver supplies to stonemasons across...

05.10.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The "Hangover Bar" in Amsterdam is a place in which to sober up. You are only allowed in if you have a breath test that proves you still have some residual alcohol in your blood.

05.10.2020

Laurels for Europa Worldwide

The UK-headquartered Europa Worldwide Group's speed of development has been recognised by the Sunday Times. In its PwC Top Track 250, which lists the fastest-growing companies in Great Britain, the newspaper features Europa for...

05.10.2020

Chapman Freeborn strengthens humanitarian efforts

Chapman Freeborn has promoted Daniel Carriett to a newly created role, as group humanitarian cargo director. The company has been supporting multiple NGO's in response to humanitarian crises, trying to react rapidly in many...

02.10.2020

Room to roam for a ‘cash cow’

Even an expert as experienced as Michael Laschet, Emirates SkyCargo’s cargo manager for Germany, hasn’t lived through times such as these yet. Before he took his present post in 2015, he worked for South African Airways in...