03.07.2020

More men for Cape Town

South African state-owned port operator Transnet is deploying further staff to its container and multipurpose terminals at the Port of Cape Town. Backlogs caused by the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in reduced...
03.07.2020

Drugs before Independence Day

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized more than 345 kg of khat from Nigeria at Washington IAD. Officers initially examined two shipments after they arrived as air cargo aboard an Etihad Airways flight...
03.07.2020

New cranes at Regensburg

The intermodal operator Bayernhafen, Germany, is enhancing its equipment. As the largest freight transport and cargo handling hub in all of Bavaria, Regensburg is the chosen location of the company that has five more inland port...
03.07.2020

Hong Kong Airport appoints executive director

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has appointed Julian Lee as executive director finance effective 3 July. Reporting to the AA’s CEO, Fred Lam, Lee will be a key member of the senior management team. He will head the finance...
03.07.2020

Walden finalises acquisition of Movianto

Walden (formerly EHDH) has completed the acquisition of Movianto, thereby becoming one of Europe's largest providers of transport and logistics services for the pharmaceutical sector. Stéphane Baudry, chairman and CEO of...
03.07.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

In 1952 Albert Einstein received the offer to become president of Israel. He refused.
02.07.2020

Hupac terminal to handle 740 m long trains

A new digital interlocking system was recently introduced at the Busto Arsizio-Gallarate terminal near Milan in Italy. The computerised system manages all trains entering and leaving the terminal in the direction of Gallarate...
02.07.2020

Supporting South Korea's small and medium exporters

The global express transportation company Fedex Express, a subsidiary of Fedex Corp., has signed an alliance programme with Incheon Main Customs to provide discounted international shipping rates for small and medium-sized...
02.07.2020

Brussels Airport's cargo director steps down

Steven Polmans, director cargo & logistics at the Brussels Airport Company, has decided to make a career shift by the end of 2020. Polmans has been working for Brussels Airport since 2010 and has been in the lead of the...
02.07.2020

MSC goes instant

The Switzerland-headquartered MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has added a new tool to its e-business platform myMSC. The instant quote function provides for real-time shipping rates for container bookings. Currently, the...
02.07.2020

A clean solution

Qatar Airways has signed a formal partnership agreement with Airlink, which supports over 130 aid organisations by harnessing the power of the aviation industry, to transport 200 t of humanitarian aid free-of-charge until...
02.07.2020

IRU: road haulage will decline by 18%

More than 3.5 million road haulage operators worldwide are facing unprecedented financial losses this year, as a result of transport restrictions and the overall economic downturn caused by the pandemic, according to new research...
02.07.2020

Getlink appoints group environment director

Getlink, which operates the Eurotunnel, has appointed Vincent Ducros as group environment director. A graduate of Lyon Central and Berlin Technical University, Ducros began his career as a nuclear engineer with Areva, before...
02.07.2020

Gefco continues cooperation with Toyota

Gefco has extended the sales contract with Toyota for a further three years and therefore will continue to distribute its vehicles in markets in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. The expected volume is around 120,000 cars. Gefco...
02.07.2020

More converted B767 freighters and a perfect flight

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has secured a contract with DHL International to convert an additional three B767-300 passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft, with the potential for a fourth unit. Valued at tens of millions of...
02.07.2020

New rail service along Eurasian route

DHL has introduced two new block train connections from Germany to China. A new link departs from the KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen (Germany) and travels via Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to the...
02.07.2020

Floating crane in New York harbour

For multiple deployment in the New York harbour, Sims Metal Management made flexible use of a Liebherr mobile harbour crane type LHM 600 to load scrap and unload salt. The crane is placed on a floating barge and can be moved to...
02.07.2020

Changes in the management at WKS

Fashion logistics provider Meyer & Meyer is preparing its subsidiary WKS Textilveredlungs for the future by appointing new executives to its management. After the two new managing directors Jörg Brune and Michael Hofmann...
02.07.2020

Kukla simplifies customs clearance

Freight forwarding company Robert Kukla has obtained the status of authorised consignor and consignee. The main customs office in Munich (Germany) has just approved the relevant application. Kukla can now offer its customers...
02.07.2020

Estonian carrier soon to start operation in Finland

The first of Operail’s locomotives have arrived in Finland, and the Finnish transport and communications agency Traficom has approved the safety management system of Operail Finland, which forms part of the Estonian Operail...
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