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29.05.2020

1,000 more transport contracts for cool logistics provider

In Germany, Thermologistic has acquired the transport services provider Frankfurt Cargo Road as part of insolvency proceedings. With the takeover, the company's staff has grown by nine additional employees at the Frankfurt...

29.05.2020

Big prospects for smaller Californian airports

In April, the second straight month of better than 20% gains, more than 75,000 t (+26.6%) of commercial cargo were loaded and unloaded at Ontario airport. From January to April, the Southern Californian airport handled...

29.05.2020

Maiden call in Stockholm Norvik

The first container ship has called at Sweden’s most recent freight port, Stockholm Norvik Port. The unifeeder vessel "SCA Tunadal" claims the port’s maiden container ship call. The container terminal is run by...

29.05.2020

Penske Logistics appoints new managing director for Mexico

Bob Black is the new managing director for Penske Logistics in Mexico. His duties include overseeing operations and leading business growth and development in Mexico. Black has been with the Penske Logistics organisation for 20...

29.05.2020

Expeditors invests in digital platform

Expeditors International, based in Seattle, has acquired Fleet Logistics’ digital platform. The purchase will support Expeditors’ online LTL shipping platform Koho (gokoho.com), and aligns with Expeditors’ strategy and focus on...

29.05.2020

New short line link pays off

The new 8 km long short line rail link allows Drax, an American manufacturer of compressed wood pellets, to reduce supply chain emissions and biomass costs. The track connects Drax’s LaSalle pellet plant in northern Louisiana...

29.05.2020

Alaska’s students receive new classroom

US company Lynden Transport hauled a modular building from Edmonton (Canada) to Kaktovik, AK (USA) to serve as a classroom for students after the school burned down in February. Kaktovik is a Native Alaskan Village on the Arctic...

29.05.2020

Millions of masks from China to Atlanta

Geodis has transported 13 million masks from China to the USA on an AN-124. This PPE shipment, which arrived on 22 May 2020, is the largest delivered to Atlanta airport during the Covid-19 pandemic. Randy Tucker, Geodis...

29.05.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

McDonald's once tried to sell bubblegum-flavoured broccoli to encourage kids to eat more healthily.

29.05.2020

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics implements Cargowise

German logistics services provider Hellmann intends to implement Cargowise to enhance operational processes within its global air and sea freight operations by standardising systems and databases and enabling more efficient...

29.05.2020

Cutting emissions in Valencia

Captain Nemo reaches for Valencia: The Fundación Valenciaport participates in the Nemo project, which aims to improve air quality and reduce the impact of noise in cities in the European Union. It involves eighteen partners from...

29.05.2020

Port director to step down at the end of 2020

After many years of service as director of the Schweizerischen Rheinhäfen (Port of Switzerland) Hans-Peter Hadorn will step down for reasons of age at the end of 2020. The position will be publicly advertised. The economist...

28.05.2020

New train to link Ruhr area with Czechia

On 15 June, the Belgian railfreight company Lineas plans to launch a new regular international transport service: three weekly train runs in both directions will provide direct connections between Recklinghausen-Ost in Germany's...

28.05.2020

Airbridges from China to Nantes and from Vietnam to Columbus

The New York-based apparel solutions provider Wen-Parker Logistics has chartered Ohio's five first direct flights from Vietnam through Columbus Rickenbacker. Bryan Schreiber, manager, air cargo business development for the...

28.05.2020

Reducing C02 emissions by more than 714,000 t

Russian Railways plans to invest over RUB 4 billion (EUR 0.051 million) in environmental conservation in 2020. By implementing air protection measures in 2020, the company expects to cut emissions of harmful substances by 13,000...

28.05.2020

Tigers expands into new Rotterdam warehouse

Supply chain specialist Tigers has expanded into a newly built 50,'000 sqm omnichannel fulfilment facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, offering sustainable e-commerce products and low-cost last mile B2B and B2C solutions...

28.05.2020

ZIM sailing into the black?

The Haifa (Israel)-headquartered shipping company ZIM has reported its Q1/2020 results. All major indicators improved in comparison to the same period in 2019, yet a net loss of USD 11.9 million compared to USD 24.3 million in...

28.05.2020

UN organisations issue joint declaration

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao) has joined the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in issuing a new statement on the need to ensure ‘key worker’...

28.05.2020

Asian and African airports pave the "Runway to Extinction"

According to "Runway to Extinction", the most comprehensive assessment of wildlife trafficking in the air transport sector to date, published last month, by far most "trade lanes" pass through Asia and Africa....

28.05.2020

Change of systems in the port of Bordeaux

The French port company Bordeaux Informatique Portuaire + (BIP +), a subsidiary of Union Maritime et Portuaire de Bordeaux, has chosen Ci5, a product of Marseille Gyptis International (MGI), to manage the port's digital flow of...