20.05.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

In 1978, the British band UB40 selected its name in reference to a form then used to appeal for unemployment benefit. Some of the members of the band were themselves unemployed at the time and had to get by with eight pounds...
19.05.2020

Train with semi trailers trialled in the Baltics

Lithuanian carrier LG Cargo has joined forces with Polish PKP Cargo and the German technology provider Cargo Beamer to pilot an intermodal train with road semi trailers. A train carrying 22 semi trailers recently arrived at...
19.05.2020

Long Beach feels pandemic impact in April

The waves of the measures against the Covid-19 pandemic continued to hit the US West Coast port of Long Beach in April. The port posted a throughput of almost 520,000 teu, down 17.3% from April 2019, which remains the port’s...
19.05.2020

Another longest "domestic" flight

French Bee, a subsidiary of the Dubreuil Group, has made the world’s longest nonstop domestic commercial flight to date by flying one of its A350-900s from Papeete in French Polynesia to Paris and landing at Orly airport on 15...
19.05.2020

More freight to be shifted to rail in Genoa

The European Commission has approved EUR 9 million Italian aid measures to encourage the shift of freight transport from road to rail in the area of the port of Genoa. The road and rail infrastructure from and to the port was...
19.05.2020

ECG welcomes new board

The Association of European Vehicle Logistics elected its new board at this year’s general assembly, which was exceptionally held through webinar. President Wolfgang Göbel, chief sales Officer, Mosolf and vice president Bjorn...
19.05.2020

100,000,000 mouth masks so far

DSV Belgium has profound experience in the transport of pharmaceutical products for different customers. A lot of expertise and know-how has been built up in the pharma hub based at Brussels Airport over the years. Now DSV has...
19.05.2020

United Cargo increases capacities

United Cargo's inaugural cargo-in-cabin flight flew from London to Chicago (ORD) last week, with almost 2 t of mail in the passenger cabin, plus a full payload of freight in belly. Initially, cargo-in-cabin shipments will be...
19.05.2020

Yang Ming's surprising Q1/2020

The Keelung (Taiwan)-headquartered Yang Ming shipping group has published its consolidated revenues for Q1/2020. The total figure of NTD 34.64 billion (USD 1.15 billion) shows a rather moderate decline of 1% compared with NTD...
19.05.2020

Muswellbrook rail bridges upgrade underway

An AUD 58 million (EUR 34.5 million) project to replace three rail bridges in Muswellbrook in northern New South Wales to ensure safety and reliability of the freight line has begun. The project includes the construction of a new...
19.05.2020

Alfredo Scalisi to lead Spezia Container Terminal

La Spezia Container Terminal’s board of directors has appointed Alfredo Scalisi as new managing director. Scalisi joined the terminal as general manager on 1 July 2019. "On behalf of the board of directors, I wish...
19.05.2020

New warehouse for wine and spirits

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new 27,000 sqm warehouse in Oppeano in the province of Verona, Italy, ideally located to serve the northern Italian ports of Trieste and Venice. The hub in Verona offers time and cost efficient rail...
19.05.2020

Jade Weser Port electrifies hinterland connection

The environmental management in Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s deep-water container port, has gained Pers certification for the third time since 2015 and 2018. Pers is the acronym for port environmental review...
19.05.2020

Hermes raises turnover to EUR 3.5 billion

In the financial year 2019/20, which ended on 29 February, the Hermes Group once again recorded profitable growth. The trade and logistics service provider, which specialises in the B2C and C2C segments, increased its...
19.05.2020

First Copper River salmon salutes medical professionals

Alaska Air Cargo, which transports more than 13,000 t of cargo annually, has delivered the first catch of Copper River salmon to Seattle, which will be distributed to grocery stores across the USA. As a thank you for their...
19.05.2020

UK: flexibility sustains NHS supply chain

While transport and distribution businesses across the UK are doing all they can to support those working on the medical frontline during the crisis, Dachser is proving its flexibility of service. Its Dartford branch has been...
19.05.2020

Baxter Freight picks UK operations manager

Baxter Freight has appointed Luke Braddow as its new UK Operations Manager. Braddow’s new role involves working with Baxter Freight’s extensive network of long-term partners and suppliers for the UK and Ireland. Over the next few...
19.05.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
18.05.2020

RCG augments its European intermodal services

The Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is strengthening its intermodal network with two new rail services. Firstly, the group has launched a non-top TransFer service between Budapest in Hungary and Ploiesti in Romania to expand its...
18.05.2020

Special trailer for fragile goods

Transuniverse Forwarding in Wondelgem, Belgium, recently introduced a very special type of trailer for Nitto Belgium. It is a temperature-controlled box trailer where the sidewalls open completely to load and unload long and very...
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