08.04.2020

New chief supply chain officer for Del Monte Foods

Del Monte Foods has appointed Ashish Mallick senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. He will report to Del Monte Foods president and CEO Greg Longstreet, and be responsible for all manufacturing, transportation and...
08.04.2020

Boring of Cortanovci tunnel in Serbia completed

Russian Railways (RZD) broke through the right-hand Cortanovci tunnel in Serbia on 3 April 2020, thus fully completing the first phase of the 1,086 m tunnel. It is located on a section of the Stara Pazova – Novi Sad line...
07.04.2020

St Petersburg gearing up

The port of Russia’s second-largest metro­polis invested approximately EUR 10 million in its infrastructure last year. The funds were spent on new cranes, vehicles and handling capacities for intermodal operations.
07.04.2020

New rail service between Austria and Croatia

The Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has introduced a new connection from and to Croatia in cooperation with the Croatian carrier HZ Cargo and the Slovenian railways SZ Cargo. The new direct route will help overcome the challenges...
07.04.2020

Turkish freight forwarder builds bridge to Shanghai

Bati Group responds to the significant increase of air freight rates due to the cancellation of numerous passenger flights throughout the world. "We are proud to announce that we will begin regular air freight charter...
07.04.2020

Davies Turner to increase capacity

Davies Turner offers solutions to manage supply chains hit by Covid-19 challenges. Davies Turner chairman Philip Stephenson says that Davies Turner Ltd, the group's surface freight subsidiary, continues to operate services and...
07.04.2020

Twenty tank wagons for fuel transports

In Ostrava, in eastern Czechia, the Czech railfreight company CD Cargo recently took delivery of 20 tank wagons of the Zacns series produced by Slovak manufacturer Tatravagonka. This brings the number of these tank wagons in CD...
07.04.2020

Carriers sacrifice capacities to save prices

The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence has put forward its latest estimates on the shipping companies’ potential losses in 2020 and the development in blank sailings. The number of blank deep-sea...
07.04.2020

From the Port of Amsterdam to NPRC

Femke Brenninkmeijer will assume her new role as chairman of the inland shipping cooperative NPRC, Europe’s third largest inland shipping organisation, on 1 June 2020. Brenninkmeijer is currently head of the energy, cargo and...
07.04.2020

Gefco battles for cabin luggage space

Global logistics provider Gefco has transported a large shipment of medical supplies on special charter flights from Shanghai to Bratislava. The deliveries took place from 31 March to 1 April using two B787 temporarily...
07.04.2020

Craiss extends warehouse in Karlsruhe

Logistics services provider Albert Craiss has expanded its warehouse in Karlsruhe (Germany). With an about 2,000 sqm block storage area and spaces for around 6,000 euro pallets, the company has thus made a substantial increase to...
07.04.2020

A good 2019 for Liebherr maritime cranes

The Liebherr group generated a turnover of EUR 11.75 billion in 2019, whereby the maritime crane division posted a turnover of EUR 887 million. This corresponds to an uptick of EUR 175 million or 24.6% compared to the previous...
07.04.2020

New planning director joins Tritax Symmetry

Tritax Symmetry has appointed Sinead Turnbull as new planning director in the company's Northampton office in UK. Turnbull joins the logistics development company from DLP Planning where she headed up the Rugby office. Prior...
07.04.2020

Dutch waste disposal firm tests e-truck

As part of a field test comprising four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with the Dutch public waste disposal firm Rova. The vehicle features a zero-emission VDL...
07.04.2020

Heavy support for the Netherlands

Qatar Airways Cargo has begun using PAX aircraft as full-freighters into several markets like India (B777 and B787), Kuwait and Oman (A350). The carrier has also added maindeck capacity to Australia with twice-weekly B777F...
07.04.2020

More space in Poland

After a 15-year presence, the Polish branch of the Bodo Möller Chemie Group has developed into a hub for the specialty chemicals market in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. To promote growth even further, the company moved into a...
07.04.2020

Germany's inland shipping improves in 2019

About 205.1 million t of goods were shipped on Germany’s rivers and canals in 2019, up 3.6% from the previous year. In 2018 volumes were reduced by 11% to 197.1 million t due to low water levels. Transport performance also posted...
07.04.2020

LUG Aircargo handling gains co-managing director

The supervisory board of LUG Aircargo handling has nominated Rainer Wittenfeld as co-managing director of LUG. In this role, he will support Patrik Tschirch, who has been leading LUG for the past eight years. In addition to his...
07.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt was allergic to moon dust.
07.04.2020

Two tonnes of fruit delivered to nursing homes

The premium fruit and vegetable brand SanLucar and the agricultural producer Llusar in Spain have donated 2 t of mandarins for the elderly, the persons most affected by the current health crisis. Thus, with the help of the...
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