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02.04.2020

Kerry Logistics grows despite difficult environment

Kerry Logistics has announced the group’s annual results for 2019. Revenue increased by 8% to HKD 41.139 billion (EUR 4.811 billion); 2018: HKD 38,139 million (EUR 4,467 billion). Core operating profit increased by 17% to HKD...

02.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The annual number of worldwide shark bites is ten times less than the number of people bitten by other people in New York.

01.04.2020

Fast and secure for customers

The Radès-based Tunisian freight forwarder Delta Express Line operates a large fleet of lorries and trailers, which it deploys to meet all of its clients’ multifaceted requirements for reliable and rapid transport services.

01.04.2020

Eco-friendly cranes increase rail terminal efficiency

US class I railways Norfolk Southern (NS) has selected Konecranes to provide five Konecranes for intermodal operations in the Chicago area, USA. The hybrid rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes are equipped with a battery pack and...

01.04.2020

No April Fool: Greek carrier temporarily adjusts PAX cabin

Star Alliance member Aegean and Hellenic Petroleum support the current effort to combat the Covid-19 crisis, by operating cargo flights for the transport of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. By further expanding their...

01.04.2020

App shows waiting times at border crossings

Currently, every day brings new challenges for transport logistics. These include waiting times at the borders that result in delays in shipments. An additional data layer provided by the company Sixfold enables users of the...

01.04.2020

Nelt supports the fight against Covid-19

All companies in the Nelt group have been implementing intensive internal communications and concrete measures against Covid-19. Nelt has reated a group crisis team, consisting of crucial managers and associates, and come up with...

01.04.2020

A bigger slice of Hapag-Lloyd

Special circumstances demand special measures. In this case, Kuehne Holding, in contrast to earlier statements, has further increased its share in the Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd through its subsidiary Kuehne Maritime....

01.04.2020

Ports and forwarders overstretched

Although freight traffic is less affected by the impact of Covid-19 than passenger traffic, major problems do arise. In many ports, warehouses are reaching the end of their capacity, because goods destined for Europe remain in...

01.04.2020

Air Canada delays BRU launch but adds cargo-only flights

Air Canada, which had planned to complement its existing daily service between Montreal and Brussels with a six times weekly B787 service from Toronto, as of 1 May 2020, had to drastically reduce its domestic and international...

01.04.2020

Biofuels play key role for climate protection

New data surveys show that diesel engines and equipment using advanced biofuels, including biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel, have delivered more greenhouse gas reduction benefits than vehicle electrification and even ethanol,...

01.04.2020

Special function for Hill Dickinson's legal director

Edward Liu, legal director with Hill Dickinson Hong Kong, has been appointed member of the region’s advisory committee on promotion of arbitration. The appointment was made by Teresa Cheng, secretary for justice at the department...

01.04.2020

Fostering trimodal solutions at duisport

Duisport has developed a trimodal container terminal as part of the new logistics concept for the logport VI location, including the basic conditions for legal approval. The area measures roughly 430,000 sqm and has a 500 m quay...

01.04.2020

Circle continues its growth

The Italian software provider Circle Group recorded a value of production of EUR 6.1 million, +27% compared to EUR 4.8 million on 31 December 2018. This result was possible also thanks to significant synergies connected to the...

01.04.2020

United Cargo supports the troops

United Cargo is increasing the frequency of cargo-only flights between the USA and military bases around the world. Last week the carrier began operating 40+ cargo-only flights weekly, using Boeing 777 and 787 to fly freight and...

01.04.2020

Open cloud-based solution without box

RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once...

01.04.2020

New branch manager for Mosolf Wilhelmshaven

Today, 1 April 2020, Inke Onnen-Lübben has taken charge of the Mosolf branch in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), where she will manage the group's entire product portfolio. Her tasks will include supervising the building of an...

01.04.2020

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Earth's reserves of fresh and salt water would be enough to fill the Baltic sea 1,750 times.

01.04.2020

From Panasonic to Amazon

The real estate company Reich Brothers announced that it has entered into a long term lease with Amazon for its 12,000 sqm facility in Salem, Oregon (USA). The facility was originally constructed by Panasonic in 2009 and is...

01.04.2020

Ro-ro terminal at Stockholm in the making

The last two of nine ramps for rolling goods have been installed at the Stockholm Norvik Port. Five were delivered to the recently newly rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the reconstructed Port of Kapellskär. The ro-ro...