Baltic port of Lübeck exceeds results of 2019 
Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) handled 12 million t of goods in H1/2021, making up for the Corona-related shortfalls of 2020. "With an increase of 4% compared to 2019, we have continued our earlier successes," said LHG managing director Sebastian Jürgens.... mehr
Real-time monitoring of wagon fleet
Eurowagon is investing in its fleet: the Polish freight wagon leasing company is equipping its wagons with sensors from Swiss IoT provider Nexxiot to improve the transparency and safety of its fleet and its cargo. The gateway devices, the so-called Globehoppers, will be... mehr
Sixth Swiss Humanitarian Aid flight to Asia
Switzerland is helping several Asian and African countries to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. On 28 July 2021, Swiss Humanitarian Aid dispatched 100 respirators and more than a million antigen tests (26 t) to Bangkok. The provision of this aid, which took off from Zurich airport in... mehr
Growth development is two years ahead
Container transportation by rail between Europe and China is growing even more strongly than predicted by UTLC ERA, the operator that is responsible for 90% of all Eurasian transit freight. The reasons for the boom are complex: sea transport suffered various setbacks in... mehr
Ningbo detour in full swing
It is just one of 19 terminals - but Ningbo Meidong Container Terminal is the one in Ningbo, the world's third-busiest box port. Usually, the terminal handles about one quarter of the port’s container cargo. Operations at Ningbo Meishan port terminal were suspended on 11... mehr
Flying the champs back home
A group of very special champions have made their way home from the Japanese capital on special flights operated by Emirates. Emirates Skycargo, the freight division of the Dubai-based carrier, operated 16 charter flights to fly 247 horses from Liege to Tokyo-HND and back.... mehr
A first-timer in Vietnam
SLP (SEA Logistic Partners), a Southeast Asia focused industrial and logistic facilities developer and joint venture partner of GLP, has started building the SLP Park Hai Phong. It is the company's first logistic development in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The new development... mehr
Rail Baltica hub opened
The Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) in Lithuania is now in operation. When all works and formalities on the Rail Baltica railway section between Kaunas and Palemonas have been completed, the new hub will be the most north-eastern point of the European railway system that can be... mehr
Evans to lead in Australia
Clint Evans has been appointed as a director of the industry association Shipping Australia, which comprises 30 shipping companies, shipping agents and towage providers and over 40 corporate associate members. Evans began his shipping career in 1995 when he joined shipping... mehr
First 737-800BCF for Avia AM Leasing
Avia AM Leasing has welcomed its first 737-800 Boeing converted freighter (BCF) to the fleet. The passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion project, performed at the Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Company (Staeco) facility in Jinan, China, was the first of its kind for the... mehr