Manaus wants more 
Super Terminais Comercio e Industria (Super Terminais), a private cargo terminal at the Port of Manaus, Brazil, has ordered three Konecranes Gottwald cranes to serve large container vessels. A river port located at the confluence of the Amazon River and the Rio Negro in the... mehr
Haeco Xiamen redelivers first B737-800SF
Haeco Xiamen, a member of the Haeco Group, has redelivered to Aviation Holdings III its first B737-800SF converted freighter with supplemental type certificate (STC) partner Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The Chinese company has been an authorised AEI conversion centre... mehr
Baskakov withdraws from helm
Alexander Baskakov, director of Rail Cargo Logistics-RUS, the Russian representative office of Austrian Railways' subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG), stepped down from his position on 30 July. The current director, Andrey Detinkin, who has been working for Rail Cargo... mehr
Rail Hub in Louisiana to open next January
Logistics company Savage is partnering with rail firm Kansas City Southern (KCS) to construct a multi-commodity rail port with transload and railcar storage capabilities in Mossville (La), USA. Savage will own and operate the rail port, which is being built on property... mehr
Growth at Global Ports
Russian terminal operator Global Ports has reported its results for H1/2021. Consolidated marine container throughput went up by 1.9% year-on-year to more almost 790,000 teu while the consolidated marine bulk container segment generated a throughput of 2.6 million t (+19.4%... mehr
Are you on the list?
Distinction is necessary in the market. Four Kites, a Chicago-headquartered logistics software provider that runs a real-time supply chain visibility platform, has just published its global premier carrier list for Q2/2021. The company’s tenth consecutive quarterly list... mehr
Swiss Post CIO joins executive management
Swiss Post is making an important contribution to digital development in Switzerland and thus showing that the informatics/technology unit will play an increasingly important role in the company in the future. Wolfgang Egel, head of the informatics/technology unit, will join... mehr
Scottish distiller invests in green fleet
Glenfiddich pioneers the decarbonisation of its transport operations. The Scottish whisky distiller has taken delivery of three 4x2 AS440S46T/P CNG compressed natural gas-powered Iveco Stralis NP 460s. These have subsequently been converted to 6x2 tractors capable of running at... mehr
Swoop and Skyports opt for drones
Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero and British advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports are extending their partnership to deploy drone delivery networks in the Americas and Europe. The collaboration will combine Skyports' experience in drone delivery operations... mehr
Stockholm winning against 2020
Freight volumes are catching up at the Port of Kapellskär, Ports of Stockholm's biggest freight port. Up to and including July, volumes grew by 9.6% compared to the same period the previous year. Approximately two million t of freight were handled. Finnlink, Ports of... mehr