Dronamics appoints chief product officer 
Dronamics, a London (UK)-based developer and operator of large cargo drones, has named Roger Morris as its new chief product officer, a new senior management team position, which oversees all customer and product activities in the business. Joining from Flash Forward... mehr
Race for containers continues
It is the time of major coups: Hapag-Lloyd has ordered 60,000 teu of standard containers from China. The Hamburg-based shipping company has decided to push its container fleet to a total of 210,000 teu, while the sharp increase in demand has led to a shortage of boxes across the... mehr
More A330 freighters for Mexican carrier
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has reached an agreement with Mexico-based Mas Air Cargo Airline for the lease of two A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft, marking the lessor’s first-ever lease transaction with... mehr
Big step towards zero-emission fleet
Kingspan has begun a global transition programme with charging stations being installed at multiple manufacturing sites in Ireland and UK. The construction material company has set a goal of operating zero-emission cars by 2025. For this purpose, EV Box Group, a provider of... mehr
Laso transports for wind energy park
In Portugal, Laso Transportes has won the contract for the Sincelo wind farm project. It was launched at the beginning of 2021 and includes transporting 22 machines, or about 220 transports in total. The future Argomil-Mouro Wind Farm is located in a border area between the... mehr
Zero-emission multimodal transport
South Tyrolean transport and logistics company Gruber Logistics was the first company in Europe to carry out a completely carbon dioxide-free multimodal transport. A load of 24 t was transported from the Verona area to the northwest of Germany. The first leg in Italy was... mehr
Positive outlook for freight transport
After declines in the corona year 2020, Germany’s federal ministry of transport and digital infrastructure (BMVI) volumes in most modes of transport to grow again in 2021. The positive trend is expected to continue at least until 2024. Specifically, the BMVI expects... mehr
Flying anti-Covid help to Nepal
Last Friday, 21 May 2021, Swiss Humanitarian Aid (SHA), part of the federal department of foreign affairs, dispatched 1.1 million antigen tests, 40 respirators, ten oxygen concentrators and personal protective equipment to Kathmandu. Loaded on an A330 of Bulgarian carrier... mehr
Joint service by Arkas and Evergreen 
Arkas and Evergreen are joining forces with regards to their services in the Med and the Black Sea. They will integrate their respective Med-Black Sea TGR and BSX service into a new loop to which they will contribute a single vessel each. The services will be called... mehr