Prohibited porcupine quills intercepted 
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered 100 porcupine quills in passenger baggage exactly one month ago, on 21 April 2021, at Washington airport (IAD). African porcupine quills are prohibited as potential vector for diseases, such as monkeypox virus. The USA last... mehr
New head of airfreight, Americas for DB Schenker
Global logistics provider DB Schenker has promoted Christoph Hemmann to head of air freight for the region Americas, effective 1 July 2021. For the past two years he has been DB Schenker's senior vice president global revenue management air freight. In his new role, he will... mehr
Two Northerners for the network
General cargo cooperation 24 Plus is growing. Its network has now been extended to include logistics service providers Colli Care and NHG Trans, which will operate in Finland and Norway. Until now, 24 Plus has reached both Finland and Norway via gateway services. Since 18... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The skin of an animal is called fur when it has more than 400 hairs per square centimetre. mehr
Admiral Container Lines ready for perishables
Admiral Container Lines is enhancing its equipment. The liner, which has been offering weekly and direct container shipping services in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea since 1998, is adding more than 150 new 40-foot, high-cube containers equipped with Carrier Transicold... mehr
Roadmap towards carbon neutrality
Decarbonising the road sector, which comprises more than 65 million heavy-duty vehicles and accounts for 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, is an essential step towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Now the road transport industry has launched the global Green Compact, a paper... mehr
Change of perspective required
Hupac expects further significant growth in combined transport in the coming years. With the European Green Deal, greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector are to be reduced by 90% and railfreight traffic volumes doubled by 2050. However, in order to shift more... mehr
Green transport option in Ireland
At the end of June, the Irish Railway Iarnrod Eireann and transport company XPO Logistics will launch a new twice-weekly railfreight service in each direction between Ballina, Co Mayo and Waterford Port. The new rail service will offer Irish industry a greener and more... mehr
Singapore MRO company enters freighter leasing market
Singapore Technologies Engineering's wholly-owned aviation asset management unit has entered into an agreement with Singapore-based global investment company Temasek to set up a 50-50 joint venture for freighter aircraft leasing. It will address the growing demand for freighter... mehr
Takeovers in cold storage continue
Atlanta-based Americold has reported its figures for Q1/2021. Since the beginning of the year, the company has signed or completed three acquisitions, Liberty Freezers in Canada, Bowman Stores in the UK and KMT Brrr! in New Jersey. The latest takeover is expected to close in the... mehr