Pharma follows perishables 
A few weeks ago Oman Air was certified in accordance with ‘CEIV Fresh’, Iata's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators for fresh logisticscs (CEIV Fresh). Now the carrier has also been certified in accordance with Iata CEIV Pharma, confirming its capabilities to... mehr
BDI at record high
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), an index of the international dry cargo freight market, stood at 2,105 points on 17 March. The BDI thus reached its highest value since 4 September 2019, when it scored 2,518 points, the record in almost nine years.By size, the panamax index, covering... mehr
More vehicles for Swiss goods transport
Swiss transport company Hugelshofer, from Frauenfeld, has expanded its vehicle fleet with four Renault Trucks T480 P6x2s and seventeen Renault Trucks T460 P4x2s. They will be used for goods transport all over Switzerland.With the new vehicles the transport and logistics company,... mehr
MOL banks on hybrid bonds
Japanese shipping company MOL has submitted an amended version of the shelf-registration statement regarding the issuance of publicly offered hybrid corporate bonds (no collateral and subordinated corporate bonds) to the director-general of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau.In... mehr
Span Alaska announces leadership transition
Span Alaska Transportation, a freight forwarder that is based in Auburn WA and offers transport services all over Alaska, has announced that Tom Souply will retire as president and assume a strategic development role as executive vice president for corporate development on 1... mehr
1,000 flat cars for intermodal network
Intermodal operator Trans Synergy has ordered 1,000 large-capacity container flat cars from Russian freight car manufacturer UWC. The rolling stock will be delivered in 2021. This is the companies' second deal: 360 similar container flat cars were delivered to Trans Synergy last... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
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First flight of last A380
The last A380 manufactured in Toulouse took off on its first flight last week. The superjumbo flew from the Airbus plant in southern France to the Hamburg site.It will undergo tests in northern Germany before its handover, for which no date has yet been fixed. The 251st model... mehr
New option for dangerous goods declaration
The Geis Group, based in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt (Germany), digitalised the registration of dangerous goods for its customer Siemens Healthineers within a few weeks, with the support of IT service provider Dakosy.The freight forwarding group, which surpassed the threshold of... mehr
Pflicht und Verantwortung
Wie sich die Zeiten ändern: Vor zwei Jahren sprach ITJ-Redaktor Andreas Haug den Frachtchef von Qatar Airways noch in Johannesburg (vgl. ITJ 13-14/2019, S. 15), jetzt sind Begegnungen nur noch online möglich. In der Zwischenzeit ist die Fluglinie offiziell zum grössten... mehr