Schwimmende Hersteller 
Statt hängende Gärten schwimmende Fabriken: Zu neuen Geschäftsideen für PPE-Produktion und ihren -transport berichtet ITJ-Korrespondent Manik Mehta aus New York. mehr
Building a new rail hub in Hungary 
HHLA intermodal company Metrans is building another rail terminal in Hungary to expand its transport services along the Adriatic corridor and towards southern and south-eastern Europe. HHLA and the Hungarian government have signed an agreement to this effect. The hub... mehr
Saving more than 1 million t of CO2
In 2020, Kombiverkehr, Germany, managed to shift a total of 858,079 truck consignments or 1.72 million teu from road and sea to the eco-friendly railways, saving 1,005,000 t of CO2. Due to the pandemic, transport volumes of containers, swap bodies and semi trailers dropped by... mehr
World fleet reaches milestone
According to data from Clarksons Research, the global merchant fleet of ships passed the threshold of 100,000 units (with more than 100 GT) at the beginning of February. A total of 100,001 vessels were registered, with an average tonnage of 21,355 dwt and an average age of the... mehr
Walker links continental Europe
Berkshire (UK)-based Walker Logistics has entered into an agreement with Amsterdam-headquartered third party logistics services provider RIF Europe. The deal will allow Walker to offer its clients the opportunity to hold stock and fulfil orders bound for mainland Europe from... mehr
Bhat's successor to head freight business at Swiss
Lorenzo Stoll has been appointed as head of Swiss Worldcargo. He will assume his new position, reporting to CFO Markus Binkert, on 1 April, succeeding Ashwin Bhat, who will take up new duties as chief commercial officer of Lufthansa Cargo on 1 March. Stoll joined Swiss in... mehr
Finnish forwarders join forces
Turku-headquartered Finnish haulier Freja has acquired the business and share capital of TL Trans, a specialist in temperature-controlled transport. TL Trans’s personnel and equipment will be transferred to Freja. Freja Finland’s current capacity of roughly 850 curtain trailers... mehr
Vaccines to Greenland
Air Transport International (ATI), a passenger and cargo airline headquartered in Wilmington OH (USA), has expanded its wide-body freighter fleet by taking delivery of a B767-300ERF. Last month, the subsidiary of the Air Transport Services Group, which also works for the US... mehr
First Women in maritime survey
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) have launched the inaugural women in maritime — IMO and WISTA international survey 2021, which is to be repeated every three years, to examine the... mehr
Aged UPS freighters undergo facelift
Airbus has handed over the first completed cockpit upgrade for UPS Airlines’ fleet of 52 A300-600 freighters. The aircraft, revitalised with state-of-the-art Honeywell cockpit avionics, was redelivered to UPS at Airbus’ US facility in Mobile, AL following the certification by... mehr