Salzburg subsidises modal shift 
The federal state of Salzburg in Austria has decided to support companies with active industrial sidings and companies reactivating existing industrial sidings or offering single wagon transport to further the shift of freight to rail. According to the Austrian Rail Cargo... mehr
Kuehne + Nagel distributes dividends
At Kuehne + Nagel's extraordinary general meeting, shareholders overwhelmingly voted for the new allocation of the available net profit for the business year 2019 which was approved by the company's ordinary general meeting of 5 May 2020. Hence, as of 8 September 2020, an... mehr
Grupo TMM welcomes new CEO
The board of directors of Mexican logistics company Grupo TMM has appointed Vanessa Serrano Cuevas as the provider's new CEO. Previously, Serrano Cuevas was vice president, in charge of the TMM energy division. Her professional achievements include founding the food company... mehr
Hapag-Lloyd reshapes EMX rotation
Hapag-Lloyd’s Europe Mediterranean Express (EMX) service is changing its ports of call. As from week 46, the Hamburg carrier will restructure the EMX by adding a direct call in Gemlik, while removing the Izmir call from the rotation. The additional Gemlik call will offer a... mehr
High-capacity car-carriers now in operation
Transfesa Logistics has added the first train made up of 18 of the 100 new car-carriers manufactured in Poland to its international traffic network. The wagons are specially designed to respond to new trends in the automotive market, where the production of large and heavy... mehr
Sam Okpro to head global airline partner programme
Hong Kong-based Neutral Air Partner recently launched its global airline partner programme. Sam Okpro, head of NAP Airline relationships, has been appointed to lead the project. Okpro comes with an extensive experience in the air cargo logistics and aviation sector,... mehr
Plans for new logistics site in Birmingham
St Francis Group has assembled a site of 117,359 sqm in Kings Norton, Birmingham (UK) for the development of new industrial warehouse space. Gareth Williams, director at St Francis Group: “We are delighted to have secured these strategic sites and to be able to promote a... mehr
American all cargo carrier to operate "preighters"
Operating a fleet of B767 freighters until now, North Carolina-based 21 Air has entered into a long-term sub-service partnership agreement with AELF and Maleth Aero to begin charter operations with two A330-200 this month. They are configured as "auxiliary... mehr
150 years of airmail - "par ballon monté"
The Franco-Prussian war (cf. ITJ 36-39/2020, p. 26) gave rise to the start of the first regular air mail service. On 5 September 1870, in order to connect the beleaguered city and fortress of Metz in Lorraine to the outside world, Julien-François Jeannel, a pharmacist in the... mehr
K Line's test run to cut emissions
K Line will use a small-scale, marine-use demonstration plant for carbon capture onboard a vessel and conduct research and development on compact facility design, in collaboration with project partners Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and non-profit organisation Nippon Kaiji Kyokai... mehr