Global air cargo bridge spans the Bosporus 
Turkish Cargo increased its global market share to 5.4% from 3.9% by generating a growth of 67% within the first half of 2020 thanks to the additional special cargo operations it performed on its dedicated global air bridge. Turkish Cargo is the first air cargo brand to hold... mehr
NCL launches new service
North Sea Container Line (NCL) will launch its new direct container service from Norway to UK on 23 September 2020. In a weekly rotation, the "MV Rumba" will make its first call at the London container terminal in Tilbury. With both southbound and northbound... mehr
Aramex forms strategic partnership with Transportr
Aramex and Transportr, a digital freight platform in the UAE, have signed a service level agreement whereby Aramex will secure the best possible agreements in terms of rates and transit time, and ensure optimum efficiency for sea freight logistics. The partnership comes in... mehr
Freja adds 75 trailers
Freja has invested in 75 new Schmitz Cargobull Telematik curtain trailers from Tip Trailer Services. 50 of the vehicles are intended for Freja in Poland, and the remaining 25 for UK traffic. Poland has become an important expansion area for Freja with the new logistics... mehr
Port of Rotterdam picks COO
Boudewijn Siemons has been appointed as the new COO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority as of 1 October. He will also be joining the Port Authority’s executive board. Siemons succeeds Ronald Paul in this role. Until recently, Siemons served as president of Royal Vopak’s... mehr
Fake Covid-19 protection items intercepted
After 20,000 counterfeit N95 masks arriving from Hong Kong had been seized by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) earlier this month at Boston airport, their Chicago colleagues confiscated a shipment of 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks arriving from Shenzhen,... mehr
Digital solution in Antwerp goes live in 2021
On 1 January 2021, the port of Antwerp will launch "Certified-Pick-up" (CPu) an integrated digital solution for the release of containers. It will replace the current system of PIN codes. The new platform will guarantee a secure, transparent and optimised release... mehr
Koenig & Bauer Kammann banks on PSI software
Following the successful implementation of the PSIwms warehouse management system from PSI Logistics, Koenig & Bauer Kammann, a manufacturer of decoration machines, now runs the processes for warehousing and production supply in an integrated IT infrastructure at its new... mehr
Fesco introduces intermodal service for seafood
Russian transport company Fesco has launched a regular intermodal container service for seafood deliveries from the Russian Far East to Jilin province in China. The seafood is shipped in refrigerated containers by Fesco's regular services from Kamchatka, Magadan and Sakhalin... mehr
Gudrun Winner-Athens elected to Logistics Hall of Fame
The Logistics Hall of Fame has a new member: Gudrun Winner-Athens. The managing partner of Spedition Winner and long-standing chairwoman of the advisory board of Kombiverkehr is regarded in Germany and Europe as a pioneer of intermodal transport. “Gudrun Winner-Athens has... mehr