Qatar Airways Cargo: an all-women crew 
Qatar Airways Cargo celebrated a landmark flight on Sunday, 5 March 2023, as its scheduled Boeing 777 freighter from Doha to Shanghai was operated entirely of a crew of made up of women. From the ground staff overseeing and handling the cargo to the flight deck crew... mehr
L.I.T. renews contracts ahead of schedule
L.I.T. (Logistik, Information, Transport) has extended the contracts of its board members ahead of schedule for another five years. All four board members - Fokke Fels, Simeon Breuer, Julian Lachnitt and Ingo Schreiber - will continue to work for the group until 31 December... mehr
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In Rostov (Southern Russia) in 2013, a dispute between two young men over the German philosopher Immanuel Kant allegedly got out of hand and ended in a shooting. mehr
ZIM happy with "exceptional year"
The Israeli company ZIM released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022, which president & CEO Eli Glickman qualified as "an exceptional year". Net income for the full year was USD 4.63 billion (2021: USD 4.65 billion). Adjusted... mehr
Robots handle 55,000 units
DB Schenker has commissioned one of the largest automated e-commerce facilities for its retail customers in Spain, Portugal and France. Operations began at the 50,000 sqm warehouse in Guadalajara with 150 newly created workstations, more than 200 robots and an optimised... mehr
Investing billions of francs in road network
Switzerland is planning to spend around CHF 2.8 billion on the construction, expansion, maintenance, and operation of its national road network this year. The federal department of the environment, transport, energy and communications (Detec) approved the "2023... mehr
Cessation of Covid-19 subsidies leads to loss
Swiss railfreight operator SBB Cargo closed the year 2022 with a loss of CHF 187.4 million, having generated a profit of CHF 1.1 million in 2021. The reason for this downturn is attributed to the cessation of the Covid-19 subsidies which the company had previously received from... mehr
Maersk provides shipping to Ukraine
The Danish shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk has found a solution to continue the transport of freight to Ukraine, while taking into account safety rules. There will be two routes to go to Ukraine, more specifically to the port of Reni. Vessels will depart from the Port... mehr
Logista wins Ecovadis silver medal
Logista has received a silver medal from Ecovadis, a global provider of sustainability ratings, for its achievements in corporate social responsibility (CSR) management, placing it above 82% of all companies evaluated and in the top 9% of companies in the transport sector.... mehr
First Australasian carrier for Cargo Ai
Air New Zealand Cargo's capacity is now live on Cargo Ai’s digital marketplace "Cargomart". This is the first Australasian carrier that the Singapore-based airfreight digital enabler has been able to welcome to its platform. Air NZ Cargo will be offering its capacity... mehr