CBP completes operation No Tox 
With the help of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Louisville Port of Entry intercepted more than 700 unapproved Botox and derma fillers during Operation No Tox from 10 -14 April 2023. CBP officers focused on... mehr
RUD: new equipment to move maritime cranes
RUD, a drive specialist based in Aalen (Germany), has developed the Tecdos drive, new equipment to provide robust, low-maintenance and reliable solutions for moving maritime crane systems. Tecdos is a high-performance round steel chain and very resilient, making it a... mehr
Kerissa Khan to head Royal Aeronautical Society
Kerissa Khan MRAeS began her mandate as president of the Royal Aeronautical Society at its AGM on 4 May 2023. The AGM also voted David Chinn as president-elect. Khan was educated at Naparima Girls’ High School in Trinidad and Tobago. She graduated from the University of... mehr
Another warehouse and distribution hub
In UK, DP World Logistics signed up at Segro Park Coventry of the West Midlands. Segro has undertaken complex remediation work to transform the former landfill site into a modern, sustainable logistics location, offering up to 345,000 sqm of new industrial and warehousing space.... mehr
Testing new Mercedes electric semitrailer truck
DHL Freight has put a Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 Tractor to the test over several days in practice in Germany. The battery-electric truck transported an average of 12 t of production material from the DHL Terminal in Hagen near Dortmund to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Kassel,... mehr
Hydrogen and e-trucks - also for long hauls
Electric and hydrogen technology will help to significantly reduce general CO2 emissions and thus achieve the European goal of becoming carbon neutral / climate neutral by 2050. The European Commission sets up co-partnerships with the sectors’ stakeholders to define innovation... mehr
Manhattan Associates expanding base in Germany
Manhattan Associates, which specialises in technology for supply chains and omnichannel commerce, is growing its business in Germany. Since the beginning of 2022, the number of employees in the office in Düsseldorf has increased from originally 24 to 38 today. New staff has... mehr
A shuttle barge service on the Seine
Hapag-Lloyd, a global container liner shipping company, has launched a barge shuttle service for import and export containers from Le Havre, via the Parisian suburbs of Gennevilliers and Bonneuil-sur-Marne. The vessels use the Seine, one of France’s longest rivers and a... mehr
Shifting truckloads to the railways – every week
DHL Freight has launched an intermodal service between Germany and Denmark for full truck-load shipments. The freight trains offer three round trips a week between Duisburg (Germany) and Padborg (Denmark), with the rail transport taking about 12 hours. DHL Freight also offers... mehr
Preparing the fair after the fair – on the day before TL in...
On 8 May, the day before the long-awaited opening of the 2023 edition of the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, Messe München gave a presentation outlining how and why it will be hosting ‘Transport Logistic and Air Cargo Southeast Asia’ in Singapore in November, its first... mehr