Ship financing steady - so far 
The Petrofin index for global ship financing has registered its first rise in eleven years according to its report which was published in mid-September. This index was established in 2008 with a reference value of 100 points. After falling to its historical low in 2020 with... mehr
Cargo Start picks Giovanna Cardinali
Cargo Start, a digital service provider for the air cargo and logistics industry based in Italy, has appointed Giovanna Cardinali to the newly created position of director strategy & business development. Cardinali will lead the development and implementation of Cargo... mehr
Great works in the Port of Shanghai 
A challenging project: the Port of Shanghai is investing 55 billion renminbi (about EUR 8 billion) in a new container terminal, Chinese media reported. The expansion is expected to amplify annual handling capacity to 60 million teu. The Shanghai Port Group also recently... mehr
More space for lithium batteries in the air
The news was announced at the current International Air Transport Association’s (Iata) annual World Cargo Symposium (WCS), but not by a classic aviation company. Instead, Ceva Logistics has expanded its owned air cargo programme by adding five more stations to its network of... mehr
Karsten Bley to lead Sievert Logistik
Sievert Logistik has a new top management: Karsten Bley became the sole managing director of the Westphalian logistics service provider on 1 September 2022, having shared the management with Rui Macedo since March this year. Macedo left the company at his own request on 31... mehr
Green warehouse south of Greenland
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) is going to build the company’s first low GHG emissions contract logistics warehouse in Denmark. The facility will be constructed in partnership with Taulov Dry Port, a Danish joint venture between ADP A/S and PFA Pension. The warehouse is part... mehr
Iceland to join Eurocontrol
Iceland and Eurocontrol have signed a transitional agreement marking Iceland’s intention to become a member state of the organisation on 1 January 2025. The transitional agreement was signed on 15 September 2022 in Reykjavik by Jon Gunnar Jonsson (rght), director general of the... mehr
Marine biofuel bunkering ship-to-ship a success
It's a first-timer: Total Energies Marine Fuels has completed the refuelling of a CMA CGM containership in Singapore with sustainable marine biofuel. The 4,300 teu “CMA CGM Montoir” was bunkered via ship-to-ship. The biofuel is made of Vlsfo (very low sulphur fuel oil)... mehr
BHV elects Petra Lüdeke
Petra Lüdeke has taken over the helm at the port and logistics trade association BHV-Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung with effect from 1 September 2022 after a unanimous decision of the association’s management board. Lüdeke is filling the position of managing... mehr
Indo-German partnership sealed
Germany’s Quantron and India’s ETO Motors have decided to cooperate in both the Indian and European markets. The companies have signed an agreement to this effect. ETO will support Quantron in design and development to bring ETO three-wheelers to the European market. In... mehr