"Curiosity of the Day" 
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Baltic: more unaccompanied traffic 
In H1/2021, the Port of Kiel increased its cargo volume and processed 8.25% more goods than in the same period of the previous year. All in all, 3.66 million t of cargo were handled in Kiel H1/2021. Ferry traffic grew disproportionately and generated a 12.7% increase in the... more
Raja Group keeps expanding
France-headquartered Raja Group, a packaging company and multi-channel mail order distributor of business equipment, has entered into an agreement with Aurelius Investment Group to acquire the Viking business, including the remaining office depot Europe portfolio, in seven... more
China-Vietnam cross-border trains doubled
China Railway Nanning (CR Nanning) operated 128 China-Vietnam cross-border trains in H1/2021, a year-on-year increase of 204.8%. Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese Group has intensified its efforts to improve freight marketing and loading/unloading processes. It... more
The efficiency of the ground effect
The erstwhile Soviet Union once had plans to transport huge loads over the Caspian Sea with its Ekranoplan aircraft. The wing-in-ground-effect units designed by Flying Ship Technologies are much smaller and thus more agile. Now the US enterprise has landed its first sales... more
10 million Covid-19 vaccines
IAG Cargo, the airfreight division of the International Airlines Group (IAG), has transported no less than 10 million Covid-19 vaccines. This figure includes 4 million doses hauled to Abuja (Nigeria) in collaboration with Unicef and its Covax initiative, and 300,000 doses... more
New CEO for Ambrogio Intermodal
Ambrogio Intermodal, a specialist for international combined transport and logistics services in the European market established in 1969, has chosen a new CEO. Pieralberto Vecchi has more than 20 years of experience in the transport and logistics industry, having held commercial... more
Canadian railway moves closer to China
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is building closer ties with its customers in China following the launch of its Chinese language website. The website is part of a broader outreach program in China and across Asia to ensure that customers have access to up-to-date information,... more
In the bellies of holiday jets
Lufthansa Cargo now markets the freight capacities of the new long-haul flights operated by Eurowings Discover, a new Lufthansa Group tourist airline. The German cargo carrier has thus added further frequencies directly from its Frankfurt (FRA) hub to the range of services it... more
Brannigan now deputy CEO at Magma Aviation
Magma Aviation, a Chapman Freeborn company and a member of the Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Conor Brannigan as deputy CEO. He joins the London GTW-based business following two years at Cargolux in Luxemburg, where he had a senior role as director for strategic alliances... more