North Sea Port extends rail corridor to Baltic 
Following a request from North Sea Port, the European Commission will extend the railfreight corridor between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Zone. North Sea Port is already part of the 'Railfreight corridor Rhine-Alpine' and 'North... more
Partnership to save hundreds of tonnes of CO2
Swedish tech transport company Einride and Electrolux have agreed to form a strategic partnership to electrify transports. The new cooperation will start in Sweden in spring 2021 by incorporating digitally connected electric trucks into electric transport services. Future... more
Singapore Airlines pushes perishable transport
Singapore Airlines has become the first airline in South East Asia to receive the Iata CEIV Fresh certification for its handling of perishable products via its Singapore hub. In line with the global certification, the carrier launched "Thrufesh", a new service to... more
New site in Tangier Med Logistics Zone
Gefco has opened a new warehouse in the Tangier Med Logistics Zone. The 10,000 sqm facilities came on stream at the end of January 2021. More than 135 automotive companies and suppliers will benefit from the new hub, including PSA, Continental, Faurecia, 3M, Novares and Valeo.... more
Seaports of Niedersachsen stems the tide
Lower Saxony’s sea ports have published their annual results. All in all, the nine units - Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven - handled around 48.7 million t of goods in sea traffic in 2020, 9 % less than in the strong previous... more
New CEO at Pallet-Track
British pallet network Pallet-Track has appointed Caroline Green as its new CEO. Having already joined the company in September 2020 as chief financial officer, Green will now replace Nigel Parkes, the company’s founder and managing director. Parkes is stepping down from the... more
Second cargo route from Kenya to India
Following the recent refurbishment of a B787, Kenya Airways Cargo has launched a direct freighter service between its Nairobi hub and the Indian capital New Delhi. The first uplift of 33 t from New Delhi included pharma, medical equipment, machinery and spare parts, time... more
Block train delivers crucial medical equipment
Maersk has organised another block train service from China to Poland. The 41-container-long train left the Chinese city of Yiwu (Zhejiang province) bound for the intermodal terminal in Małaszewicze, Poland, carrying personal protective equipment procured by Zarys International... more
Biggest acquisition for K+N so far
Swiss transport and logistics group Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) is acquiring the Chinese air freight company Apex, which has around 1,600 employees and handles 750,000 t of air freight and 190,000 t of sea freight per year. According to Kuehne + Nagel, this transaction is the... more
A fleet for JWS steel
JSW Steel, an India-headquartered steel manufacturer with a global presence in 140 countries, is building a fleet of shallow draft vessels. The Indian Register of Shipping (IR class) recently classed three 8000 DWT general cargo vessels for JSW Shipping & Logistics based... more