Fifth Gulf state introduces TIR 
Transport is becoming more efficient in the Middle East, now that the TIR system is going live in Qatar. TIR will help speed up supply chains in Qatar, which is set to host a series of major international events in the coming years, including the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This will... more
China Southern Air Cargo expects OL
Guangzhou-based China Southern Air Cargo is set to be granted an operator's licence (OL) by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) almost six months after it applied. The regulator said it had now completed its initial review and was now planning to formally award... more
Long trains in operation
In UK, DP World’s two deep-water ports at Southampton and London Gateway have become the first in the country capable of handling Freightliner’s new 775 m intermodal container trains. The longest in use on the national rail network, the new trains are 250 m longer than a... more
Contargo wins tender in Weil
Contargo, founded in 2004, has been awarded the contract for handling operations at the container terminal of the Rhine port of Weil am Rhein (Rheinhafengesellschaft Weil am Rhein), near Basel (Switzerland) at the end of a Europe-wide tendering process. Contargo, which has... more
High freight rates inflate prices
Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the impact of the elevated freight rates on importers for a variety of consumer goods, especially on the Asia to US West Coast and North Europe trade lanes. An OECD-data-based value of consumer goods... more
New director for pharma competence centre
Global logistics provider Agility has appointed Theresa Deeken as director of its pharma competence centre (PCC) in Switzerland. She brings more than twelve years’ experience in the logistics and freight forwarding industry with a special focus on transport services for... more
More logistics at Llubljana's airport
Cargo-partner is expanding its warehouse capacities in Brnik near Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport. Now that the warehouse opened in 2019 has reached its full capacity, this expansion, which was originally planned between 2024 and 2026, will start in 2022. In its final stage,... more
Fourth CLG aircraft at Leipzig airport
Cargologic Germany (CLG), a German cargo airline based at Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), received its fourth aircraft last week. The B737-400F, which was transferred from Canada, has been checked by the German federal aviation authority and cleared for operations. It will be... more
Dutch hauliers purchase fuel cell trucks
CV supplier Hyzon Motors has entered into definitive purchase agreements with Duurzaam Transport (subsidiary of Jan Bakker), and H2 Transport (a subsidiary of Millenaar & van Schaik) to supply a total of up to 20 hydrogen fuel cell powered trucks. Hyzon expects to... more
Kolter takes leadership in Emden
Christoph Kolter officially took over the helm at Emden’s port office, Germany on 1 June 2021. He succeeds Frank Herbig, who retires after having served the ports in Lower Saxony for 29 years. Until autumn 2020, Kolter was deputy captain of the port of Cuxhaven and he already... more