Canadian military gives logistics support 
Major-General Dany Fortin (left) and other staff of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the department of national defence, including logistics experts, operational planners, pharmacists, health care administrators, engineers and information technology experts, are assisting... more
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CP to serve new grain facility in Minnesota
Riverland, part of the logistics company Ceres Global, has entered into an agreement with the US agricultural cooperative FCGS to form a grain merchandising joint venture to be based in Thief River Falls in Minnesota, USA. The JV will undergo an expansion project designed to... more
Grenaa going greener
Grenaa, a Danish port city on the Kattegat forming the geographical centre of Denmark, is investing in its equipment. In October, the port of Grenaa ordered a mobile harbour crane which has a 54 m long boom and a maximum lifting capacity of 144 t. The Liebherr LHM 550 is by... more
To the women at Geodis
Currently, women make up 40% of the workforce of the logistics company Geodis. The group just held its annual “Geodis Women’s Network” (GWN) summit. “Our goal is to increase the number of women in managerial positions,” said Mario Ceccon, executive vice president human... more
CSX to acquire New England’s regional railway
The Florida-based US class I railway has signed a definitive agreement to acquire New England’s Pan Am Railways, whose rail carrier subsidiaries comprise North America’s largest regional railroad. Headquartered in Massachusetts, Pan Am owns and operates a highly integrated,... more
Drewry sees global recovery
The container port throughput index of the London-based maritime consultancy Drewry has seen positive year-on-year growth for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. "Global recovery has finally started," Drewry said in a press release. Though the index... more
Government awards more cargo flights to NZ
New Zealand has launched its Phase Two of the International Air Freight Capacity (IAFC) Scheme. Running through to 31 March 2021, Air New Zealand (NZ), which has operated over 1,100 return flights, carrying over 39,000 t of cargo in and out of the Pacific country since it... more
Kombiverkehr selects Hanover as mega hub
Intermodal operator Kombiverkehr is planning to integrate the new MegaHub Terminal in Hanover Lehrte (Germany) into its network. The first trains are scheduled to use the MegaHub from April 2021. The connection of the terminal and the addition of further container stations... more
Magellan and Circle join forces
Magellan, a Portuguese consultancy that provides advocacy services towards the European Institutions and runs offices in Porto and Brussels, and Circle, an Italian company specialising in automation and digitalisation solutions for port sectors and intermodal logistics sectors... more