Setting up new businesses in Rotterdam 
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has put a new port complex, called Het Magazijn, on the market. RDM Rotterdam, the former shipyard of the Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, has been redesigned for the settlement of port companies. A multifunctional business complex consisting of... more
Japan Ship Centre welcomes new director maritime
The Japan Centre (JSC), established in London in 1965 as a joint office of the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA) and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), has appointed Hirotaka Mori to the role of director-maritime, succeeding Takanori Maeda. In this central... more
Innovative trucks support recycling in Singapore
The words "Don't trash it, repurpose it" are written on the new Mercedes-Benz Econic waste collection vehicles in Singapore. In the city-state, not only waste avoidance, but also recycling is an important strategy for keeping the megacity clean. For that, Sembcorp,... more
Csafe Global expands presence in Taiwan
Csafe Global, a provider of temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, has expanded its global reach and local presence with the opening of a new hub operation in Taipei, Taiwan. This new addition to Csafe’s worldwide... more
Alha and Emirates warming up again
On 15 July 2020, Emirates restarted regular flights to/from Rome FCO, and its cargo operations are now back on track as usual, with a primary focus on controlled-temperature services for pharma products. Alha, as the airline's local cargo handling partner, is providing... more
African air spaces (not) re-opened
After a break of exactly five months, international flights to Malawi were permitted to resume operations on 1 September, whereby initially only the airport of Lilongwe (photo), the capital of the landlocked country in southeast Africa will be handling the traffic. The airport... more
Equipment at the SCT
The South Italian terminal operator Salerno Container Terminal (SCT), member of the Eurokai Group and active in the port since 1977, is enhancing its equipment. The terminal has five mobile cranes, three of them post-Panamax. SCT currently operates 11 Liebherr machines,... more
Captrain restructures management
Jan Läzer joins the management of the companies Dortmunder Eisenbahn and DE Infrastruktur, which are both members of the Captrain Deutschland Group and Dortmunder Hafen AG. The economist most recently worked for thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions. He succeeds Marcel de la Haye,... more
Sievert Logistik joins Logcoop
Sievert Logistik is now part of Logcoop's B2B/B2C forklift truck network. By joining this cooperation, the logistics services provider is responding to changes in the end consumers' purchasing behaviour. Currently, customers are ordering ever-bulkier goods to be delivered... more
New services bear first fruits
In H1/2020, Russian FTL company Globaltruck operated an average number of 1,319 trucks, 41 or 3% less than in H1/2019. Average monthly distance per truck grew by 3.1% y-o-y to 16,300 km in H1/2020. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 0.1% and reached 129... more