Matteo Gentili named chairman designate of Ucima 
Following consultations with member companies, the designation committee of Ucima (Italian automatic packaging machinery manufacturers’ union) has opted for an arrangement in which two business leaders will take turns as chairman during the four-year period of 2020-2024.... more
UECC's next hybrid newbuild on the horizon
The building of UECC's second LNG Battery Hybrid powered pure car truck carrier (PCTC) is underway. The steel cutting ceremony took place recently at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. Due to the current Covid-19 crisis, the traditional event was less enthusiastic than usually.... more
60 million truck kilometres covered in three months
Russian FTL trucking company Globaltruck operated a total of 1,366 trucks in Q1/2020, 3.2% down from the same period last year. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 1.1% and reached 61.2 million km versus 60.5 million km in Q1/2019. Average monthly distance per... more
Cargo link between Northwest and Northeast
Pittsburgh airport (PIT) in Pennsylvania is expected to sign an agreement to expand its collaboration with another airport – 4,000 miles away in Alaska. The agreement, with Anchorage airport (ANC), aims to boost sales and marketing efforts at both airports, with a particular... more
Planet project celebrates kick-off meeting
Planet (progress towards federated logistics through the integration of TEN-T into a global trade network) has celebrated its kick-off meeting. Planet is a research and innovation project co-founded by the EU through the Horizon 2020 mobility for growth programme. With a... more
Matt McAluney joins Elemica as CCO
More changes on Elemica's top floor: in addition to David Muse, who has held the position of managing director since June, the network for supply chain optimisation has added Matt McAluney as CCO to its executive management. With his team, he will focus on building... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Tennis player Fred Perry, Wimbledon champion from 1934 to 1936, won the table tennis world cup in 1929. more
Where? When? How much?
Governments’ measures to contain the outbreak of Covid-19 have also had a massive impact on the shipping industry. The market research institute Alphaliner says that 13% of the global maritime fleet has been laid up. more
Toowoomba's big points
Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB), the home of Queensland’s only dedicated B747-8F international freighter service, operated by Cathay Pacific Cargo, attracts cargo-only passenger aircraft services. After Cathay Pacific's arrival with a B777 widebody last Sunday, 14 June... more
More freight for Italy's railways
Schienen VTG has delivered the first 40 of 60 new wagons to Medway Italia in Bologna. The ultramodern, six-acle 80′ Sggrs(s) wagons were especially adapted to meet Medway’s needs and optimised for onward transport by sea – a novelty on the Italian market, VTG said. Medway... more