MOL with new navigation system 
The Japanese carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) combines its efforts along with Furuno Electric to foster their advanced augmented reality (AR)-based navigation system. The AR navigation system provides visual support to crewmembers during their watch-keeping and ship operations... more
CSafe announces "new era for passive packaging"
CSafe Global, a provider of both active and passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the transport of life-enhancing biopharmaceuticals, is launching its new "AcuTemp Plus Series". With vacuum insulated panels (VIP) and single temperature phase change... more
MSC chooses Soren Toft as CEO
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has announced that Soren Toft will join the firm as CEO. MSC is delighted that Toft will be supporting the Aponte family at the helm to ensure that the company remains a major global player in the years to come. He will report directly to Diego... more
Mega parcel centre on former Opel site
Deutsche Post DHL Group is continuing to strengthen its parcel network in Germany and has opened a new mega parcel centre in Bochum. With a sorting capacity of up to 50,000 shipments per hour, the Bochum parcel hub, along with the Obertshausen facility near Frankfurt am Main,... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Because US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during a theatre performance in 1865, there were many witnesses. One of them lived long enough to tell his story on television. more
Truck centre opened in Switzerland
Volvo Trucks has opened a state-o-the-art truck centre in Inwil near Lucerne (Switzerland). The new hub replaces the former location in Emmenbrücke. With the new facility in Inwil, Volvo Trucks now has the capacities that will be required over the long term. The centre is... more
Laurels for Matadi Gateway Terminal
The Matadi Gateway Terminal (MGT), approximately 150 km upstream from the Atlantic on the Congo River, was recently cited as the best investment project in the infrastructure sector in the Democratic Republic (DR) of the Congo. Thus, the Congolese unit of International... more
Single waybill for journey from China to Europe
By using a single CIM/SMGS waybill in a multimodal, transcontinental transport by rail and sea for the first time, Russian UTLC ERA has found a new way to reduce transit times and increase transport volumes on the new Silk Road. Moreover, this new CIM/SMGS waybill is being... more
ECSA welcomes the new transport commissioner
On behalf of the European shipping industry, ECSA warmly welcomes the confirmation of Adina Ioana Vălean as the new transport commissioner-designate, after the hearing at the European Parliament. Of Romanian nationality, Vălean has been active in EU-level policymaking as an MEP... more
Hapag-Lloyd looks back on 2019 in joy, so far
In the first nine months of 2019, the Hamburg (Germany)-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd’s transport volume rose by 1.2% to 9-01 million teu (same period in 2018: 8.9 million teu). Revenues went up to approximately EUR 9.5 billion (2018: EUR 8.5 billion). Earnings before interest and... more