Caribbean Airlines Cargo teams up with Alaska Airlines 
Cool and hot: Before concluding an interline agreement with Air Canada (see upcoming ITJ 31-35/2019, p. 13), Caribbean Airlines Cargo has entered into an interline agreement with Alaska Airlines, adding further 16 destinations to its cargo network. The arrangement enables the... more
New entity for exchange of port information
The Port of Rotterdam launched its new company Portxchange Products (“Portxchange”) recently. This entity will offer the Pronto platform and application to ports on a worldwide scale over the next few years. First strategic partners are the Shell International Trading and... more
Bruce A. Fenimore and Sara Mayes to receive CII awards
Bruce A. Fenimore, CEO of Columbia Group, will receive the 2019 Connie Award presented by the containerisation & intermodal institute (CII) on 9 December 2019. The industry-wide event to honour Fenimore will be held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel (USA). ... more
Eastern Europe prefers electric locomotives
Despite climate commitments and decarbonisation strategies, the European market for electric locomotives is showing rather mixed results. Significant growth can only be expected in the east, while demand in Western Europe will even decline slightly after peaking in 2018.... more
BLG handles logistics for fischerwerke
With immediate effect, BLG Logistics has taken charge of all logistic services for articles from the fischer-System-Tec-product portfolio and the fischer standard fixings range as a strategic partner of the Fischer group. After the contract was signed in May 2019, the first... more
K Line's new design for an LNG carrier
The Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Namura Shipbuilding have signed an AIP (approval in principle) for the concept design of an LNG-fuelled ore carrier from DNV. According to the classification company, this joint project for the development of an LNG-fuelled... more
Lothar Thoma replaces Heinz Senger-Weiss
Heinz Senger-Weiss has announced his withdrawal from the operative management of Gebrüder Weiss. The managing director air & sea will leave the transport and logistics company for personal reasons on 31 December 2019."We respect his decision and thank him for his... more
Heaviest jumbo train completes successful trial run
A Freightliner 3,690-horsepower Class 70 locomotive recently hauled a train with a cargo of aggregate between Merehead in Somerset and Acton in London, UK. Weighing 4,624 t, this is the heaviest ‘jumbo’ train currently running in the UK, said Freightliner. The trial run was... more
International routes for new Swedish airport
During the 2019-2020 winter season SAS will start direct flights from Copenhagen, Aalborg (Denmark) and London (UK) to Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), the new Swedish airport in Sälen/Trysil which is only a short distance from around 250 ski slopes in Sweden and... more
New contact persons at Royal Air Maroc
Amina Tagemouati, formerly head of marketing & development cargo at Royal Air Maroc, has assumed a new position within the airline. In future, she will be in charge of the interline & market intelligence department of the Moroccan flag carrier. Over the last four years... more