PSA Marine and Wartsilä agree on technology partnership 
The Helsinki (Finland)-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä and Singapore-based PSA Marine have agreed to collaborate in the co-creation of smart technologies for the marine sector. The parties have agreed on specific areas of collaboration, including the use of electric... more
BNSF names ARZC ‘Short line of the year’
The US class I railway enterprise BNSF has named Arizona & California Railroad (ARZC) as its 2019 ‘Short line of the year’ during its annual short-line conference. ARZC runs a 330-km line between Matthie AZ and Cadiz CA and handles 20,000 units of overhead traffic annually.... more
New refrigerated warehouse in the Port of Dunkirk
In the Port of Dunkirk (France) the foundations have been laid for a new refrigerated warehouse for Nofrigo. Nofrigo is a joint venture of the sea food producer Le Garrec and the cool logistics services provider Stef. The facility will have a storage capacity of 48,000 cbm... more
Legal immigrants from Latin America to the USA
Three Bengal tigers arrived at Miami airport in the USA yesterday, 25 November 2019, before completing the final leg of their journey by road to their forever home Big Cat Rescue in Tampa (FL). After banning the use of animals in circuses in 2017, the government of Guatemala... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
USD 1,900 were paid for a piece of toast that John Lennon supposedly nibbled at. more
Fiata appoints new director general
Fiata president Basil Pietersen: “After an extensive recruitment process, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Stéphane Graber as the new director general of Fiata. He will take up his role in Geneva on 1 January 2020.” With the decision taken by Fiata’s members... more
New inner city networks
The volume of goods delivered to urban centres is growing. At the same time, the general conditions for city logistics are becoming ever-more difficult. Christian Doepgen recently attended events at which Dachser’s Dr Andreas Froschmayer and Camion Transport’s Josef Jäger showed... more
Shortline railroad changes ownership
Canadian Pacific (CP) will acquire the Central Maine & Quebec Railway (CMQ) from Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors (FTAI). CMQ owns 774 km of rail lines primarily in Quebec (Canada) and Maine (USA). The end-to-end transaction will provide CP customers... more
More Australian perishables flying into the Philippines
Australian fresh fruit producers can take advantage of 33 weekly flights and newly approved local cold treatment facilities to boost exports to the Philippines. If suppliers do not have an accredited facility, they can work with the facilities on the revised list to have their... more
Global container throughput keeps rising
In the course of the month of October, the container throughput index released by the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) kept going up moderately by 0.6 points to 139.9 this year. At the same time, the... more