Lynden Air Cargo crosses last frontier 
Lynden Air Cargo, a US airline based in Anchorage AK and Seattle WA, has joined a short list of operators that serve all seven continents by starting a new project in support of an Italian Antarctic expedition team doing research on the icy land mass. The month-long mission... more
2018 - favourable for Spanish ports
Spanish ports generally performed well in 2018, although full year figures have not been published as yet. According to the data published by Puertos de Estado, a total of 502.5 million t were moved in the first eleven months of the year, 2.8% more than in 11M/2017. In the... more
Freightliner lands large bulk haulage contract
Freightliner Heavy Haul, part of the US company Genesee & Wyoming, recently started to haul aggregate from quarries in northern Somerset to terminals in London and southeast England. Last year, Freightliner and Mendips Rail, a joint venture between two of the UK’s... more
Imperial Logistics strengthens Swiss office
Sandro Knecht has been recruited for Imperial Logistics International’s newly-created post of chief commercial officer. Based at the company’s new offices in Zurich, and reporting to recently-appointed CEO Hakan Bicil, Knecht will be responsible for leading and managing... more
Unicarriers delivers forklift fleet to Nex Logistics
The logistics service provider Nex Logistics, a subsidiary of Japan-based Nippon Express, has ordered a forklift fleet from Unicarriers for its warehouse in Bedburg/Erft (Germany). A total of 37 new vehicles now ensure a smooth flow of goods in the storage facility. From... more
Dare to think big 
The joint venture was first called the Oman International Container Terminal; it was founded twelve years ago by Hutchison Ports, the government of the Sultanate of Oman, Steinweg from the Netherlands and Omani investors. Now its successor is being extended. more
Biggest rise in Poland, biggest drop in Germany
In 2017, railfreight transport in the European Union rose to 416 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm), 13 billion tkm more than in 2016, or a 3.2% year-on-year increase, according to the latest statistics. In 2017, railfreight transport reached its highest annual level since 2009.... more
Drewry with less confidence in ULCVs
“We believe that the industry’s supply-demand balance will benefit from a reduced appetite for ultra large container vessels (ULCVs), said Simon Heaney, senior manager, container research at the London-based maritime consultancy Drewry and editor of the Container Forecaster.... more
GTA Dnata with North American first in Toronto
GTA Dnata, the joint venture company of the Dubai-based ground handling services provider Dnata in Canada, has been certified by Iata's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) for its pharma handling processes and facilities in... more