MNG maintains ties with Champ Cargosystems 
MNG Airlines Cargo has renewed its cooperation with Champ Cargosystems for its cargo community service "Traxon cargoHUB". Using the product since twelve years, the Turkish carrier has been assisted with its digitalisation efforts, expanded its eAWB penetration, and... plus
More services call London Gateway
Two new major international shipping services, linking the key economies of western Europe with the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and Russia, have opted for London Gateway as their new UK port of call. The first is the Sealand-Maersk’s North Sea service, which connects... plus
Track to “Titanium Valley” under construction
Russian Railways (RZD) has started the construction of railway infrastructure to support the “Titanium Valley” special economic zone in Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Russian Urals federal district. The building and installation works have been organised simultaneously at two... plus
Dachser restructures regional management
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of managing director ASL Europe, Middle East and Africa... plus
Port of Basel resilient in 2020
In the Swiss Rhine ports, goods throughput in 2020 fell by 15.5% compared to 2019. After 2018 with its low water levels, 2019 was a strong year, regaining lost ground and increasing its throughput by an impressive 30%. Therefore, all things considered, the pandemic year 2020... plus
Air cargo information for freight forwarders
Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments aims to facilitate the transport of vaccines, by... plus
Border checks: IRU fears severe damage
In response to Germany's new entry regulations, the Austrian federal state of Tyrol began to control and throttle road haulage traffic already on the Brenner Pass on Sunday, 14 February 2021. This measure is intended to avoid a gridlock in the Inn valley. Because of the... plus
Debut heavy-duty trip a success
A 4-axle heavy-duty semitrailer tractor from the new MAN truck generation was recently used for the first time in a heavy-duty convoy made up of three units. The convoy’s job was to transport a tube-welding line in Germany from Lebach in Saarland to the Saarlouis port to be... plus
Duisport scores in key segment
The major European inland port and hub duisport witnessed segmental growth in a difficult year 2020. Container handling went up by 5% 4.2 million teu (4 million teu in 2019), a new record mark. With a share of around 55%, container handling is the first goods segment in... plus
A stronger Royal Mail
In the first three quarters of its fiscal year, the British Royal Mail Group achieved revenues of GBP 9.3 billion (EUR 10.7 billion), a significant rise of 13.5% compared to 2019. Amongst others, the group has delivered around one billion items of PPE so far. Its... plus