Closer contact under pandemic conditions 

MNG Airlines, a fast-growing Turkish cargo operator, has been sending its PW4000 engines to SR Technics' Zurich facility since March 2020. The Swiss company is still its preferred PW4000 MRO provider. Jean-Marc Lenz, CEO at SR Technics: "Our work has covered five shop... plus
Swiss forwarder orders 100 biodiesel trucks 

Schöni Transport ordered 100 trucks from Renault in one fell swoop at the Transport.ch trade fair that was held in Berne recently. The vehicles are EVO tractor units from the T series and equipped with bio-diesel engines. The Lyon (France)-based the manufacturer will deliver... plus
A. Hartrodt: takeover in Australia 

A. Hartrodt's Australian subsidiary recently acquired the OTS Group in Melbourne. Overseas Transport Systems (OTS) includes OTS Australia (OTSA) and OTS Plus (OTSP). They will now form a separate division of A. Hartrodt Australia. At this stage, the independent brand will remain... plus
Daily shuttle between Immingham and Doncaster 

It is the first intermodal service from the UK Port of Immingham to the iPort Rail in Doncaster: The newly launched Humber Express train runs in both directions twice a day and has a capacity for 80 containers every 24 hours. The service is designed to help ease pressures on... plus
Unilode assists Turkish Cargo 

Turkish Cargo has appointed Unilode Aviation Solutions to service and repair its ULD fleet under a three-year agreement. The global provider of outsourced ULD management and repair services will overhaul Turkish Cargo’s standard and heavy-duty pallets, pallet nets, cargo and... plus
South African wins Fiata’s last Yiffy award 

Pandemic or not – Fiata, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, based in Geneva, and the international freight transport insurer TT Club, its partner since the inception of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (Yiffya) in 1999,... plus
Unctad optimistic for 2021 

In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2021", Unctad made it clear that despite the anti-pandemic measures, volumes in fell less dramatically in the course of 2020 than formerly expected: "The shock in the first half of 2020 caused maritime trade... plus
BDP International picks Anthony Elwine 

BDP International has appointed Anthony Elwine as its new chief commercial officer (CCO). He brings nearly 30 years of logistics and supply chain experience to the role, with a background in transportation, sales strategy, chemical, petrochemical, industrial and manufacturing... plus
Eurowings contracts EWF 

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has won Eurowings – Germany’s largest leisure airline – as a new customer for its composite aftermarket business. In its direct transactions with airlines and MRO companies, EFW offers high quality composite spare parts as well as customised composite... plus
Carbon-neutral block train en route to China 

A 41-wagon block train set off on Monday, 16 November 2021 on a three-week journey from Dunajska Strada Slovakia to Xi’an China on the New Silk Road. It is Gefco’s first carbon-neutral train. The company will offset the 250 t of CO2 generated from this door-to-door service by... plus