Comtrak changes ownership 
Hub Group in the USA has completed the acquisition of Comtrak for USD 38.0 million. Comtrak is a transportation industry leader in the USA whose services include rail and international drayage for the intermodal sector, full truckload transportation, container storage, yard... plus
Silk Way West conquers the Far West
From today, 6 April 2020, Silk Way West is introducing weekly flights to Dallas Fort Worth, adding to its already existing thrice weekly scheduled operation to Chicago. The new service develops the Baku-based airline's customer and sales activities in the USA as a part of its... plus
New trimodal terminal to reduce truck traffic
As part of the continued development of logport VI, duisport in Germany has now compiled the approval-related information for the construction of the container terminal and the internal access road for logport VI. The trimodal container terminal (road/water/rail) forms an... plus
Imperial and MEX join forces to leverage Turkish potential
Imperial has entered into a partnership with Turkish freight forwarder M Ekspres (known as MEX), which will see the creation of a new multi-modal freight management business housed within Imperial’s freight management capability - specialising in traffic to, from and transiting... plus
MOL unifies tankship companies
MOL has announced that its wholly owned management companies for tankers, MOL Tankship Management (Asia) (Molta; managing director: Toshihiko Ota; headquarters: Singapore) and MOL Tankship Management (Europe) (Molte; managing director: Ikutoshi Kato; headquarters: London) will... plus
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In 2014, Tinder made its first match on the continent of Antarctica. Not surprisingly, both parties involved were research scientists. plus
25 years of service for Bremen
The Bremen (Germany)-based port services provider Weserport celebrated its first quarter of a century at the beginning of April this year. Weseport was founded in 1995 as a joint venture of the Rhenus Group, Stute Verkehr and the Stahlwerke Bremen. Today, the company is... plus
Fret aérien à court de souffle
Le trafic aérien est confronté à une crise comme il n’en a jamais connue jusqu’ici. Pour une fois le trafic passagers devrait en souffrir davantage que le fret aérien. Mais ils sont interdépendants ainsi que l’ont montré les événements de ces dernières semaines. La situation... plus
Le point nodal Djeddah
L’invasion de criquets en Afrique de l’Est n’est qu’une des raisons poussant à créer de meilleures liaisons de l’Europe vers l’Afrique de l’Est. Les lignes de l’Europe de et vers le Kenya et la Somalie via la mer Rouge sont nouvellement dans le viseur du groupe français CMA CGM.... plus
Dachser: new weekly train service along Silk Road
The first train was loaded with 42 containers carrying BASF chemical products and has now arrived in the central Chinese city of Xi´an. Dachser took care of all organisational aspects — including coordination with train operator RTSB, customs clearance and distribution of the... plus