First Middle East carrier awarded Iata CEIV Pharma... 
Etihad Cargo has set a benchmark in the region by becoming the Middle East’s first carrier to be awarded Iata’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification in Pharmaceutical Logistics. Together with its cargo handling subsidiary, Etihad Airport... plus
More about scrubbers and sulphur
The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), a group comprised of around 30 companies in the commercial shipping and cruise industries formed in late 2018, has contracted Maritime AMC (Mamcl) to provide secretariat services for the CSA. The latter wants to expand its knowledge... plus
Mosolf expanding advisory board
The Mosolf Group is augmenting its advisory board with Detthold Aden, former CEO of BLG Logistics Group. Mosolf’s CEO Jörg Mosolf remarked: "With Aden, my company gains an outstanding managerial personality and an impulse generator in the logistics field. With his decades... plus
Denmark eases pocket wagon ban
The Danish Transport, Building and Housing Authority has allowed Luxembourg-based CFL and TX Logistik (Germany) to resume the use of pocket wagons to transport semi-trailers on the country’s rail network, with immediate effect. Approval was granted after the authority... plus
Agility opens new hub in Bahrain
Agility has opened a 28'500 sqm facility with 17,000 pallet slots in Hidd (Bahrain) to expand its warehousing, freight, transport and specialty capabilities and serve as a regional logistics and distribution hub. Costing USD 10 million, the new platform supports contract... plus
Emirates adds freighter destination in Latin America
From today (16 January 2019), Emirates Skycargo is serving the Colombian capital Bogota once per week with a B777F that offers an overall cargo capacity of over 100 t. Bogota becomes the carrier's sixth cargo destination in South America after Buenos Aires, Quito, Rio de... plus
Clarkson paints sceptical picture of shipping in 2019
Research undertaken by London-headquartered Clarkson revealed that the growth rate of the demand for world maritime transport rose by 2.7% to 11.9 billion t in 2018, compared to 4.2% in 2017. The ton per mile (tpm) growth, though, remains at an acceptable 3.1%. However, the... plus
Rune Dybedal to chair NSOCC
North P&I Club’s Rune Dybedal has been appointed chairman of the North Sea Operators' Claims Conference (NSOCC). Dybedal, a Norwegian qualified attorney, has worked as an attorney and senior claims executive at North for 19 years and more than 26 years in the industry.... plus
Port of Hamburg gets direct link to Singen terminal
Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) has introduced a new direct rail connection between the port of Hamburg and the Singen terminal in Baden-Württemberg. The terminal is a road/rail cargo hub serving southern Germany with a focus on the Lake Constance area, Austria’s Voralberg region and... plus
“Curiosity of the Day” 
There are some 20 million songs on Spotify, but 4 million of them have not been streamed yet. plus