Centralised office in Scandinavia 
Following office openings in Helsinki and Stockholm over the past four years, the service provider Deugro is continuing to focus on the Scandinavian market. To support this, the company has consolidated its Scandinavian workforce in one regional head office. This centralised... plus
Port of Oakland optimistic for 2019
The US port of Oakland says it is optimistic about its growth prospects in 2019. Maritime director John Driscoll acknowledged, however, that it is too soon to know exactly how freight markets will respond. He pointed out that Oakland’s containerised cargo volume reached an... plus
Shenzhen - Vancouver without Tianjin stop
Today (28 January 2019), Hainan Airlines, a private Chinese carrier, is launching a non-stop service between Shenzhen and Vancouver, eliminating the Tianjin stopover of the service it inaugurated in May 2018. The twice weekly B787-9 service is the first non-stop route connecting... plus
Doubling rail shuttle frequency
Multi Modal Rail is stepping up its train frequencies on the Rotterdam - Weil am Rhein (Germany) corridor. From February, the company’s rail shuttle will run twice a week between Weil am Rhein, near Basel in the /Swiss/French/German border triangle and the Dutch port. Multi... plus
Wincanton still responsible for sugar transport in UK
Wincanton has renewed its contract to provide transport services to British Sugar. This will extend the relationship between the two companies to six years. Wincanton will continue to transport products from British Sugar’s sites in Wissington and Newark, and complete daily... plus
TIA enhances HQ staff
The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has appointed three new vice-presidents: Matt Mantione, CAE, to VP of membership, and Chris Burroughs and Will Sehestedt to VPs of government affairs. The trade body, with more than 1,700 members, is a well-known... plus
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The average elephant weighs less than the tongue of the blue whale. plus
Cinq années fortes
Tout était pour le mieux lors de la conférence de presse 2019 que le port de Dunkerque, situé sur la Manche, organise traditionnellement à Lille. Les résultats de 2018 confirment le rétablissement d’un port qui a laissé derrière lui la crise de 2008-2010. plus
Gefco and ONCF conveying new cars for Peugeot
Gefco has delivered the first two rail car transporters to the newly opened PSA plant in Kenitra (Morocco). Another 45 such units will be handed over by the end of 2019. The French car maker, Peugeot, uses the car transporters to convey its new cars by rail from its Kenitra... plus
Screening canines nose around boxes
The recent launch of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) third party canine (3PK9) programme, a variation of the previously established certified cargo screening facility (CCSF) programme, is mentioned in an interview with Brandon Fried, executive director of the US... plus