Maersk opens warehouse in Cape Town 
A.P. Moller – Maersk has inaugurated its first warehousing and distribution facility in Cape Town in South Africa. The hub will offer easy connectivity to rail, road, air and port infrastructure and serve as an important link in integrated logistics solutions. The new... plus
Shifting more goods to rail
Oman and Etihad Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Brazilian mining company Vale, to explore the use of rail to transport iron ore and its derivatives between Oman and UAE. The train will run between Vale’s industrial complex in Sohar Port and... plus
CBP and FDA seize Apetamin worth USD 688,000
US Customs and Border Protection officers and US Food and Drug Administration consumer safety officers seized over 25,000 bottles of Apetamin, an appetite-stimulating and potentially harmful weight-gain supplement popularised on social media, on 28 April 2023, after it arrived... plus
Three new faces on BVL’s board
On 9 May 2023, around 120 BVL members met for the annual general meeting at the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich. More than 60 other members had transferred their votes to those present in Munich and some of them took part at the meeting online. The main item on the... plus
Three Canadian ports take up net-zero challenge
After Canada’s federal minister of environment and climate change issued the net-zero challenge in August 2022, the ports of Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières began to join forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of maritime transport on the St. Lawrence River corridor.... plus
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Humanity weighs approximately 287 million t, of which 15 million t are attributable to overweight people and 3.5 million t to obese people. plus
Agility's acquisitions pay off in Q1/2023
Kuwait-based Agility ended Q1/2023 with earnings of KWD 15.3 million (EUR 45.7 million), an increase of 20% over the same period in 2022. Agility’s ebitda increased 78.1% to KWD 60.4 million (EUR 180.5 million) and revenue grew 142.7% to KWD 320.5 million (EUR 958 million).... plus
Winning new business and expanding fleet
UK-based container logistics specialist MBBA in UK has expanded its trailer fleet and invested in 13 new skeletal trailers from Krone. The new equipment is to replace older units but also to help winning new and improved contracts from the company’s client base. Some of the... plus
Et maintenant, le bois
Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Gesellschaft (SETG) et ses wagons porte-grumes. Comme prévu, le Sflexwood (cf. ITJ 01-04-/2023, page 22) était prêt pour le chargement le 15 mars. Les wagons de la première rame ont également été fabriqués, homologués et livrés ponctuellement par... plus
Beyond (east of) Munich: Japanese buy Cargo-Partner
The deal was signed on 12 May 2023: Japanese stock-listed Nippon Express Holdings (NX), which is also the parent company of Nippon Express, APC, Franco Vago and others, reached an agreement with the Austrian Cargo-Partner Group Holding and its subsidiaries Multi Transport und... plus