Geodis and the locus standi 
Locus Robotics will deploy 1,000 Locus Bots to Geodis warehouses around the world. The units will be autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for fulfilment purposes. The distribution will take place over the next 24 months. Geodis currently uses Locus AMRs at 14 sites globally,... plus
Ben Hart named UIPA executive director 
The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) board of directors named Ben Hart as the organisation’s new executive director on Wednesday 24 August 2022. Hart has served as deputy director of the Utah governor’s office of economic opportunity (Go Utah) since March 2017 and was... plus
Strong half year for Koper
In the first six months of 2022, the Slovenian Luka Koper saw an effective throughput of 11.7 million t, an uptick of 13% compared H1/2021. The group was able to increase its turnover by 35% compared to EUR 155.1 million (H1/2021: EUR 114.7 million). Containers continue to... plus
Trucking LNG from Croatia northwards
The energy company Avenir LNG has signed a joint collaboration agreement (JCA) with the Croatian LNG trade company PPD. The partners will initially focus on the sale and distribution of LNG by truck and small-scale LNG vessels from the Krk LNG Terminal (Croatia) to off-grid... plus
Sandales ailées propres
Plus de 1 M. d’envois par chemin de fer. Pour la première fois, Hermes Germany a transporté des envois en trafic international. Jusqu’à 1,3 M. d’envois seront acheminés chaque année entre Magdebourg, à 130 km à l’ouest de Berlin, et Lodz à 130 km à l’ouest de Varsovie sur une... plus
Industrial railway testing new fuel
In Germany, Dortmunder Eisenbahn, a subsidiary of the rail logistics company Captrain, is testing the Clean Diesel fuel developed by the green tech start-up Heion. In the pilot project, 30,000 litres of the fuel will be refuelled in locomotives for the first time worldwide.... plus
Partnering in Pakistan
Daraz, an e-commerce platform, is planning to upgrade two distribution centres in its Pakistan network. Cainiao, the logistics branch of Alibaba Group, will oversee their automation. The distribution centres will be equipped, amongst others, with an innovative automatic assembly... plus
Van Beuningen leaves Port of Hamburg Marketing
Today, 31 August 2022, Bengt van Beuningen (centre), head of communication and information for Port of Hamburg Marketing, is leaving the Port of Hamburg’s public relations organisation as planned. The organisation comprises 280 companies in the port/transport industry,... plus
China's air cargo traffic soon above normal?
The online news portal Xinhua reports that the Chinese civil aviation industry transported 539,000 t of cargo and mail in July 2022, 28.3% more than in April. Liang Nan, director of the transport department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, announced these figures... plus