Ship managers call for changes to IMO net-zero framework 
InterManager reports that it has submitted a proposal to the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83), urging revisions to the net-zero framework. The association argues that the proposed draught of ‘Marpol Annex VI’ incorrectly assigns responsibility for... more
Panattoni completes logistics facility in Aylesford
Panattoni recently completed a 621,000 sqft built-to-suit facility in its ‘Panattoni Park Aylesford’, now occupied by Tesco. Designed in collaboration with the retailer, the site includes a 300,000 sqft chilled section, a 100,000 sqft freezer area and charging infrastructure for... more
Emirates SkyCargo – more dynamic and flowing design
Emirates SkyCargo has unveiled the first freighter featuring the airline’s refreshed livery, which was introduced in March 2023. The Boeing B777 freighter A6-EFV, delivered without livery in July 2024, has now emerged from Emirates Engineering’s paint shop with the airline’s... more
Champ Cargosystems’ hackers are the champs
Champ Cargosystems was the winner of the ‘Jettainer ULD Challenge’ at this year’s ‘Iata One Record Hackathon’. Champ’s ‘United Lethal Developers’ (ULDs) competed against nine teams and impressed the jury with an innovative app called ‘Luna’, an AI-powered solution for... more
Bifa’s Steve Parker to address cargo insurance conference...
Steve Parker (pictured), the director general of the British International Freight Association (Bifa), will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Cargo Insurance London conference on 20 March, three weeks from today. He’ll be joined by Marcus Baker, global head of marine,... more
Ports of Indiana appoints Parrott as COO
Ports of Indiana has named David Parrott as its new chief operating officer. Parrott is a maritime industry veteran with 30 years of experience who’s held leadership roles at Liberty Terminals, Metro Ports, Schneider Logistics and Wallenius Wilhelmsen. He last served as... more
780,000 truck shipments shifted by rail
The German intermodal operator Kombiverkehr recorded a slight decline in shipments last year, on account of the ongoing economic downturn and various line closures. In 2024 the CT operator transported around 780,000 containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers, or around... more
Norsepower and Syroco form AI alliance
Norsepower has reported that it has entered into a partnership with the climate-tech start-up Syroco, to optimise wind propulsion efficiency on merchant vessels. The collaboration integrates Norsepower rotor sails with Syroco’s AI-driven digital twin technology, with... more
LIT launches express subsidiary
The L.I.T. Group has responded to rising demand in the logistics industry and launched a new affiliate, called L.I.T. Speed. The entity is based in Troisdorf, near Cologne/Bonn airport, and specialises in time-sensitive logistics solutions for a number of specialised... more
Waterways open again 
Navigation on the Elbe and Moselle rivers. Inland shipping on the river Elbe resumed partially on 3 February, having been severely impaired by the collapse of bits of the Carola Bridge in Dresden last year. The repaired Müden lock on the Moselle, in turn, has been reopened to... more