EVA Cargo to add another Boeing 777 freighter 
EVA Air’s board of directors has authorised the purchase of one more Boeing 777 freighter that is expected to be delivered by the end of 2023. EVA now owns eight of these dedicated freighters and has contracted with Israel Aerospace Industry Corporation (IAI) to convert... more
Logistics for an African pipeline
The decision-makers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project have chosen their main logistics contractor services (MLC). The contract goes to Bolloré Logistics after an extensive and detailed tendering process. The Eacop project will construct a 1,443 km buried... more
More funds for Manila's growth
The holding International Container Terminal Services attaches a great deal of importance to the IT technology and digitisation of its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). Amongst others, the roll-out of 5G at the terminal was employed to automatically... more
Improved efficiency and near-zero emissions
Research shows that for the first time, more than half of all diesel commercial vehicles on the road in USA are advanced diesel technology models. The data, which was presented by the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF), calculates the number of 2010+ model year diesel trucks... more
Challenge Group joins Air Charter Association
Open to both passenger and cargo transport, the Air Charter Association, established in 1949 and based in London, has seen its number of cargo providers increase due to several factors, starting with the pandemic and the geopolitical situation. As its latest member,... more
Kick-off at the tip of the boot
Jonica Airways Cargo, a project that was initiated less than a year ago by Salvatore Veltri, an entrepreneur from Crotone, Calabria, who is active in the fruit and vegetable trade (see ITJ 05-08/2022, p. 18), is moving ahead. After obtaining all the necessary permits and... more
SBB Cargo: Franz Steiger takes the helm
SBB's chief financial officer Franz Steiger took over as chairman of the board of directors of SBB Cargo on 27 April 2022. He joined the board a year ago. Steiger succeeds Eric Grob, who retains his seat on the board. SBB Cargo’s task is to square economic viability with... more
Hydrogen is the new drug
In cooperation with exporting countries from all over the world and with the help of the cluster of companies located at the port, the Dutch port of Rotterdam claims that it will be able to supply Northwest Europe with 4.6 million t of hydrogen annually by 2030. This amount... more
Ten years in Vietnam
It’s a double ten. Gebüder Weiss has opened branches in ten different countries in East Asia to date, and it is also celebrating its tenth anniversary in Vietnam this year. The logistics provider runs two offices in the country, one in the economic hub Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)... more
Expanded hinterland rail service
Metrans is strengthening its connections between German ports and Berlin and Gernsheim. The HHLA intermodal affiliate is also linking its network with a service provided by GUT (Gernsheimer Umschlags- und Terminalbetriebsgesellschaft) between Gernsheim and Rotterdam / Antwerp... more