USA's top inter-regional LTL carrier honoured 
Mastio & Company, an independent research agency for the less-than-truckload (LTL) industry, recently honoured Averitt Express for service quality. Results from the 17th annual LTL carrier customer value/loyalty benchmarking survey placed Averitt as the top inter-regional... more
OOCL: high earnings with similar volumes
Chinese liner OOCL, an affiliate of Cosco Shipping since 2018, has released its results for Q4/2021 and the full year 2021. For Q4/2021, revenues rose by 101.4% to USD 4.9 billion compared to the same period in 2020. Nevertheless, liftings declined by 16.9%, loadable... more
Green labelling in Dakar
The El Hadji Malick SY ro-ro terminal in Dakar (Senegal) has been awarded the Green Terminal label following the audit conducted by Bureau Veritas. The audit was based on the eight pillars of the labelling process, which include work processes, building infrastructures that... more
1.7 million t of fertilisers transported
In 2021, the network owned by Russian Railways (RZD) shipped about 65 million t loading volumes of chemical and mineral fertilisers, an increase of 3.6% compared to 2020, and an absolute historical record. In addition, RZD transported more than 1.7 million t of fertilisers... more
Dnata earns double recognition in Belgium
Global air and travel services provider Dnata has been certified by the International Air Transport Association’s (Iata) Centre of Excellence for Independent Vvalidators (Ceiv) for its industry-leading pharma and live animal handling processes at its cargo facilities and the... more
MAPNY/NJ chooses Stephen Lyman
The Maritime Association of the Port of New York/ New Jersey has appointed Stephen Lyman as executive director. Lyman most recently was commercial associate director at the Journal of Commerce. Before that, he served as the Port Newark associate director of the New... more
Wonderful period for Walker Logistics
Family-owned UK third-party logistics provider Walker Logistics witnessed a particularly impressive throughput increase in November and December last year. In these months, which included the online sales event Black Friday and Christmas, the online fulfilment company saw a... more
Next Finnlines link to start on 1 February 
At the beginning of February 2022, Finnlines will put the ro-pax "Finnfellow" into operation on its Travemünde–Malmö route in the Baltic Sea. This will increase the number of departures up to four direct connections per day from Germany to Sweden and vice versa (up to... more
"Curiosity of the Day"
William Moulton Marston (1893-1947) invented both the superheroine Wonder Woman and a lie detector. more
GlobalX picks Roberto Held
Global Crossing Airlines Group (“GlobalX”) appointed Roberto Held as a strategic advisor to lead several initiatives in the Andean Region, specifically the launching of cargo operations. Held assumes his new role with over 23 years of experience in varied industries,... more