Largest air carrier performs third flight test 
Stratolaunch has completed the third test flight of "Roc", the world’s largest aircraft, with a 117 m wingspan. The aircraft took off exactly ten days ago, on 16 January 2022, at 8.47 h PST and flew for 4 hours, 23 minutes over the Mojave Desert. It reached an altitude... more
E-commerce and Poste Italiane
Poste Italiane is offering a new e-commerce service in partnership with Milkman. "Poste Delivery Now" aims at making it easier to receive the products purchased online on the e-commerce sites that have activated this service. Currently, the service is available in... more
Car maker extends contract with UK haulier
The Volkswagen Group has signed a two-year contract extension with Unipart Logistics to support its UK and Ireland aftermarket supply chain, which is managed by the Tamworth hub. The site services more than 900 retailers and trade partners in UK and Ireland for Volkswagen, Audi,... more
Scrapping of vessels at historic low
The Junio Cargo Analyst Joey Daly has analysed the changes and trends in the shipping industry's demolition market, making use of data of the maritime intelligence provider Vessels Value. It is striking that the need for capacities in the container and bulker markets led to a... more
Armed Forces transporter increases traffic
At Kassel Airport (KSF) in northern Hesse, which usually sees only modest volumes of passenger traffic and does not have any major ambitions in the air freight business, a German Armed Forces A400M is likely to generate unusual activity next Saturday, 29 January 2022, when... more
New charter from Vienna to Chicago
Cargo-partner has added a Vienna-Chicago charter connection to its portfolio. With the tense market situation, many companies have turned to air freight, which in turn is experiencing capacity bottlenecks as freight is increasingly being reallocated from sea to air. Demand... more
Augmenting rail services to Turkey
Cobantur Boltas, a Turkish-German logistics group, is extending its range of intermodal services. The freight forwarder recently despatched its first company intermodal train managed by Kombiverkehr from Munich in Germany to Halkali in Turkey. Traction along the route is... more
Toyota chooses Stuart Reilly
Toyota Material Handling UK (TMHUK) has appointed Stuart Reilly to the position of rental & used director. With more than three decades’ experience of the materials handling industry, Reilly has been with TMHUK for over 20 years, during which time he has held leadership... more
Reaching Manila by barge instead of truck
Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is building up its Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) in the province of Tanza, Philippines. The terminal and port operator recently invested yard and wharf operations with the deployment of additional... more
Heppner swallows Safram
Groupe Heppner is continuing its expansion course following the purchase of Hamacher Logistik, ABC and Dina. Heppner was founded in 1925 in Alsace and specialises in goods transport between France and Germany. It is now taking over the Safram Group, headquartered in western... more