US railway invests in green railcars 
U.S. Steel, Norfolk Southern Railways and Greenbrier are jointly building a new, more sustainable steel gondola railcar. Using an innovative formula for high-strength, lighter-weight steel developed by U. S. Steel, each gondola's unloaded weight is reduced by more than 6 t.... more
Maiden flight for world’s first A320P2F
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, has completed the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. The flight took place at ST’s facilities in Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore and follows the conversion... more
Gist expands senior leadership
Logistics specialist Gist has further strengthened its senior leadership team with two more executive appointments: Tim Kerwood (right) takes up the role of chief information officer (CIO) and will lead the company’s IT and business solutions teams, while developing and... more
MOL integrates part of its maritime business
Japanese liner MOL recently passed a resolution to establish the new company MOL Drybulk - as the merger of its small- and medium- sized bulk carrier business, wood chip carrier business and Panamax business (excluding services for steel manufacturers and domestic electric power... more
A partnership in Egypt extended
Alberto Musso, the president of the Tarros Group, recently visited the group’s Med Egypt new Egyptian headquarters. Since April 2018, Med Egypt has been Tarros’ official local agent in Egypt. The main office is located in Alexandria, with branch offices in Cairo and Port... more
Speeding up decarbonisation
The decarbonisation of Fortescue Metals Group’s locomotive fleet in Australia is ramping up with the arrival of two locomotives at Fortescue Future Industries’ (FFI) research and development facility in Hazelmere, Perth. The two four-stroke locomotives join the first... more
Caribbean Airlines Cargo signs with Champ
Caribbean Airlines Cargo has signed for Champ’s suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) which include services for booking and pricing to be used in tandem with Champ’s flagship SaaS-based Cargospot solution. APIs empower digital collaboration by allowing businesses... more
FM Logistic picks Nicolas Chéné
FM Logistic has appointed Nicolas Chéné as group business solution transport director to lead the company’s transport division. Born in 1973, Chéné has spent his entire career in the international transport and logistics industry. Prior to joining FM Logistic, he was head of... more
Another concept for ammonia as shipping fuel
Japanese liner K Line and Shin Kurushima Dock have joint AIP for the concept design of an ammonia fuelled car carrier from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK). As ammonia fuel does not emit carbon dioxide (CO2) during combustion, it is attracting attention as a next-generation... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Iceland grows 2 cm wider every year as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on which the island is located, expands. more