Bremenports continues upbeat performance 
Throughput volumes in the Bremen ports rose again in Q3/2021. Container throughput over the first nine months of the year totalled 3.8 million teu, up 10.2% from the same period in 2020. Total throughput at the quays in Bremen and Bremerhaven grew to 52 million t by the end of... more
Duisport reshuffles key positions
The Duisport Group is reassigning various key positions in its subsidiaries: Vanessa Hanhart and Sandra Strohbücker, who already head the group's superstructure and infrastructure management divisions, have been appointed managing directors of Hafen Duisburg-Rheinhausen,... more
Antonov: five-year contract with Salis
Via its agent Antonov Logistics Salis, the Antonov group has been awarded a five-year contract with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)’s support and procurement agency (NSPA) to continue working on its strategic airlift international solution (Salis) programme. ... more
Maersk expands logistics services in Africa
After a long time of cooperation in South Africa and beyond, Grindrod and Maersk are extending their partnership concerning Grindrod Intermodal' logistics services and Ocean Africa Container Lines (OACL)'s maritime operations. Maersk will dominate the newly formed... more
Door Dash's European expansion continues
The world is not enough: food delivery giant Door Dash, which has just inked a USD 8 billion deal to buy Finnish startup Wolt, is widening the door to the European market. Before the deal with Wolt, the group only delivered in USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. The takeover... more
Double promotion at Europa Road
Based at Prologis Park, Europa Worldwide Group’s Birmingham site has promoted two of its 100 employees. Jamie Hedgecox (previously Birmingham branch manager) has become regional manager (central) after being with the company for three years, and Abigail Brooks has been promoted... more
First SP A99 lithium battery shipment
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and a global cargo carrier, has obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for commercial transportation of lithium batteries over 35 kg which are commonly labelled as SP (special provision)... more
Swire Shipping promotes rugby talents
Swire Shipping has inked a two-year sponsorship deal to become the branding and naming rights sponsor to the Fijian Drua, Super Rugby Pacific’s newest professional club. The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua will make its Super Rugby Pacific debut in February 2022. Altogether, this... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) was the first movie to show a toilet flushing. more
Iata appoints chief economist
Marie Owens Thomsen will join the International Air Transport Association (Iata) as its chief economist, effective 4 January 2022. She has served as head of global trends and sustainability at Banque Lombard Odier since 2020. Before that, she was global head of investment... more