Investments to cut emissions at Felixstowe 
While the COP26 conference is taking place in Glasgow, Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has placed orders for 48 battery-powered terminal tractors and 17 zero-emission remote controlled electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (ReARTGs). The new two-wheel drive tractor units,... more
Loxx appoints Uwe Karrenberg
Uwe Karrenberg was elected managing director of Loxx Lagerlogistik in October 2021. He now shares the leadership of the company with Alexander Brockt. Karrenberg succeeds Nicolai Weber, who had been managing director since 2015. Karrenberg brings extensive experience from... more
Converting four ATSG 767-300 into freighters
Air Transport Services Group, the world’s largest lessor of 767-300 converted freighters, has contracted with Boeing for the conversion of four aircraft to 767-300 Boeing converted freighters (BCF). “Our continued confidence in the 767-300 platform, now coupled with the... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Blue whales eat krill containing half a million calories in one mouthful. These calories are more than 240 times the energy the whale uses to scoop the krill into its mouth. more
Lagermax and Night Star Express join forces
The Lagermax Group, headquartered in Salzburg, and the overnight express service provider Night Star Express will be cooperating from 1 January 2022. Lagermax AED is a subsidiary of the Lagermax Group and was founded in 1991. The company has over 30 branches in Austria and... more
Biodiesel trucks deliver beauty products
Bolloré Logistics Singapore and L'Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific have jointly launched a biofuel solution for local trucking services that will be used to deliver L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific’s beauty products across the country. This development marks a new stage in... more
Substantial investments
Sustainability was at the heart of Grimaldi’s XXIV Euro-Med Convention, held in Valencia. It focused on investment in new technologies for newbuildings as well as vessels already in the fleet, and on intermodal and other strategic measures. According to managing director... more
60 new tractor units to modernise fleet
UK-based Owens Group is to replace 90% of the trucks operating out of its Carrington site in Greater Manchester with 60 Volvo FH 460 Globetrotter tractor units. The new vehicles will be delivered in three batches over the next nine months. The new fleet comes with three... more
International trio for green energy
In a declaration of intent released during COP26 in Glasgow, the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge and the Chilean ministry of energy have announced plans to transport green hydrogen between Chile and Western Europe. The package of measures includes the production of green... more
How bottlenecks impact trades
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the impact of bottlenecks in the maritime supply system from the perspective of vessel delays. Thus, vessel delays from 2016-2019 were compared to delays in excess of that baseline for 2020 and 2021.... more