Wind propulsion for transatlantic PCTC 
Alfa Laval and Wallenius are forming a new 50/50 joint venture to reduce the marine industry’s carbon footprint and overall emissions. The new unit, Alfa Wall Oceanbird, will focus on the development and realisation of technology for fully wind-powered vessel propulsion.... more
65th birthday
The German-Dutch family-owned company de Beijer Groep is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. De Beijer specialises production, trade and logistics of raw materials. Founded by Wil de Beijer Senior in Arnheim (the Netherlands) in 1956, the company acquired sand and... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
John Daniel was a Gorilla who lived in the English village of Uley like a human being from 1918 to 1921. He drank tea, had his own room and used the toilet. He died of pneumonia in the Madison Square Garden Zoo in New York in 1922. more
175 t giant joins heavy duty fleet
A "world premiere": Austrian company Felbermayr, a specialist for heavy and special transports, recently added a 770 hp Scania 770 S to its fleet, thus relying on the power of the Scania V8 engine to perform the most difficult tasks in the transport industry.... more
Joe Kontuly to lead AIT's truckload division
Illinois (USA)-based global freight forwarding services provider AIT Worldwide Logistics has appointed Joe Kontuly as VP of its wholly-owned subsidiary Summit Expedited Logistics, a specialist in in ground distribution and truckload brokerage solutions. From Summit’s... more
Seven more B737-800SF conversions
Aero Capital Solutions (ACS), based in Austin, TX, with offices in Dublin and Singapore, will be provided by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) with seven additional B737-800SF freighter conversions. This news follows an AEI announcement in January 2021 providing ACS with ten... more
More services between Lower Rhine and Sweden
As from 5 July 2021, railway logistics company TX Logistik (TXL), which belongs to the Italian Mercitalia Group, is increasing the number of its round trips between Kaldenkirchen (Germany) and Malmö (Sweden) from three to five per week. The trains transport mainly trailers... more
First freight train in 20 years
On the UK’s north east coast, the Port of Sunderland and its partners Network Rail and DB Cargo UK have completed the first loading of a commercial cargo train in two decades, following a multi-million pound infrastructure upgrade. The wagons were loaded with steel coil,... more
Geodis builds next bridgehead in Morocco
France-based logistics provider Geodis recently inaugurated a new warehouse in Mohammedia, north of Casablanca, where it is already well-established. The facility will be used to serve a manufacturer of household appliances and telecommunications. The 11,000 sqm warehouse,... more
ANZL's second Australia-LAX cargo service
From tomorrow, 3 July 2021, and initially until 31 October, Air New Zealand weekly cargo flights between Melbourne (MEL) and Los Angeles (LAX) will be taking off after the airline was awarded the route as part of the Australian government's international freight assistance... more