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The French group Bolloré Logistics has run a big audit and obtained an extension on its multi-site certification that comprises all the standards relating to workplace safety (ISO 45001:2018), quality management (ISO 9001:2015) and the environment (ISO 14001:2015). More than... more
321 Precision tackles two more A321-200PCF
Greenwich Highland Aviation is the latest A321-200PCF customer to contract 321 Precision Conversions. The US Airline has initially pledged two aircraft, msn 1438 and 1953, which will induct in early 2022 at Haeco Americas in Lake City, FL. The pair of A321-200PCFs will be leased... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In the episode ‘Elementary School Musical,’ which first aired in 2010, Bart Simpson’s friend Milhouse correctly predicted that Bengt Holmström would win the 2016 Nobel Prize for economics. more
Jürgen Erdt joins ITG Group
The ITG Group recently opened a new air & sea office in Atlanta (USA), which will be headed by Bryant Goss as regional manager southeast. Guido Voss, who helped establish ITG's US branch in 1994, will continue to serve as president of ITG International Transports. ITG... more
Boluda in action for Canary islands
The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma keeps taking its toll. Now, Boluda Shipping, the international transport and logistics division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, supported a plan organised by the government of the Canary Islands, the ministry for... more
Trial started at service station in Austria
LTE (Logistics & Transport Europe) has just celebrated its 20th anniversary. The company started with cement transports from Marchegg to Waldmühle in Austria - at that time still under the license of its mother company GKB, the Graz-Köflacher Bahn and Busbetrieb. Today,... more
Technology is trumps
The outbreak of Covid-19 has increased demand for vaccines. Thus airports in India, one of the leading pharmaceuticals producers in the world, are modernising their corresponding infrastructure. ITJ correspondent Manik Mehta spoke to the cargo manager of one ambitious player.The... more
New terminal for trans-Eurasian railfreight
The “East-West” centre in Chernyakhovsk in the Russian Kaliningrad region is now open. The new rail terminal can manage 450,000 standard containers (teu) a year and will transfer the containers from wide-gauge (1,520 mm) tracks onto narrower European gauge (1,435 mm) tracks.... more
Partners charter AN-124 for Dubai Expo 2020
Russian Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Albion Aviation Group, based in Sharjah and London, found an effective solution for the transport of dedicated equipment for the Dubai Expo 2020 which opened a week ago. The cargo, weighing over 20 t and measuring 418 cbm in total consisted of... more
When the chemistry in Chennai is right
Rhenus' Indian affiliate has opened a new chemical multi-user warehouse in Chennai, close to the Bay of Bengal. The facility will serve as the company's central distribution hub for chemical customers in southern India. The PCB (pollution control board)-approved warehouse... more