Two trucks as birthday present 
The UK-based haulage company A.D.D. Express has celebrated its 30th Anniversary. The birthday party also played host to a special unveiling of two new Man trucks, adorned in special gold 30th anniversary liveries. The vehicles will now lead the A.D.D. Express fleet, which... more
A new old oligopoly 
The most important container production centres shifted from South Korea to China as long ago as the 1990s. The sale by Maersk of the reefer specialist MCI to CIMC is nevertheless likely to be a cherry on the cake for the Chinese corporation. Even the appetite of the Danes has... more
20 minutes to refuel a hydrogen truck
The very first refuelling of a hydrogen in Italy: a fuel cell truck produced by South Korean manufacturer Hyundai has been refuelled in Bolzano, the site of the country’s only hydrogen filling station currently in operation. Gruber Logistics was one of the companies present at... more
White smoke in the Port of Trieste
On the Adriatic coast, the Italian Port of Trieste has found a new international partner. The new free port at Bagnoli della Rosandra (FREEeste) is home to a new, multi-year partnership between Interporto di Trieste (Trieste Freight Terminal), the Port System Authority of the... more
Winners of the 52nd AOTOS Award
The United Seamen’s Service 52nd annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award will be presented to David Heindel, secretary-treasurer of the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO and chairman of the international transport workers’ federation’s seafarers’... more
Etihad Rail to transport 60 million t of goods
Ethihad Rail has reached another milestone in the building of its UAE national railway network. The company has completed the construction of package A of stage two, which extends over 139 km, and its connection through Al Ghuwaifat on the border with Saudi Arabia with stage... more
Physical advantage for digital partnership
Maskargo, the cargo business unit of the Malaysia Aviation Group, is now the first carrier in the APAC region to offer its global capacity on the Cargo Ai digital air cargo solution platform. Maskargo Mark Jason Thomas: "We are a dynamic airline with a particularly... more
Seko snaps up Bansard
It is the company's biggest catch so far: Seko Logistics has acquired Paris-headquartered transportation and logistics group Bansard International. The company said in a press release that it "is embarking on the latest stage of its global expansion strategy with the... more
First A321 cargo conversion inducted in China
Luxembourg-based aircraft asset specialist Vallair, launch customer of the A321 freighter conversion, has delivered its third A321 freighter, bearing serial number 1017. This aircraft follows two A321Fs already delivered by Vallair that are presently in operation: MSN 835... more
The other kind of "ship of the desert"
The New Silk Road not only paves international corridors, it also hands out awards. In Kazakhstan, the Austrian Foreign Trade Centre Almaty has presented Gebrüder Weiss (GW) with the Silk Road Biz Award 2021 for completing a major project in which GW transported 35 dredgers from... more