From TC3 to own offices in Morocco 

After focusing on its connections to East Africa in May 2021, Hapag-Lloyd is now enlarging its footprint in Morocco as well. The shipping company currently has three bases in the country: a head office in Casablanca and satellite offices in Tangier and Agadir. In a press... more
Greening the hinterland 

Major carriers’ interest in hinterland transport operations is growing steadily. Besides developing their own logistics potential they also want to improve their modal split and cut their emissions. ONE is banking on Hutchison Port Holdings’ Paris system. more
Indian "medicine from the sky" initiative 

India's Anra Technologies has joined the "medicine from the sky" initiative. This project, spearheaded by the emerging technologies wing of the India government's information technology electronics and communications department, integrates drone technology to deliver... more
Train clears away debris 

In Czechia, CD Cargo has started transporting waste from municipalities in southern Moravia, where a tornado caused great devastation at the end of June. The debris is loaded onto a 24-car train set on each of the sidings of the former Mir mine in Mikulcice near the... more
Wärtsilä consortium to design modular LNG carrier 

The technology group Wärtsilä has lined up a collaborative effort with ABS, a firm that applies multi-physics modelling and simulation at sea, and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS), to develop a concept for a modular LNG carrier (LNGC) that will meet IMO 2050 decarbonisation... more
Echo Logistics is sold 

Echo Global Logistics, founded in 2005, has inked an agreement to be taken over by funds managed by the private equity firm "The Jordan Company" (TJC). The transaction is valued at approximately USD 1.3 billion. Headquartered in Chicago with more than 30 offices in... more
More opportunities for railfreight 

Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) and Japanese combined transport operator Nissin are partnering to develop and enhance railfreight services between Japan, Russia and Europe along the Trans-Siberian route. The companies recently signed an agreement to this effect. To... more
Turkish Cargo: Sputnik-V doses from Serbia 

Turkish Cargo has delivered more than 35,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines produced in Serbia as a donation for African countries, from Belgrade to Tunisia and Lebanon. The vaccines, which were specially packaged and loaded on the aircraft with the Lifo (last in first out)... more
Letmeship picks Thomas Bissels 

Multi-carrier shipping platform Letemeship has hired Thomas Bissels as new country manager Austria. Bissels has spent over 30 years in the logistics industry and held various executive positions at UPS and World Courier and worked as business development manager at Deutsche Post... more
Chinese licence for Ruscon 

Russian logistics operator Ruscon's representative office in Shanghai has received an NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier) licence from the ministry of transport and communication of the People's Republic of China. With this licence, Ruscon, which was founded in 2008,... more