Goeyvaerts goes for new equipment 
Belgian Goeyvaerts, a family-owned crane rental company, is enhancing its equipment. The company has ordered two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour cranes for its growing rental fleet in ports in the Netherlands and Belgium. The order, booked in July, will be handed... more
Nasmyth Group hires Stuart Fyfe as CFO
Stuart Fyfe has been appointed chief financial officer of Nasmyth Group. For the past six years, he was group financial director for an international company, managing a portfolio of brands in the HVAC sector. Fyfe: “I am delighted to be joining Nasmyth Group as CFO, having... more
Ten years of serving Sofia
Qatar Airways marked a milestone in its history with Bulgaria, celebrating ten years since its first flight between Doha and Sofia on 14 September 2011. In October 2020, flights resumed post-Covid-19, as a tag on service with Bucharest, Romania. From 16 December 2021, flights... more
Cycling to air cargo in Brussels
The Flemish roads and traffic agency will build a new bicycle bridge over the Haachtsesteenweg in Steenokkerzeel from today, 15 September 2021. Lydia Peeters, minister of mobility and public works: "The bicycle bridge that is part of the F214 bicycle highway will... more
Combining two digital worlds
It is a marriage above the clouds. True Commerce, a global provider of cloud-based supply chain and omnichannel solutions, has acquired Di Central, which specialises in B2B and API solutions. This acquisition combines both companies' expertise in automation, digitalisation... more
Vic Karjian interim CEO of Amerijet
Amerijet has named executive chairman Vic Karjian as interim CEO effective 18 September, 2021. He is standing in for Tim Strauss, while the company conducts a search for a new CEO. Karjian was Amerijet’s CEO before Strauss joined the company in August 2020. Strauss is leaving... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Cut roses cannot be fragrant and long-lasting at the same time. more
Another step towards zero-emission locomotives
Wabtec, G&W and the Carnegie Mellon University are partnering to build a more sustainable freight transportation network in North America by 2030. The aim is to power locomotive fleets with alternative energy sources for a zero-emissions freight rail network pilot and... more
Bremerhaven container terminal 50 years old
In mid-September 1971 the ‘Containerkreuz Bremerhaven’ opened - and set a milestone on Bremerhaven's way to becoming Europe's top-ranking ports. Five years earlier, the first container had been unloaded in Germany, in Bremen's overseas port. It quickly became clear that a... more
Looking beyond the crisis
South African Airways is set to return to the skies later in September 2021, with its airfreight division expected to play a pivotal role in the provision of air cargo solutions in South Africa and the region. ITJ correspondent Thola Nzuza looks at the hopes associated with the... more