Ore export railway opened 
The African SMB-Winning Consortium, Africa, which specialises in bauxite production, has inaugurated a new 125 km railway line in Guinea. Connecting important storage towns between Boké to Boffa with the river port of Dapilon, the new link will now transport ore destined for... more
New player in Ukrainian waters
Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd is opening a new office in Ukraine. Bordering on the northern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the country is the second largest in Europe and lies between the European Union and Russia. The new office will be in the Ukrainian... more
Kenya Airways returns to Milan
After an absence of over 30 years, Kenya Airways returns to Milan today, 30 June 2021. Until 30 September, the East African airline will offer two flights a week between its Nairobi hub and MXP. They will be operated with B787-8, which have almost 125 cbm of underfloor space for... more
New tenant in the north
Germany-based online furniture retailer riess-ambiente.de is relocating its headquarters and warehousing. With the gradual move into the Logistik Park Hamburg Nord (Kaltenkirchen/Nützen), which is part of the Panattoni portfolio, from August 2021, it will finally have approx.... more
Marketing expert for southwest France
Synergy, the rail operator of the Hutchison Ports group Hutchison Logistics, recently appointed marketing expert Alberto Jiménez to its commercial department, in keeping with its commitment to promote integral logistics services on the Bayonne-Noáin-Barcelona axis between France... more
Jumbo swap bodies save time
Germany-based freight forwarder Würfel is investing in jumbo swap bodies that feature a transfer plate for loading cargo into other swap bodies. This means that both jumbo swap bodies of a vehicle can be loaded or unloaded at the same time, using only one gate on the ramp for... more
Jaxport hits the jackpot in May
In May, Jacksonville Port in Florida (USA), aka Jaxport, set a new record for monthly container volumes. Box movements increased by 37% over the same month in 2020, to more than 128,900 teu in May 2021. Previously the record, set in October 2019, had stood at 123,700 teu. In... more
Big Twin freighter gains further interest
Gecas will exercise three options to firm orders with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to convert an additional three of the lessor’s B777-300ER passenger planes to freighters. This brings Gecas' total commitment since the launch of the "Big Twin programme" to 18... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Originally, Nutella was created as a substitute product, because cocoa was very expensive in Italy after the Second World War, while hazelnuts were comparatively cheap. more
Russian shunting locomotive delivered
The Lyudinovo Diesel Locomotive Plant (part of Sinara Group) recently produced and dispatched a TEM9 shunting diesel locomotive to the Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Association (part of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom). The four-axle shunter with... more