Laso Transportes in Central Europe 
Effective May 1, 2021, Laos Transportes launched another international subsidiary, Laso Slovenia. Laso Transportes, which was established on 2 May 2007, exactly 14 years before this event, as a result of the merger of two major Portuguese special transport companies, is... more
Renault Trucks appoints Swiss sales director
Martin Hofer assumed his new role as Swiss sales director at Renault Trucks, Switzerland, in Dietikon, on 1 April 2021. His mission is to lead and support the sales team and oversee the network of distributors. He will be responsible for product management based on a clearly... more
Jost launches new social media format online
Jost presents its new social media format JostTruck Stop: As from May 2021, Jost World, a manufacturer and supplier of security related systems for utility vehicles, will publish a new clip every two weeks on the group's social media channels on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The rum drink Grog goes back to the nickname of the British admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), who always wore a grogram overcoat made of camel hair. "Old Grog" ordered rum to be diluted with water in 1740. more
Latam Group’s 30-year strategy
Latam Group, a major aviation operator in Latin America, has launched its ‘sustainability strategy’, which aims for carbon-neutrality, no waste to landfills and the protection of ecosystems in South America. Latam will collaborate with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to develop... more
Jaxport retains stable credit rating
The port of Jacksonville, Florida’s largest container gateway, was pleased that Fitch Ratings recently confirmed the A rating of the port's approximately USD 130 million in outstanding revenue bonds. The credit rating agency issued the port with a ‘stable’ rating outlook.... more
Creating a Korean conversion cluster
More passenger-to-cargo (P2F) aircraft conversion facilities are needed around the world in order to meet the expected rise in demand for widebody freighter aircraft. That is why Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Aviation Group signed a memorandum of agreement with Incheon... more
More block train services to Europe
Ceva Logistics has introduced a new weekly train-ferry service from China to UK. The route's pilot shipment left Xi'an (China) by block train on 18 March 2021, bound for Kaliningrad (Russia), where the cargo was reloaded the same day onto a ferry that arrived in Immingham on 6... more
Pigs in airspace
As China has to import pigs due to losing half of its native population (i.e. approximately 30 % of the world's population) to African swine fever since 2018, 1,030 purebred breeding pigs flew approximately 11,000 km from London STN to Chengdu in a B747-8F last week. The... more
American JAS invests in Hong Kong
JAS Worldwide, a global freight forwarding company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and founded 1978 in Milan, Italy, has acquired Tigers Limited, a freight forwarding and supply chain management company based in Hong Kong. It is a strategic step for JAS, which covers more than... more