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Women at sea face gender discrimination 
Sophia Onken, partner and clinical psychologist at Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS), which provides professional mental health support and guidance in the maritime sector, expressed her commitment during the ‘Wellbeing For Women In Shipping’ webinar on 14 May 2021. ... more
Green growth in the fleet
Grocer SPAR Switzerland has added a hydrogen-electric truck to its fleet. The 36 t Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell truck has been tailored to fit the customer's requirements and will facilitate long-distance, emission-free food deliveries on the Central Switzerland route. P rogress... more
Groundbreaking for site in Scarborough
In Great Britain, the Scarborough Group International (SGI) has started works for the construction of an office building at Thorpe Park Leeds. The 41,000 sqm building, which is pre-let to the credit management company Lowell, has a gross development value of GBP 52 million (EUR... more
US patent for routing forecast tool
Athens & London-based Signal Group's forecasting algorithm "Carrier path prediction based on dynamic input data", has been awarded a US patent. The software tool is based on artificial-intelligence (AI). The algorithm, which has drawn inspiration from the field... more
Lift trailers easily
Most brilliant ideas are simple. The German rail logistician VTG, for example, has developed a solution, together with the logistics provider Vega International, which makes non-craneable semi-trailers craneable (see also ITJ Daily of 10 February 2021). VTG Rail Europe’s Marc... more
London gateway hub to be storage facility
Swain Group in UK will have access to DP World’s London Gateway freight and logistics hub from now on. Under a recently signed three years contract, the British haulier will use the quayside site for the temporary storage of imported construction materials such as stone and... more
Two intermodal lanes launched
Cargobeamer is expanding its route network. As from June 2021, the Leipzig (Germany)-based logistics service provider will add new intermodal rail services between Duisburg (Germany) and Poznan (Poland) and between Calais and Perpignan (France). Three roundtrips per week are... more
A large-scale global marriage
Scan Global Logistics (SGL) and Trans Group are closing ranks and combining their operations under one brand, Scan Global Logistics. The decision concerning the merger of the American Trans Group and the SGL Group, which were sold jointly to the US private equity firm AEA... more
Tanger Med's TC3 exploits full capacity
Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med in Morocco has enhanced its equipment. The terminal has just received the final two of eight Liebherr ship to shore container cranes. They entered service in April 2021 and bring the operational capacity of the new terminal -... more