Kale counters congestion 
Truck congestion is a big problem behind the scenes at some major US airports. The coronavirus forced big industry changes that have exacerbated existing inefficiencies due to poor coordination and infrastructure. In order to avert truck congestion in airports across North... more
Logistikcluster Basel's new strategy
The Logistikcluster Region Basel – an initiative of the Basel chamber of commerce – has secured funding for the next three years. With a new strategy until 2023 and a new sponsor on board, the cluster aims to further strengthen Basel’s logistics hub with a main focus on... more
Imperial turns the page
Imperial has published its results for the half-year ending 31 December 2020. While revenues increased by 15% to ZAR 26.4 billion (USD 1.76 billion) compared to same period a year before, ebitda went down by 2% to ZAR 2.5 billion (USD 170 million) and operating profit by 18% to... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
On Mondays, e-mails have more mistakes than on any other weekday. more
Embleton leaves cargo business - who's next?
Lynne Embleton has been appointed chief executive of Aer Lingus, effective 6 April 2021. She replaces Donal Moriarty, who has been interim chief executive since October 2020 and who will return to his role as the airline’s chief corporate affairs officer. Embleton has been... more
First LNG stations in Germany
Rolande is expanding its LNG network in Lübeck. The 24/7 self-service fuelling facility is situated at the IDS-Q8 station on the A1 motorway and is the first LNG station in Germany to be opened in cooperation with the European fuel card provider and fuel producer IDS. With... more
Turnaround in sight?
The Shanghai Export Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) and its fellow indices have faced competition from the Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) since 2018. The port of Valencia did well with exports to the Middle East, North Africa and the Far East of late. more
More regular stops in Dourges
Transfesa Logistics has a new international rail connection in Dourges, south of Lille (France). The service began in mid-2020, with a weekly stop, in both directions, to unload containers that come from Spain. The frequency has increased and currently stops there between two... more
First Flexi-Train in Russia in operation
Russian Trans Container and divisions of Russian Railways (RZD) at Kuibyshevskaya railway arranged a train for a geared-up transportation of mineral and rape oils in flexitanks from the Republic of Tatarstan to Novorossiysk port for further dispatch to Turkey, Israel and China.... more
20,000 pharma consignments within two years
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group and Iberia, is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its pharmaceutical centre in Madrid, which is dedicated to its "constant climate" product for transporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical goods.... more