German food discounter tests heavy etruck 
The battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros truck is launching a customer trial with food discounter Netto in the greater Hamburg area in Germany. The heavy-duty electric truck does three to four tours every day, often covering distances of more than 100 km. Between tours, the... more
TX Logistik changes terminal near Milan
The operator will be using the Intermodale Milano Segrate terminal on its intermodal link between DUSS terminal Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen Duisburg (Germany) and Milan (Italy) in future. The transhipment facility located east of the Italian metropolis replaces the previous... more
Kombiverkehr expands management
Logistics services provider Kombiverkehr has augmented its leadership team: Alexander Ochs joined fellow executives Armin Riedl (r.) and Robert Breuhahn (l.) at the helm on 4 January 2021. Ochs will take over Breuhahn’s duties at a later date. Breuhahn is expected to leave the... more
Cathay Pacific Cargo lands in Riyadh
Cathay Pacific Cargo has launched a new scheduled freighter service between Hong Kong and Riyadh. Starting yesterday, 5 January 2021, B747-400ERF flights will operate once per week with a stopover in Dubai (DWC) on the return flight to Hong Kong. Before linking the Saudi... more
Accreditation protects supply chains
Davies Turner Ireland (DTI) recently added ISO9001 accreditation as part of its wider campaign to reduce any risk of supply chain disruption following the end of the Brexit transition period. As part of the UK-based Davies Turner Group, the Dublin-based subsidiary has placed... more
Shippers and forwarders query carriers' policy
The associations of European shippers and freight forwarders ESC and Clecat have appealed to the European Commission and criticised the policy currently pursued by liners. In a joint letter to the Competition Directorate of the EC, the associations complained about the... more
Breaking the wave in Californian ports
Due to unprecedented pre-Lunar New Year inbound volumes, a combination of increased consumer spending, holiday shipments and replenishment of warehouse inventories, the US-American ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are experiencing a period of congestion. While the Port of... more
KMT launches new TOS
The Cameroonian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), recently implemented the Logstar Terminal Operating System (TOS) at the Port of Kribi. KMT is a purpose built deep water general cargo facility catering to ro-ro project and heavy lift cargo,... more
Volga-Dnepr brings back capacity
Roughly one month after a landing incident in Siberia, which led Volga-Dnepr Airlines to freeze its entire fleet of AN-124-100 aircraft, the expert in super heavy and outsized air cargo transportation has re-started its commercial operations. Last week, the first plane took off... more
Bhat follows von Boxberg
Ashwin Bhat will take over as member of the executive board in charge of Lufthansa Cargo's product and sales division on 1 March 2021, succeeding Dorothea von Boxberg, who will become chairwoman of the executive board and CEO on the same date. Bhat was born in Mumbai, India... more