New equipment for Antwerp 
Antwerp Container Terminal (ACOT), a member of the SEA-invest Group, has placed an order for two Liebherr ship-to-shore container cranes. The cranes are identical to one already delivered in 2020. SEA-invest is active in 25 ports spread across two continents. In Antwerp,... more
Data converter for customs handling
There is a growing need among companies for solutions to integrate existing excel or CSV data into customs applications in order to better visualise customs processes and avoid double entries. In response to this market demand, the Hamburg-based software company Dakosy has... more
Changes at Aspa
Beth Ann Frisher will join the Alabama State Port Authority (Aspa) senior management team as new chief commercial officer, effective 18 February 2021. Bringing commercial maritime experience at the senior level in both the public and private sectors, Frisher previously... more
Japan–UK by ship and rail in just 42 days
Russian Railways (RZD) and Maersk have launched the first transit container train with cargo from Japan on the Trans-Siberian route. Maersk recently dispatched the first container train loaded with Japanese freight from the Nakhodka-Vostochnaya station along the Trans-Siberian... more
AN-124 carries Thai Dornier aircraft
Ruag MRO International is comprehensively modernising Dornier 228 aircraft for the Royal Thai Navy, which uses them to monitor the exclusive economic zone called the "200-mile zone" of the Gulf of Thailand. Initially, Ruag, which is also the manufacturer (OEM) of... more
Italian shuttle service launched
Shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has introduced the Piacenza Rail Shuttle. The new rail service connects the Italian port of Genoa with the Piacenza logistics hub and is operated in cooperation with the Italian intermodal rail operator GTS. The Piacenza Rail shuttle... more
Three new associate partners
Three cold packaging specialists - Cold Chain Technologies, headquartered in Holliston (MA), Sonoco ThermoSafe, headquartered in Arlington Heights (IL), and Tower Cold Chain Solutions, from Theale (UK) - are joining Pharma.Aero as new associate partners. The new partnership... more
DP World balanced in 2020
Container volumes continued to flow via DP World in 2020. Throughout the first year of the pandemic, DP World handled 71.2 million teu, volumes developed sidewards (+0.2% on a like-for-like basis). This was possible due to a strong performance in Q4/2020, during which the... more
Index dampens hopes of fast comeback
According to the recent Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, 51.5% out of 1,200 industry professionals surveyed don’t expect a full economic and logistics recovery until 2022 to 2024. They see Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa as the last regions to bounce back. It... more
AJW operative in Malpensa
In December 2020, the British AJW Group opened a new 11,000 sqm warehouse in Milan to mainly support Easyjet’s EU operations, having become recently a supply chain solution provider of the airline. The new facility located adjacent to Malpensa airport, Milan, holds inventory... more