8.8% decline in Rotterdam 
In the first nine months of 2020, the port of Rotterdam, Europe's biggest sea hub, handled 8.8% less volumes and recorded a total of 322.3 million t (353.480 million t in 2019). The volume of containers handled in Rotterdam up to and including Q3/2020 was less affected. It... more
Haropaports acts upon greenhouse gas
Haropaports, the coalition of French ports, has joined the “getting to zero” initiative. The coalition was launched on the occasion of the United Nations climate action summit (September 2019), as part of a partnership between three intergovernmental organisations (the Global... more
A new option for Etihad pharma transports
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi (UAE)-based Etihad Aviation Group, partners with CSafe Global, an US provider of active, passive parcel and cell and gene temperature-controlled container solutions, to introduce its latest container, the CSafe RAP,... more
More international destinations via Pamyra
The logistics platform Pamyra.de has decided to expand its European network for long-haul transports as from 1 November 2020. As from that date, it will also deliver general cargo shipments to Belgium the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland and Czechia. Effective... more
Forwarder invests in Finland-to-Baltics haulier
Greencarrier Freight Services, headquartered in Sweden, is buying road logistics business operations in the Baltics and the CEE countries from Finish VR Group’s subsidiary Transpoint International. In this transaction, Greencarrier Freight Services will assume full ownership of... more
Moving within Maersk
On 1 December 2020, Ingrid Uppelschoten Snelderwaard will take up the role as global COO of Svitzer, reporting to CEO Kasper Friis Nilaus. She will be joining the company from her current position as global head of equipment & VP in Maersk, the company of which Svitzer is... more
No "aloha" for freight from next month
Hawaiian Airlines, which reduced its workforce by nearly 2,500 employees this month when the coronavirus aid, relief and economic security payroll support programme (PSP) expired, will suspend its "‘Ohana by Hawaiian" passenger flights between Honolulu (HNL) and... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Many rainforests are so dense that it takes the rain ten minutes to fall from the treetops to the ground. more
New and old in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough (UK)-based freight logistics specialist AV Dawson has drafted a GBP 10 million three-year masterplan to reshape the company's recently rebranded Port of Middlesbrough facility. The plan includes the construction of a renewable energy plant, a new head office... more
Two newbuilds for Grimaldi
The Neapolitan company Grimaldi recently took delivery of vessels of new series. The "Eco Valencia", the first of twelve hybrid ro-ro ships belonging to the new Grimaldi green 5th generation (GG5G) class and ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard located in... more