280 fresh units to improve rail-road transports 
Ambrogio Intermodal continues to invest in new intermodal equipment, to assure flexible and efficient transportation services. For this new order, Ambrogio decided to cooperate again with the German manufacturer Kässbohrer, its long-standing partner since 1991. The order... more
1 container – 22,176 bottles of wine 
Transporting wine is an increasingly lucrative niche in the logistics industry. The liquid cargo has to be handled with the utmost of care, however, and transport firms also need a minimum of knowledge about wine, to ensure the goods aren’t damaged by temperature fluctuations. more
European rail carriers support DAC
A coalition of more than a dozen railfreight companies and several European rail associations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote digital automatic coupling (DAC) across Europe. With this sector initiative, Rail Freight Forward (RFF) fully supports the... more
Abreu implements Traxon cargohub
Abreu has implemented Champ’s Traxon cargohub for its digital data exchange. Abreu Carga is a large transport company in Portugal and operates air, land and ocean freight services in Portugal, the Azores and Angola. By improving data quality and completeness in the supply... more
Big Brown lands in Vietnam
UPS made its inaugural flights into Vietnam last week to cater to the country's growing import and export demands. Since 15 September, a new B767F service into HCMC begins and ends in Shenzhen, China, home to UPS’s largest facility in Asia. It operates four days a week and... more
Athenian Holdings hires Jens Martin Jensen
Athenian Holdings has elected Jens Martin Jensen as its CEO. Jensen previously held high profile positions, as CEO at Frontline Management and Premuda Spa, as well as senior executive roles at New Fortress Energy, Maersk/A.P. Moller group, Pillarstone Europe and Island... more
Eight gas trucks expand UK fleet
Kuehne + Nagel in UK has put eight new Volvo FH Globetrotter LNG (liquified natural gas) tractor units into 24/7 operation on two major contracts with Whitbread and Costa. Their arrival marks the first Volvos to enter service in Kuehne + Nagel’s UK fleet. The new trucks will... more
Government funds for works at SCPA
The South Carolina Ports Authority has been granted almost USD 22 million from the USA's department of transportation for the refurbishment of a current facility. As part of its “Better utilising investment to leverage development (BUILD)” programme, the Trump administration... more
WFS gains Lufthansa and Swiss in Johannesburg
Worldwide Flight Services has expanded its operation in Johannesburg to accommodate new contracts with Lufthansa and Swiss Worldcargo. The global cargo handling company expects to process some 23,000 t of freight per year for the two airlines, which have both signed three-year... more
Finnlines' second new ro-ro unit underway
The next steps in the production of Finnlines’ second new hybrid ro-ro vessel have begun at the Chinese Nanjing Jinling shipyard. The first steel plate was cut in the traditional steel cutting ceremony in mid-September 2020. The liner’s ongoing EUR 500 million newbuilding... more