Baltic Sea Bridge reaches first milestone 
Since the end of March, Mukran Port Terminals has been operating, in cooperation with DBO Bahnoperator, a fixed sea link, flagged Baltic Sea Bridge, as part of the New Silk Road between Asia and Europe. With the Mukran port and industrial zone and the handling of short sea... more
Argentineans return
Today, 20 August 2020, Aerolíneas Argentinas resumes flights to New York after five months. The second flight scheduled since operations were temporarily suspended in mid-March will take off next Thursday, 27 August. Meanwhile, Aerolíneas Cargo, the freight arm of... more
A&R Logistics acquires L.T. Harnett
A&R Logistics, an American provider of supply chain services for the chemical industry, has taken over L.T. Harnett (LTH), which supplies bulk liquid transportation and logistics services to the chemical industry. Following A&R's acquisition of First Choice Logistics... more
Kerry Apex ranked number one NVOCC
Kerry Logistics has announced that Kerry Apex, its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, was the number one non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) from Asia to the USA from January through July 2020, supported by a well-positioned team in Southeast Asia to capture the export... more
Two networks strengthen their position in UK
UK-based Pall-Ex Group has acquired the Fortec Distribution Network. The network will carry on trading under the name of Fortec Distribution. It will therefore operate as a separate pallet network within the UK but be part of the overall Pall-Ex Group of companies. The two... more
Gruber countering the crisis 
South Tyrol’s Gruber Logistics – together with the entire transport industry – suffered a hefty collapse in spring. The crisis didn’t end its employee identification campaign and further development measures, however. more
Port access gained with rail take-over
Canadian Pacific (CP) has launched its international intermodal service through the port of Saint John, N.B. The inaugural train carried containers from the Hapag-Lloyd vessel Detroit Express bound for intermodal terminals on the CP network in Canada and the USA. The rail... more
POLB's peak in July
The rebound in US container traffic has reached the West Coast. In the Californian Port of Long Beach, the month of July marked the peak of box throughput in the port's 109-year history. Terminals handled more than 753,000 teu, thus breaking a record established in June 2018... more
Triple Seven for ABC, more China for Atran
A B777F joined the Volga-Dnepr Group fleet of 24 Boeing freighters earlier this week. The fuel efficient twin-engine freighter will begin operations with AirBridgeCargo (ABC), a subsidiary of the Volga-Dnepr Group, which is among the world's largest Boeing freighter operators,... more