African carrier launches transpac cargo service 
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has launched Trans-Pacific routes with B777-200F, extending from Seoul Incheon to Atlanta via Anchorage effective 9 November. Ethiopian Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam: "Our new cargo service will cut total air transport time... more
Special truck for innovative cargo
Delivering innovations with customised equipment – this how the most recent activity of Salzmann, a Swiss transport company, could be described. The newest vehicle to join the fleet is a three-axle container chassis of Krone’s box liner eL20 model used to convey 20' containers.... more
For sipping Ricard in Thailand
French label Pernod Ricard has contracted CMA CGM's affiliate Ceva Logistics for five years to take over warehousing and distribution for the company in South East Asia. Pernod Ricard is one of the world’s major alcoholic beverages producers. Under this new contract, Ceva... more
Stress test for supply chains 
With transport chains so long today (for example from China), flexible back-up systems are needed in the background, to deal with unforeseen interruptions. Josef Müller spoke to three Austrian logistics managers to find out how they manage their chains. more
Positive forecast boosts intermodal traffic
Hegelmann is shifting more of its road transports in Europe to the railways. By working with partners specialising in intermodal transport, Hegelmann is able to use standard trailers. With this new approach, Hegelmann intends to reduce its ecological footprint and also take... more
More measures against greenhouse gas
On 17 November, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) approved a draft of amendments to annex VI of the Maripol agreement to further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport in the short term. These new measures, which were discussed at the 75th... more
Selected as vaccine distributor in Turkey
Like in other regions of the world, Phase 3 clinical trials of a further Covid-19 vaccine have recently started in Turkey. Transorient, an international freight management company based in Istanbul, has been chosen as the logistics partner from clearance to country-wide... more
40 airline partners to fight Covid-19
Unicef is looking to recruit some of the airline industry's biggest operators to help distribute a coronavirus vaccine to 92 of the world's poorest nations. Further to Bloomberg, the UN humanitarian relief agency held a call with about 40 carriers to make plans for the global... more
Growing LNG network for trucks in Belgium
LNG-provider Rolande in the Netherlands and the Belgian G&V Energy Group have opened a new LNG filling station in Habay in the Ardennes, Belgium. The new facility is a public 24/7 self-service station with two LNG pumps. With its capacity of 150 vehicles per day it... more
POLB's recovery continues
The Californian Port of Long Beach continues to feel the rebound after Q2/2020. In October this year, the US West Coast Port handled almost 807,000 teu for the first time in its 109-year history. Dockworkers and terminal operators thus broke the “best month” record set in... more