Pharma.Aero welcomes new members 
Pharma.Aero, a Brussels-based non-profit organisation which aims to provide reliable end-to-air transportation for life science and medtech shippers by fostering collaboration between CEIV certified airport communities, is enlarging its membership by collaborating with three new... more
Grab the airport
Digitalisation has many faces. Grab, the airport e-commerce platform, recently transacted its five millionth order. The order was placed in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) using the American Airlines app. Grab provides contactless order and payment services in... more
Valenciaport feels the breeze
Valenciaport is also feeling the breeze of a post-pandemic wave at this stage. The Spanish port posted a record handling of more than of 508,000 containers in October 2020. In this month, the threshold of half million containers processed was exceeded for the second time, since... more
250 cool liners to transport flowers
The Spanish transport company ESP Solutions has ordered 250 refrigerated semitrailers from Krone, bringing its fleet up to around 700 trailers, including 600 Krone cool liners. The average age of the vehicles in the fleet is two years. The new Krone cool liners are... more
New service between Milan and the USA
A new large capacity freight service linking Milan-Malpensa (MXP) and Cincinnati was launched last week. From Tuesdays to Saturdays, an A330-200F of DHL offers around 15 t of freight capacity per roundtrip, used, amongst others, to transport goods "made in Italy".... more
In memoriam – Günther Adami
Günther Adami, founder of the Swiss company Tisa, had a heart attack on 2 November 2020, and after losing consciousness, died on 13 November. He was born 20 April 1947 in Bregenz (Austria). After attending business school, Adami began an apprenticeship in the Delacher... more
Trucks return to Scandlines
Ferry operator Scandlines continues its regular service on both routes between Germany and Denmark and is now again transporting more than 10,000 freight units per week on the Puttgarden-Rødby route. “With 10,056 trucks in calendar week 43 and 10,282 in calendar week 45 we... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Sloths in captivity sleep up sixteen hours per day - six more hours than their counterparts living in the wild. more
Customs infractions even at smaller US airport
During the month of October, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Rochester Airport (ROC) port of entry targeted multiple shipments that totalled 193 seizures of items that were intellectual property rights (IPR), food and drug administration (FDA) violations... more
Harder Logistics builds in Neu-Ulm
Project logistics specialist Harder Logistics has held the ground breaking ceremony for its new facility in the Riffelbank industrial park in Neu-Ulm (Germany). The company sealed the purchase of the plot a month ago. The investment totals around EUR 7 million, including... more