Is reefer cargo going to take the lead? 
The London-based maritime consultancy considers that seaborne perishable cargo will weather the Covid-19 induced economic storm better than the dry cargo trade. Worldwide seaborne reefer trade recorded growth of just 1.7% in 2019 to 130.5 million t, its weakest rate of growth... more
Tosca has acquires Contraload
Tosca, a provider of reusable packaging and supply chain solutions, has finalised the acquisition of Contraload NV, a company that specialises in plastic pallet pooling services in the United Kingdom and European Union. The takeover enables Tosca to service supply chains end... more
Unbeatable exporters 
The interest group IG Air Cargo Switzerland celebrated its 10th anniversary in the Swiss Museum of Transport on 26 August – four months later than planned. It also presented the University of St Gallen’s second airfreight logistics study – ten years after the first one. more
Enhancing hinterland links in Germany
From 1 September 2020, Metrans will launch a joint intermodal product in cooperation with Gut Gernsheim to strengthen hinterland transport services between the northern German ports of Hamburg & Bremerhaven and Gernsheim, which is situated right on the Rhine in Hessen.... more
The dirty dozen and the Port of Hamburg
Like other ports of the Northern Europe range, the Port of Hamburg's first six months of the year were hit by the impact of the corona crisis. Total seaborne cargoes were at 61.2 million t, down by 12%. In the container handling segment, the throughput of 4.1 million teu... more
Global Ports' uneasy H1/2020
The Russian container terminal operator Global Ports has reported its figures for the first six months of 2020. Its total consolidated marine container throughput went up 8.4% year-on-year to 774,000 teu, whereas there was a 2.4% year-on-year decline in the Russian container... more
New train links Southampton and Derby
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has started a new intermodal service in UK from the rail terminal operated by Solent Stevedores at the port of Southampton to East Midlands Gateway, Derby. This will be its fourth daily service from one of the UK’s leading deep-sea container ports and will... more
Pigs can fly after all
The Chinese pig and pork production industry had been slowly recovering from the 2019 African swine fever, but then outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic caused another blow to the industry. As life is slowly returning to a "new normal" in China, the requirement and... more
Promotion for Uday Sharma
Spoton Logistics has elected Uday Sharma to the position of COO. In his earlier role as director of sales at Spoton, Sharma is credited with driving the company's above industry average growth and profitability and successful foray into high-value market segments including... more
Buyers Products expands warehouse capacity
Buyers Products, a manufacturer in the work truck equipment industry, is doubling the size of its distribution centre and corporate headquarters in Mentor, Ohio (USA) to accommodate the company’s growing business needs. The expansion includes 26,000 sqm of 20 m-high... more