LNG for three PCTC
As previously reported (see ITJ Daily of 22 June), European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, will build three LNG battery hybrid powered generation PCTC with China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group.... more
A crucial step for road haulage
The electronic freight transport information (eFTI) regulation has been approved by the EU and will enter into force in August 2024. It establishes a legal framework for road, rail, maritime and air transport operators to share information with enforcement authorities in an... more
JD Logistics launches warehouse in Langfang
JD Logistics has inaugurated a new warehouse in Langfang, Hebei province, near Beijing, equipped with the first automated storage and retrieval system for bulky items in Asia’s e-commerce industry. It is expected to greatly improve efficiency in handling items including air... more
Zeitfracht moves to Erfurt
Logistics services provider Zeitfracht intends to relocate its entire logistics business from Berlin to Erfurt (Thuringia, Germany), as Zeitfracht's CEO Wolfram Simon-Schröter announced when Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia's minister of economic affairs, visited the company's... more
APM strikes in Aarhus
The Aarhus Logistics Centre (ALC) is selling its container terminal in Aarhus to neighbouring APM Terminals Operations and transferring its port areas with effect from 1 September 2020. The terminal was established by ALC in the spring of 2017. Due to limitations regarding... more
Air cargo cooperation in good health
SAS Cargo has signed an agreement with Novo Nordisk to secure capacity to transport life-saving medicines during these highly challenging and unpredictable times. The relationship between the Scandinavian airline and the global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and... more
Green light to test Ceneri base tunnel
The Swiss federal office for transport (FOT) has given its approval for the Swiss railways SBB to start trial runs in the new 15.4 km Ceneri base tunnel. The trials will be conducted with commercial freight and passenger trains from September to December 2020. They form the... more
Agility reports a 61.3% decrease in net profit in H1
Agility reported first-half net profit of KWD 16.2 million (EUR 44.5 million), a decrease of 61.3% over the same period in 2019. Ebitda declined by 20.1% to KWD 75.8 million (EUR 208.6 million), and revenue declined 1.3% to KWD 765.1 million (EUR 2.105 billion). Tarek... more
STG Logistics' CEO joins Roadrunner's board of directors
Roadrunner Transportation Systems recently closed three transactions completing its divestiture of all truckload segment businesses. This includes the sale of Rich Logistics and Integrated Services to an undisclosed strategic buyer, as well as the sale of Roadrunner... more