Another UAV option for the middle mile 
Airflow, an aerial logistics company found by five former Airbus Vahana team members earlier this month in San Francisco, is developing the first electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft designed for middle-mile logistics. The need for rapid middle-mile logistics... more
Sievert Logistik wins contract from steel plant
Sievert Logistik has won a new customer in the Kehl (Germany)-based steel factory Badische Stahlwerke. The factory has awarded the logistics specialist with a major contract. With an initial duration of one year, the contract involves the delivery and waste management of raw... more
Back to the future in Alaska
Alaska Air Cargo recently launched service to two new markets in Alaska, Cold Bay and Unalakleet, where the carrier touched down for the first time in 45 years with its B737-700F. Alaska Airlines served this hub of activity for many surrounding villages from the 1950s with DC-3,... more
Jose Costas elected aircraft sales VP
Continuing the development of the senior leadership team, DRA and sister company 328 Support Services have appointed Jose Costas as the company’s vice-president of aircraft sales. Leveraging his significant aviation industry experience, Costas is responsible for all aircraft... more
Laurels for the Porto do Açu
The Porto do Açu, located half-way between Rio de Janeiro and Vitoria on the Brazilian coastline, has won the world ports sustainability award from the international association of ports and harbours (IAPH´s world ports sustainability award). The award recognises on a global... more
Alsace Rotterdam Express augments services
With certain business sectors picking up again after the Covid-19 measures, the Alsace Rotterdam Express has added a second stop at the RWG terminal on the Dutch Maasvlakte to its schedule. “Particularly the flows in consumer products are growing,” explains Maik Bastian,... more
Dematic installs autostore facility in Switzerland
Dematic will implement an autostore automation system for Swiss tool manufacturer Applitec Moutier. The developer and producer of high-end cutting tools has contracted Dematic to automate a new building at its central warehouse in Moutier (canton Bern). In future, storage... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
There are no permanent rivers in the whole of Saudi Arabia. The many river beds are dried up most of the time. more
Rail link to Murmansk resumed
Train traffic to Murmansk in Russia has restarted after an interruption caused by the collapse of the only railway bridge across Kola River almost four weeks ago. The new 5.7 km long bypass was built in 18 days. More than 250 machines and more than 1,000 workers were involved in... more
Air New Zealand back in Japan and China
From today, 25 June 2020, Air New Zealand is operating the Auckland-Tokyo NRT route again, initially on a one return service basis per week, which had been interrupted on 30 March. Pre-Covid-19, the carrier operated up to 10 services per week on Auckland-Narita. Suspended... more