Digital Seaport Solutions for maritime trade 
Fundación Valenciaport, Infoport Valencia and Híades Consulting have jointly launched Seaport (Ship Efficient Approach at Port) Solutions. Its aim is to improve the efficiency of ship calls in ports through shared digital information. Seaport Solutions' offers the solution... more
ASG member adds charter and OBC capabilities
Chapman Freeborn, a global aircraft charter specialist and company of the Cyprus-headquartered Avia Solutions Group (ASG), has signed an agreement to acquire Arcus Air Logistics and Arcus Air OBC from the Arcus Air Group. Offering ad-hoc air cargo charter and on board... more
UWC completes delivery of box cars to Kuchukterminal
United Wagon Company (UWC) has shipped 100 box cars manufactured in Tikhvin, Russia, to the fleet of Kuchukterminal, which is part of the network run by logistic group LTB. Taking the latest delivery into account, Kuchukterminal now operates a total 220 box cars mounted on 25-t... more
ESR develops last-mile facility in Incheon
ESR has signed the agreement on a development joint venture named ESR-KS II with APG and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. ESR-KS II will be seeded initially with a prime land site situated in Incheon City, on which a large-scale, multi-tenant facility with a gross floor... more
Matteo Gentili named chairman designate of Ucima
Following consultations with member companies, the designation committee of Ucima (Italian automatic packaging machinery manufacturers’ union) has opted for an arrangement in which two business leaders will take turns as chairman during the four-year period of 2020-2024.... more
UECC's next hybrid newbuild on the horizon
The building of UECC's second LNG Battery Hybrid powered pure car truck carrier (PCTC) is underway. The steel cutting ceremony took place recently at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. Due to the current Covid-19 crisis, the traditional event was less enthusiastic than usually.... more
60 million truck kilometres covered in three months
Russian FTL trucking company Globaltruck operated a total of 1,366 trucks in Q1/2020, 3.2% down from the same period last year. The total distance covered by trucks increased by 1.1% and reached 61.2 million km versus 60.5 million km in Q1/2019. Average monthly distance per... more
Cargo link between Northwest and Northeast
Pittsburgh airport (PIT) in Pennsylvania is expected to sign an agreement to expand its collaboration with another airport – 4,000 miles away in Alaska. The agreement, with Anchorage airport (ANC), aims to boost sales and marketing efforts at both airports, with a particular... more
Planet project celebrates kick-off meeting
Planet (progress towards federated logistics through the integration of TEN-T into a global trade network) has celebrated its kick-off meeting. Planet is a research and innovation project co-founded by the EU through the Horizon 2020 mobility for growth programme. With a... more
Matt McAluney joins Elemica as CCO
More changes on Elemica's top floor: in addition to David Muse, who has held the position of managing director since June, the network for supply chain optimisation has added Matt McAluney as CCO to its executive management. With his team, he will focus on building... more