Swissport launches pharmaceuticals label 
Swissport has launched its own quality label for warehouses that meet the company’s standards for the storage and handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical goods.14 facilities will initially be awarded a 'Swissport Pharma Centre' label. All of them are certified by the... more
Remote pharma re-certfication of SAS Cargo
SAS Cargo has completed the Iata CEIV Pharma re-certification. It was one of the first in the industry to perform a full audit of all its pharma processes remotely. The emergence of Covid-19 and its related worldwide travel restrictions, combined with the continuous need to... more
1,111th locomotive rolls off the assembly line
Czech locomotive manufacturer CZ LOKO recently reached another milestone when the 1,111th railway vehicle produced left the gates of its production plants. That vehicle was an EffiShunter 600 locomotive ordered by the Cepro company. The ceremonial handover took place in... more
Joint project between Busan and Barcelona
The Port of Barcelona and the Busan Port Authority (BPA) are jointly promoting a project to develop a logistics centre in Barcelona. This is the first joint initiative in which the two ports are working to revitalise trade and provide a stable logistics platform for companies... more
World trade keeps coming back
According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index published by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics (ISL) rose slightly in August 2020, seasonally adjusted, from (revised) 115.2 to 116.1, while the... more
More traffic on the Great Lakes
Every cloud has a silver lining. Although total shipments in the Canadian part of the Great Lakes are still down by 8% compared to the same period last year, some ports of the Ontario are speaking of progress. While the shipments of iron ore, dry bulk and liquid bulk... more
Crowned winner of the Cilt award 2020
Kerry Logistics has been crowned the winner of the Cilt award 2020. Organised biennially by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong (Cilthk) to recognise professional excellence and promote the best practice of transport and logistics, the award is... more
Assisting in delicate and emotional air shipment
After being removed from burial grounds in Colorado in the 1890's, eventually ending up in the National Museum of Finland, the remains of Native American inhabitants have been returned to Mesa Verde NP. Part of a global effort to bring artefacts back to indigenous people,... more
On the move again
Transborder freight between the USA and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) increased by 11% in July 2020. Total transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation valued USD 91.0 billion, up 10.9% compared to June 2020 and up 62.2% from May 2020 and... more
Shippeo and Redspher sign partnership
The Redspher group, which also includes Flash Europe International, has joined forces with tracking provider Shippeo. Thanks to Shippeo's technology, Redspher's customers will be able to see their consignments' status and their exact location in real time. With Shippeo, the... more