Eurokai group feels blank sailings 
In Q1/2020, the Eurokai group recorded handling volumes of 2.67 million teu, a significant decrease of 10.2% compared with the 2.98 million teu in the same period of the previous year. The Contship Italia group generated a throughput of more than 421,000 teu, 9.2% below the... more
New sites along Winchester & Western Railroad
US railroad Omnitrax is extending its new rail-ready sites programme to the West Virginia branch of the Winchester & Western Railroad (WW). This project connects rail-served sites with customers in need of property to access the benefits of rail. OmniTRAX officials... more
Nokian Tyres adds supply chain leader
Nokian Tyres has hired Christy McDaniel as head of supply chain for the Americas region, a new position that will manage the tyre manufacturer’s logistics, supply chain planning and customer service divisions. The company opened a factory in Dayton, Tennessee (USA) last year... more
Humanitarian hubs and depots around the world
The UN Word Food Programme (WFP) has chosen Guangzhou in southern China and not the Alibaba metropolis Hangzhou (see ITJ 19-20/2020, p 14) as the place to set up one of its eight global humanitarian hubs. These locations form a hubs-and-spokes system that will route medical... more
DB Schenker transports Corona test kits
Logistics against the pandemic: DB Schenker currently ships rising volumes of Covid-19 diagnostic kits from pharmaceutical companies to public bodies and private companies all over the world. One example is the organisation of the carriage of several hundreds of thousands of... more
Two small and one big new aircraft
Founded in 2007, the Hungarian airline Fleet Air, whose Bulgarian subsidiary has registered three ATR freighters, has taken over two ATR42-300F. The medium-term goal of the regional airline, which carried out a comprehensive overhaul of its fleet in the late summer of last... more
SGKV: treat all modes of transport equally
Combined transport is one of the pillars of Europe's green deal for freight transport and the climate protection measures adopted by Germany's federal government. But how does one strengthen and promote combined transport? "Not by favouring individual modes or... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Ancient Rome was eight times more densely populated than New York is today. more
Reliance Partners expands senior leadership team
Reliance Partners, an American commercial insurance agency focused on logistics and transport, has named Thom Albrecht as CFO & chief revenue officer. Albrecht is a 32-year veteran of the transportation industry and served most recently as CCO and CFO with Celadon Group.... more
Challenging year for Röhlig
Owner-managed logistics company Röhlig continues to expand its worldwide presence. Philip W. Herwig, managing partner at Röhlig Logistics, explains: “We continued to build up our network in 2019 and were able to record encouraging growth in Asia, India and Latin America. But the... more