Hupac launches new China-Poland service 
The Swiss intermodal operator continues its close cooperation with the Chinese Xian City Platform. After a first successful train between Xian and Milan (Busto Arsizio) in Italy in 2019, Hupac now connects the emerging Xian business region in Western China with Warsaw in Poland.... more
Turkish Cargo first to clinch CEIV hat trick
Turkish Cargo became the first air cargo airline to concurrently achieve all three "CEIV Pharma, CEIV Fresh and CEIV Live Animals" certifications, under the Iata CEIV (centre of excellence for independent validators) programme. Glyn Hughes, Iata global head of... more
Benefits from synergies
The Lithuanian private and corporate jet charter company Klasjet has added cargo services to its portfolio by collaborating with the Icelandic cargo airline Bluebird Nordic. The latter company’s newly acquired B737-300 will enable Klasjet to carry out cargo services... more
New link between Cork and Zeebrugge
The Irish Port of Cork and the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Navigation (CLdN) have announced a new weekly ro-ro freight service between Cork and the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. The new service, which began operations on 24 April, is part of CLdN's expansion programme which... more
Autonomous trucks operate at port’s terminal
Hutchison Ports Thailand has become first port operator in Thailand to pilot autonomous truck technology in its operations at Laem Chabang Port, Terminal D. The six electric Qomolo’ trucks - also known as the Q-Truck - arrived at Terminal D from Shanghai, China on 26 April.... more
Bertling Logistics appoints new CEO
Colin MacIsaac takes over as CEO for Hamburg-based Bertling Logistics. He follows Matthias Oehmicke who has stepped down as CEO for Logistics. Oehmicke joined the company in 2015 to streamline logistics operations and manage process-/resource-related optimisations. Now... more
Night Star Express Hellmann adds new service
Night express service provider Hellmann BV, has founded Hellmann Express Services BV (HExS). Launched in April 2020, the new company will provide courier and express services in the Benelux countries around the clock from its head office in 's-Heerenberg (the Netherlands), thus... more
Building up Panama's humanitarian hub
Panama's "logistics humanitarian hub" - one of eight designated by WHO and WFP (see today's ITJ 19-20/2020) - is working day and night to give Panama and all countries in the Latin American region access to the greatest number of medical supplies and food during this... more
Innovative tools for Termont Montreal
The container terminal operator Termont Montreal (Termont) is introducing a number of process automation solutions for its cargo-handling equipment fleet. Delivery of the order is scheduled to begin in Q2/2020. Termont is based at the port of Montreal in Canada. Its... more
Jordan: Sanitising the city, one street at a time
What was once a road sweeper used to clean the streets of Amman, Jordan, is now a sanitising vehicle helping to keep the city, which covers an area of 1,680 sqkm and is home to over 2 million inhabitants, safer from the coronavirus. The equipment used for sanitisation and... more