Carrier reliability better than expected 
In its latest global liner performance (GLP) report, the Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence lists the reliability figures of worldwide shipping for the month of April. According to this analysis, global schedule reliability declined marginally... more
Ceva and Emmelibri: new book distribution project
Ceva Logistics Italia and Emmelibri have signed a letter of intent to launch a joint project aimed at developing an innovative logistics and book distribution centre in Italy. The project envisages the creation of a joint venture and the signing of a contract for the supply of... more
Expeditors appoints new senior vice president
Expeditors International has named Kelly Blacker as senior vice president, global air. Blacker has held several leadership positions over her 25-year career at Expeditors. “Our air product is foundational to the global logistics services we provide,” said Jeffrey Musser,... more
Freed dogs look forward to flying to new home
In Wuhan and large parts of China, but also in Indonesia and Vietnam, more and more restaurants are striking dog meat off their menus. More than 70 dogs from a farm in South Korea that was shut down this spring, the sixteenth in a row of farms that have been closed since 2015 as... more
Canada: largest ever grain train shipped
Canadian Pacific (CP) has shipped its largest ever grain train. Consisting of 167 new high-capacity hopper cars, the train was loaded at Paterson’s Foothills Terminal in Bowden, Alberta, and then carried 16,313 t of grain to Alliance Grain Terminal (AGT) in Vancouver. The... more
Geodis supports rising medical company
The Singapore-based enterprise Labmed has entrusted Geodis to support the company's growing activity in new markets by delivering urgently needed PPEs from Asia to the Covid-19 'hot-spots' of Europe and North America. Geodis provides Labmed with customs brokerage, short-term... more
Kuehne Holding wants more say at Hapag-Lloyd
Kuehne Holding and its subsidiary Kuehne Maritime have held a stake of more than 30% in Hapag-Lloyd since the end of March 2020. The holding now claims a second seat on Hapag-Lloy's supervisory board in order to reach parity with the two representatives of the Chilean... more
US short line railroad invests in track inspection
Finger Lakes Railway (FLRK) is investing in TekTracking’s track software to manage all track inspection, maintenance and scheduling activities. The US short line railroad is based in Geneva, NY, and owns and operates 270 km of track from its headquarters. The railway has... more
"Warhorse Africa" ready for next "jump"
"Operation Warhorse", an initiative to develop a freight pipeline to bring vital medical supplies to South Africa utilising all-inclusive shared-space air charters, was launched last month as an initiative by the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (Saaff)... more
Transatlantic service to start from Cork
The Penn Terminal in Pennsylvania and the port of Wilmington in North Carolina will be the destinations of the new service to be launched from the Port of Cork by the Independent container Line (ICL). Ireland's first direct container service to the USA for decades will start... more