Against the pandemic and for plane spotters 
In response to the global Covid-19 pandemic, Volga-Dnepr Airlines has recently delivered oversized urgent medical supplies to two remote Dutch Caribbean islands. The call to action was spurred by the needs of the Dutch ministry of health, culture and sport to assist with the... more
Much space for large merchandise
Hermes Fulfilment Ansbach and Hermes Einrichtungs Service have inaugurated a new logistics hub in Ansbach (Bavaria, Germany). Spanning a total area of 76,000 sqm and costing EUR 90 million, it is one of Bavaria's largest recently developed real estates. It will be deployed... more
Fleet expanded – despite Corona crisis
Belgian construction waste recycling specialists Containers Maes recently received eight new Scania vehicles, bringing its Scania fleet to a total of 38 trucks. Containers Maes’ fleet is highly diverse and includes G-, R- and S-cabs, 13- and 16-litre engines with 4x2, 4x4 and... more
ZIM's new dedicated e-commerce product
The Haifa (Israel)-based shipping company ZIM launches a new service from South China to Los Angeles US West Coast. The name of the new product speaks for itself: ZIM eCommerce Xpress (ZEX). It will deploy five sprinter vessels and is designed to support time-sensitive cargo... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
"Mary had a little lamb" were the first ever words recorded on the Edison phonograph. Spoken by Edison himself. more
UTC Overseas appoints Jo Ann Zelaya
UTC Overseas, a global freight forwarder and transportation provider headquartered in Houston, Texas, has elected Jo Ann Zelaya as its new director of the rail, rigging and heavy haul team. Her credentials come from a 21-year career working for private stevedores, steamship... more
Royal returns from roads
Brisa, a concessionaire that runs more than 1,500 km of Portuguese roads, is now under new ownership. A group of investors from Switzerland, South Korea and the Netherlands have bought 81.1% of the infrastructure enterprise, valued at EUR 3 billion. more
ACS arranges hundreds of flights ex China
In the battle against the coronavirus pandemic Air Charter Service says that its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong have helped to arrange the hundreds of flights the company has booked to carry more than 20,000 t of PPE around the world to over 60 different countries,... more
Rail transport order to be executed automatically
Russian Railways (RDZ) is implementing a pilot project at October Railways to introduce smart contracts which will provide contractual support for transport and logistics activities. Such contracts are considered to be automatically executed when all their conditions are... more
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