United Cargo supports the troops 
United Cargo is increasing the frequency of cargo-only flights between the USA and military bases around the world. Last week the carrier began operating 40+ cargo-only flights weekly, using Boeing 777 and 787 to fly freight and mail to and from US hubs and key international... more
Open cloud-based solution without box
RIO's services are now available without RIO-specific hardware to customers with a mixed fleet of trucks. Carriers can feed data from other telematics applications into the RIO system using the mixed fleet bridge product. Once the software has been configured, the industrial... more
New branch manager for Mosolf Wilhelmshaven
Today, 1 April 2020, Inke Onnen-Lübben has taken charge of the Mosolf branch in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), where she will manage the group's entire product portfolio. Her tasks will include supervising the building of an automobile handling terminal for ship loading in... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
The Earth's reserves of fresh and salt water would be enough to fill the Baltic sea 1,750 times. more
From Panasonic to Amazon
The real estate company Reich Brothers announced that it has entered into a long term lease with Amazon for its 12,000 sqm facility in Salem, Oregon (USA). The facility was originally constructed by Panasonic in 2009 and is located on a 76,893 sqm site. The building features... more
Ro-ro terminal at Stockholm in the making
The last two of nine ramps for rolling goods have been installed at the Stockholm Norvik Port. Five were delivered to the recently newly rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the reconstructed Port of Kapellskär. The ro-ro terminal is scheduled to open in September and will be... more
Maskargo flights to fight Covid-19
MAB Kargo, the logistics arm of Malaysia Airlines, is working to ensure that Malaysians have access to much-needed medical equipment and supplies, using Maskargo flights and cargo space management of goods flown into the country, mostly from China. The initial movement... more
Schweizerzug adds China to its network
On 1 April 2020 Schweizerzug will launch a container train between Switzerland and China. The new train links Frenkendorf near Basel and Niederglatt near Zurich (Switzerland) with Xian in Shaanxi province and Hefei Anhui province in China. The door-to-door service will begin... more
Mixed results for Cosco Shipping Ports
There was a year before corona. In 2019, the Chinese port and terminal operator Cosco Shipping Ports witnessed rising revenues, which surged by 2.7% to USD 1.02 billion, but declining profits, which went down by 7.1% to USD 272.7 million. Nevertheless, adjusted net profit rose... more
UAE carriers upgrade cargo capacities
As Emirates ground crews around the world bid farewell to their last operating flights back to Dubai last week (pictured Prague), the Dubai-based air cargo carrier which is concentrating its entire operations to DXB, has unveiled a new schedule of "cargo-only" flights... more