US class I receives grant for safety upgrade 
BNSF Railway has received a USD 11,752 grant funding by the Washington state utilities and transportation commission for safety upgrades at the railroad overcrossing near Offut Lake in Thurston County. The US class I railway owns the track. The grant will help fund upgrades... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
Until the 1980s, it was illegal for a woman to drive a car down Main Street in Waynesboro, Virginia, unless her husband was walking in front of the car waving a red flag. more
CMA CGM launches Jeddex
The routes Europe and Red Sea from/to Kenya and Somalia's strategic markets are again in the focus of CMA CGM. The Marseille (France)-headquartered unit is preparing to launch its Jeddex service. The deployment consists of four vessels of a 1,100 teu nominal capacity each.... more
Ancillare appoints new head
Global clinical and ancillary supply chain provider Ancillare has appointed Deighton Liverpool to the position of vice president of global information technology and infrastructure. Reporting to Dominick Vietri, president, Liverpool will be responsible for delivering... more
Etihad Cargo plans for summer season
The freighter network of Etihad Cargo, the logistics arm of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group, is growing and will also be expanded to capacity-constrained markets that are wrestling with decreased PAX operations or travel bans in light of the public health emergency caused... more
More cargo per truck saves fuel and costs
By deploying a long truck and loading it with the maximum amount of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) supplied by transport packaging manufacturer Schuetz, the German freight forwarder Haaf reduces the number of delivery journeys for its customer BASF by 50%. The ecoliner... more
ID Logistics plans trimodal facility on the Rhine
ID Logistics is expanding one of its German locations as part of its worldwide real estate strategy. In the trimodal inland shipping port of Germersheim (Rhineland - Palatinate) the contract logistics specialist intends to set up a 23,000 sqm area for sustainable new buildings... more
Vessel crews in danger, says ISSA
Crewmembers of vessels could be the ones to suffer as ships find themselves unable to take on essential medical supplies and provisions as the extent of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic takes hold around the world, according to the International Shipsuppliers & Services... more
Red carpet for freighters in Amsterdam
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s (AMS) slot procedure has changed due to the global Covid-19 outbreak. Effective immediately, Airport Coordination Netherlands will not use the local rule 2 (LR2), judged "counter-productive" in the current "exceptional... more
Clecat elects Willem van der Schalk as new president
The general assembly of Clecat (European association for forwarding, transport, logistics and customs services) unanimously elected Willem van der Schalk (DSLV) as its new president, replacing Steve Parker (Bifa), who had been at the helm of Clecat since December 2015. As... more