Chinese ebb in the port of Long Beach 
A tandem torpedo hit the Californian port of Long Beach at the beginning of the year. The total number of boxes handled in January and February declined 7.1% compared to the same period in 2018. Lingering effects from the United States’ trade war with China on ship calls and the... more
DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics expand partnership
In the USA, DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics, a provider in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, have extended their partnership to include ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution in 2020. The companies have signed an expanded multi-site... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
While wild salmon are naturally pink due to the large amount of shrimp in their diet, farm-raised salmon eat differently. In order to achieve that pleasing pink colour, salmon farmers add carotenoids (plant pigments) to the fish feed to mimic the natural hue of wild salmon. more
China believes in Wilhelmshaven
China Logistics first expansion into Europe will take it to the JadeWeserPort in the German state of Lower Saxony. The ambitions of the state-owned company are almost as great as the hopes of the port operator. more
Singapore Airlines renews, expands and innovates
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo has been re-certified under Iata’s CEIV Pharma programme since January 2020. Since 2017, when SIA was the first airline in Asia Pacific to be awarded the pharmaceutical product handling accreditation, it has been improving its pharma handling... more
Block train for zinc-lead concentrate launched
Transcontainer has assembled and dispatched the first block train with zinc-lead concentrate to China. The train from the Noyon-Tologoy ore deposit in Zabaikalskiy Krai consists of 62 40-foot containers. The Russian carrier will now put the connection into regular sevice and... more
Sweden goes paperless with e-CMR
Sweden has confirmed its commitment to move towards fully paperless freight by acceding to the e-CMR protocol, the International Road Union (IRU) reported. In place since 2011, the digital version of the United Nations convention for the carriage of goods (e-CMR) comprises 25... more
New structure for BVL's board
The German logistics association (Bundesvereinigung Logistik, BVL) has announced changes at the helm. The chairman of the board Robert Blackburn will not stand for re-election at the coming AGM. As his reasons he gives increased professional duties and the fact that he has to... more
PSI Logistics forms partnership with agiplan
The software provider PSI Logistics and the consulting and planning company agiplan are forming a partnership to combine their strengths and competencies. They seek to optimise production and networks with the aim of providing comprehensive advice to their customers.... more
Protective masks flying into Italy... from China
As part of the efforts to combat Covid-19, a first relief flight with nine pallets of medical equipment landed on Rome's airport FCO at the end of last week. The recipient was the Italian Red Cross that immediately forwarded the material to the government or distributed it on... more