Clive's first monthly market analysis raises questions 
The global air cargo market saw a 4% year-on-year decline in the four weeks to 2 February 2020, according to the latest "dynamic load factor" market intelligence from Clive Data Services, consolidates data shared by a representative group of international airlines.... more
A good year for the Port of Trois-Rivières 
In 2019 the volumes in the Canadian Port of Trois-Rivières clearly surpassed the level of goods handled in 2018. A total of 4.2 million t represented a rise of 10% in comparison to the record of 3.8 million t of the year before - which was a record year. While solid bulk traffic... more
Cooper ‘triples-up’ with iPort Rail in Doncaster
Cooper has made a major advancement into the railfreight sector with a contract to triple the amount of reach stackers at a major UK railfreight hub. The contract, concluded with iPort Rail in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), will also see Cooper occupying a ‘purpose-built’... more
Twoflex moves towards Azul
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras and Two Taxi Aereo, "Twoflex", have signed a binding offer for Azul to acquire the Brazilian regional carrier Twoflex for BRL 123 million (EUR 26.8 million). Twoflex offers regular passenger and cargo services to 39 destinations in... more
Chris Heald will be regional director for North America
Network Rail Consulting (NRC) has named Chris Heald as regional director for North America based in NRC’s New York office. Heald previously served in leadership and management roles at SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit in the USA, Toronto Transit Commission in Canada and... more
CCS-UK: new ro-ro solution to help avoid border delays
CCS-UK User Group and CCS-UK (operated by BT) have jointly developed a solution to assist in the smooth movement of imports to the UK via ro-ro ports or the Channel Tunnel. The solution was approved by HMRC and Border Force at the end of January 2020, for use if there is no deal... more
“Curiosity of the Day”
Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484) was the builder of the Sistine Chapel and he was much enamoured of Rome's young male prostitutes, some of whom he promoted to the rank of cardinal to keep them close by. He created more cardinals than any other pope in history. more
Hoyer fleet expands to 50,000 intermediate bulk containers
Hoyer, which is based in Germany, has reached a further milestone with its 50,000th intermediate bulk container (IBC). The company has therefore more than doubled its capacities in five years. The stainless steel containers are used to transport and store liquid goods in the... more
"Tohoku Maru" enters K Line's fleet
Japan-headquartered K Line recently took delivery of the “Tohoku Maru,” a 92,000 DWT-type special coal carrier at Oshima Shipbuilding. The vessel is the same type as K Line’s specialised fleet for the transport of thermal coal known as the “Corona-series”. Nothing to do with... more
"Strong year" for DSV Panalpina
DSV Panalpina has released its 2019 annual report, commented by CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen: "Q4/ 2019 was in line with our expectations and we can report ebit of DKK 6.654 million (EUR 890,373) for 2019, an 8.4% organic growth on 2018. 2019 was a strong year for our company –... more