Four more airports to tackle wildlife trafficking 
Executives from the airports of Hong Kong, Munich (Germany), Sydney (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) have signed the United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce Buckingham Palace Declaration. They join more than 100 transport companies since 2016 in their fight against illegal... more
New president for Germany's railway industry
At the annual general meeting of Die Bahnindustrie, the German association for the railway industry (VDB), Volker Schenk resigned from his position as president after a four years’ mandate. “This year was marked by a focus on eco-friendly, future-oriented mobility services.... more
Pema joins TIP group
TIP Trailer Services, a provider of trailer leasing, rental, maintenance and repairs across Europe and Canada, has completed the acquisition of Pema, a company that rents and leases commercial vehicles across Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.... more
New member expands pallet network in UK
Sustained growth across EV Cargo business Palletforce in UK has led to Kent-based Express European Couriers becoming the latest major haulier to join the expanding distribution network. Express European Couriers is the twelfth new business to join Palletforce this year with... more
More cranes for Liverpool
A delivery of three ‘megamax’ quayside cranes from China destined for the Liverpool2 container terminal in UK has just been completed. These cranes are part the second phase of the terminal project to provide additional capacity for growing volumes of cargo. In the port of... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Barbie and Ken were named after the children of Mattel’s founders Ruth and Elliot Handler. more
Service over the Trans-Siberian land bridge launched
RZD Logistics successfully has transported the first transit container from Europe to Japan through the territory of Russia over the Trans-Siberian land bridge. The 40-ft test container, consisting of various groupage cargoes, departed from Hamburg (Germany) to the port of... more
Four new maindeck destinations in South America
Qatar Airways Cargo has announced a major expansion of services in South America. Scheduled B777F services to Campinas, Brazil (VCP), Santiago, Chile (SCL), Lima, Peru (LIM) and Bogotá, Colombia (BOG) will join its freighter network on 16 January 2020. The twice-weekly... more
Tillmann Fuchs to head communications at Vienna airport
Effective 1 January 2020, Tillmann Fuchs will succeed Stephan Klasmann as head of communications at Vienna airport (Austria). Klasmann will be in charge of rebranding the company in future. Fuchs, who has served as deputy head of communications since 1 April 2019, brings a... more
Unifeeder buys Singapore-based operator
Unifeeder, a subsidiary of DP World since 2018, has acquired a 77% stake in the Feedertech Group, a Singapore-based feeder and shortsea operator. The group’s chairman, Ali Maghami, will retain the remaining 23% shareholding. Financials details of the deal, which is supposed to... more