“Curiosity of the Day” 
The only fighter pilot to fall out of his plane and get back in was the nobly named Sir Grahame Donald. Trying out his new Sopwith Camel in 1917, he went for a loop at 1,800 m and fell out of his plane. Fortunately for him, the Camel continued its loop with Donald landing on the... more
E-truck sales launched after successful trials 
150,000 fully electric kilometres - almost four times around the earth: that is the extensive practical experience that truck manufacturer DAF has now gained with its CF Electric model by testing a total of six fully electric trucks within the space of a year. "We have... more
Don’t wait 30 years
Major shipping lines are facing agonising decisions concerning their choice of ship engines of the future and the concomitant fuel. In Hamburg we looked into the options’ pros and cons with Richard von Berlepsch, Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet management director. more
Ocean Alliance Day 4 product to take off in April
The executives of the CMA CGM Group, Cosco Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL have agreed on the launch of the Ocean Alliance Day 4 product. It will be launched in April 2020. Through Ocean Alliance, the carriers will offer shippers 38 services with a capacity of 3.8 million teu... more
Automotive logistics provider tests LNG trucks in France
In cooperation with Volvo Trucks and Iveco, Gefco has tested two trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) under real conditions in the north of France. Overall, the two vehicles covered a total of 11,000 km in two weeks. Compared to a diesel truck, the LNG vehicles achieved... more
Naomi Landman joins Damco
Saskia Groen-in’t-Woud, CEO of Damco, has appointed Naomi Landman as head of Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and network strategy to drive growth in 2020. The Netherlands-based freight forwarder will continue to diversify its service offerings, developing new air cargo... more
Seko Logistics acquires Air-City
Seko Logistics has completed its largest-ever acquisition with the purchase of the New York-based freight forwarder and cross-border ecommerce experts Air-City. Similar to the purchase of Good Ship International, which added depth and expertise to Seko’s corporate gateway... more
Auto Terminal Gioa Tauro fully in new hands
The Italian logistics provider Automar has recently completed the acquisition of the Auto Terminal Gioia Tauro (ATGT) by taking over the remaining 50% of its corporate capital from the German group BLG Logistics. The terminal, rebranded Auto Mar Gioia Tauro, will... more
Disappointing November results for Asia Pacific airlines
Preliminary traffic figures for the month of November released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that demand for air cargo remained subdued in line with weak international trade flows, with international air cargo demand falling by 1.9% yoy (6,455 million... more
Scheduled road haulage services across Southeast Asia
Geodis Road Network (GRN) is now established as a time and date-specific service along the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) -Bangkok (Thailand) axis, with multi-modal gateway services beyond these hubs. Furthermore, 2020 will see the expansion of GRN’s time-definite... more