Paris stays on course 
Just before the general strike that hampered public transport in France started, the ITJ slipped into Paris, where CDG airport, Europe’s second most important airfreight gateway, put on a rather insightful afternoon. more
Trucks on electric highway 
Spedition Bode in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, has taken delivery of its first Scania hybrid electric truck powered by overhead electric lines. The vehicle is a red-coloured Scania R 450 Hybrid. Spedition Bode is the only project partner to test trucks of this type in... more
Sats to operate second Saudi air cargo terminal
Sats Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of one of Asia’s leading providers of food solutions and gateway services, has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, which handles close to 40% of air cargo volume in the kingdom. The... more
An efficient rail 4.0 strategy requires key technology
The six largest associations in Europe’s railfreight industry, Allianz pro Schiene, NEE, VDB, VDV and UIP are convinced that a digital automatic coupling (DAK) is essential for guaranteeing efficient railfreight services. Together they presented the DAK charter at the 10th... more
Kerry Logistics wins Quamnet award
Kerry Logistics was a proud winner at the Quamnet outstanding enterprise awards (QOEA) 2019 for the fifth consecutive year, clinching the outstanding global 3PL title for the third year running. Presented in Hong Kong, the title secured Kerry Logistics' reputation as a global... more
Colombia greets largest ULCV so far
Coming from Asia, the almost 14,000 teu container vessel “APL Esplanade” recently arrived at Puerto Aguadulce, a container terminal, which began operations in November 2016 and which is run by its two major shareholders International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) of the... more
Hoyer Group and Dupré Logistics: joint venture in USA
The Hoyer Group has access to a steadily growing global network. Joint ventures are a central component of its consistent expansion strategy. With Dupré Logistics the group consolidates its market position on the North American continent. Under the name Hoyer Bulk LLC, the... more
Head of IT in position at Europa
The logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has appointed a head of IT as it embarks on opening its biggest facility to date, which comes with a raft of IT requirements. Chris Mitchell joins the specialist road, air & sea, warehouse and show freight operator with more than... more
CAAC issues validation for converted B737-800
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), a Miami (USA)-based passenger-to-freighter conversion specialist, has received a VSTC (VSTC0933) from the civil aviation administration of China (CAAC) for the p2f conversion for B737-800. The VSTC validates the original FAA supplemental type... more
UK: New system for rail and container network introduced
Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), have selected Tideworks as its intermodal solutions provider for their UK network. The system would transform operations and how the companies drive efficiencies, value and scalability, the software... more