Baltic Exchange under pressure 
As Reuters reported in a recent analysis, the Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index is currently strongly affected by weaker demand across vessel segments. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels ferrying dry bulk commodities, fell last... more
Telemetry increases road safety for CN’s trucks
CNTL, the road transportation subsidiary of Canadian National Railways (CN), has selected ISAAC’s instruments’ telemetry solution to optimise CN’s road safety efforts on its fleet of more than 1,000 trucks. With the delivery and installation of the devices in all trucks in... more
Orbis Europe appoints new senior commercial director
Orbis, a manufacturer of reusable packaging solutions and an expert in supply chain optimisation, has hired Jürgen Krahé as senior commercial director for Orbis Europe. In his new role, Krahé is responsible for leading the commercial team of the company’s reusable packaging... more
Clean Intralogistics Net welcomes new member
Clean Intralogistics Net (CIN), which focuses primarily on promoting fuel cell technology in the intralogistics sector, has welcomed a prominent newcomer to its industry network: the Schaeffler group, an automotive and industry supplier, employs about 89,000 people worldwide and... more
Swiss serves Slovenia
Swiss Worldcargo has begun cargo operations to Ljubljana as of yesterday, 3 February 2020. The airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines which operates daily A220 (photo) and E190 flights between Zurich and Slovenia's capital, will offer a weekly capacity of 3.5 to 10... more
AEI: another conversion for Airwork
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract with Airwork to provide the New Zealand-based company with an additional B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft represents the 12th AEI B737-400SF freighter conversion for Airwork. All modification touch labour and... more
Ship registry begins next phase of development
St Kitts and Nevis International Ship Registry (Skanreg), which became operational in 2005 and has registered about 2000 vessels to date, is launching a range of electronic certificates. The London (UK)-based ship register claimed that this step will not only speed up the... more
PTC in operation across 98% of required Class 1 routes
In the USA, positive train control (PTC) is now in operation across the vast majority – 98.5% – of the required Class I route km according to newly data from the association of American railroads (AAR). The USA’s largest railroads had the technology now in operation across... more
New names for the international maritime hall of fame
The maritime association of the port of New York and New Jersey (MAPONY/NJ) has announced that five global shipping executives will be inducted into the 2020 international maritime hall of fame. The honourees, announced by MAPONY/NJ executive director Edward Kelly, are: Lisa... more
Torwegge expands to Poland
Continuing its expansion strategy, Torwegge founded a subsidiary in Poland at the beginning of this year. The branch is based in Poznan and operates under the name of Torwegge Polska. “Poland has become an increasingly important business market for us over the last few... more