Going for the biggest offshore crane ever
The “Orion”, an offshore vessel of the Belgian company Deme specialising in maritime dredging and engineering, recently reached the port of Rostock, Germany. In conjunction with Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock, a large-scale project is thus entering its next phase - the erection of the... more
Ports America appoints new president
Ports America, the largest marine terminal operator and stevedore in North America, has announced the appointment of Peter Levesque as president. Levesque will join Ports America in February 2020 and will report to Mark Montgomery, who will continue in the role of CEO. Since... more
Irish food forwarder invests in new trailers
Virginia International Logistics, based in Maghera, Ireland, has added a new trailer from manufacturer Ekeri to its fleet. Specialising in food products, F.M.C.G, electronics, manufacturing and pharma products, the family-owned business operates every day of the year between... more
New logistics facility for St Modwen
GMI Construction Group has announced the completion of a new 9,660 sqm speculative distribution unit for logistics & industrial developer St Modwen in Burton, England (UK). One of the largest warehouse developments in the Midlands, St. Modwen Park Burton has outline... more
Xi’an – Gdansk overland in just twelve days
The first Euro-China train, running from Xi’an in China directly to Poland, arrived via the Małaszewicze land terminal on the Polish-Belarusian border at its final destination, the DCT Gdansk container terminal, last week. This new regular intermodal Euro-China train... more
CMA CGM raises USD 2 billion for internal investments
While reporting its quarter result of the current year, CMA CGM said that "the group has lightened its capital structure, which should help it to raise more than USD 2 billion in cash by mid-2020.” The sum is intended to extend the group’s debt maturities and reduce its net... more
ATC Aviation chosen by Sichuan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines, which took delivery of an A330-200F on lease from BOC Aviation only yesterday, 26 November 2019, has launched a new bi-weekly cargo service between Brussels in Belgium and Xian (China) and has appointed ATC Aviation Services as its GSA in Europe. From Xian... more
CN installs PTC on all required tracks
Canadian National Railways (CN) has successfully met the federal requirement to operate positive train control (PTC) on all 35 of its US subdivisions required to be equipped with PTC. This important achievement comes 13 months ahead of the December 2020 deadline. PTC is a... more
FTA strengthens multimodal offering with new policy manager
FTA (freight transport association) has appointed Zoe McLernon as its multimodal policy manager, a newly created role to strengthen FTA’s position as the only business organisation representing all aspects of the UK logistics sector. McLernon will join FTA’s 17-strong policy... more