Port of Long Beach launches incentive strategy 
Every container counts: The port of Long Beach is launching an incentive programme for liners to move more boxes. The harbour commissioners were to vote on a paper of the port’s staff saying that the competitor, the port of Los Angeles, introduced a successful incentive... more
New members for Cargoline's advisory board
On the usual rotational basis, the shareholders of the general cargo cooperation Cargoline (Germany) have elected their new advisory board. Ralf Amm (Amm Spedition, Nuremberg), Andreas Hartmann (Hartmann International, Paderborn), Heiner Koch (Koch International, Osnabrück) and... more
Silkway makes salmon fly
As of today, 27 September 2019, Silkway West Airlines will inaugurate a once weekly B747-400F service between Oslo airport (Norway) and its hub Baku. In the capital of Azerbaijan, the cargo carrier is operating an air cargo centre which includes temperature controlled and... more
DHL and Agility remain logistics partners of Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt, one of the largest trade fair, congress and event organisers with its own exhibition grounds, has extended its exclusive cooperation with forwarding agents DHL trade fairs & events and Agility for five years. At the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds,... more
JV to operate logistic hubs across the USA
In the USA, Anacostia Rail Holdings Company (ARH) and Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners (BBHCP) have created Precision Terminal Logistics (PTL), a jointly owned entity that will operate, build and acquire transloading terminals across the USA. Transloading allows... more
Green week in Barcelona coming to an end
In the port of Barcelona, APM Terminals has been celebrating the annual ‘Go Green’ event during the week of 23-27 September, which aims to raise awareness among the entire port community for the respect and protection of the environment. During these days, talks, workshops... more
Champ joins the herd
After developing new animal transportation solutions with the objective of improving the communication between the shipper, forwarding agent and airline, Champ Cargosystems has now joined the animal transportation association (ATA). The logistics IT solutions provider wishes... more
Simpson Spence Young bolsters suezmax team
Simpson Spence Young (SSY), an independent shipbroker, has strengthened its tanker desk by hiring two brokers to bolster its London (UK) suezmax team. The addition of Oliver Rae and Dean Abrahams brings the size of SSY's global team dedicated to the suezmax market to 17. Rae... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The longest sentence in a book has 823 words, written by Victor Hugo in his novel “Les Misérables”. more
GLS Austria raises its prices
Parcel services provider GLS Austria is raising its prices in response to the still ongoing increase of personnel costs, because the company is determined to maintain the current quality of its parcel deliveries in future. GLS Austria introduced price rises already last... more