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In France 185 million bottles of champagne are drunk every year – that is more than half of the world’s annual consumption. more
Innovative prospects
South African Airways is seeking its place in the industry. In this critical phase of its history the ITJ met up with Justice Luthuli at the Fiata World Congress in Cape Town to ask him about cargo activities, which he has been in charge of since spring. He was previously SAA... more
Turkish Cargo adds two Asian maindeck destinations 
Starting on 31 October 2019, Turkish Cargo will serve Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's cultural and financial capital, which has a promising import and export potential. The aim here is to carry spare parts, electronic and medical products to various countries around the world and... more
Hoyer continues to improve climate performance
As part of the internal corporate target to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% per tonne-kilometre, the German Hoyer Group achieved a 4% reduction of pollutant emissions in 2018 compared with 2017. This represents an improvement of more than 20% within scarcely a decade and puts Hoyer... more
Global port indices in August above last year's figures
The London (UK)-headquartered maritime consultancy Drewry has published its recent Container Port Throughput Indices for August this year, based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide and representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for... more
Panattoni comes to Munich
Panattoni Europe is opening a further office in Munich. With the branches in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Mannheim this is now the company’s fourth location in Germany. Five members will form the team in Munich, including the new colleagues Tim Hemmann and Moritz Arendt. Both... more
St Francis Group and iSec to build five new warehouses
St Francis Group, a UK-based property development and investment group and an expert in brownfield development and regeneration and its joint venture partner iSec have announced details of a major new development on land next to Markham Vale between Sheffield and Nottingham,... more
Mahan Air already increases Rome service
During the winter season, the privately owned Iranian carrier Mahan Air plans to introduce a second weekly flight on its service between Tehran (IKA, Iran) and Rome (FCO, Italy). Already when it launched this service last July, the company announced plans to increase the... more
China – Rijeka - Budapest in just 32 days
Chinese state-owned transport company Cosco has introduced an intermodal connection between the Croatian Adriatic port of Rijeka and countries in Central Europe. The new rail service extends the regular marine shipping line Piraeus-Rijeka Express Service between Greece and... more
Port of Barcelona celebrates its 150th birthday
The port of Barcelona has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. Mercè Conesa, president of the port of Barcelona, asked the state authorities of the Puertos del Estado to speed up approval of the new strategic framework of the port system. She said that this tool is... more