LOT improves pharma transport options 
Qualified by LOT Cargo director Michal Grochowski as "a big step in our LOT Polish Airlines history", the Central European carrier recently signed a master lease agreement with CSafe Global, an innovative provider of active temperature-controlled air cargo containers,... more
Automated distribution hub for Dillewijn Zwapak
Dematic has fully automated the new distribution centre of Dillewijn Zwapak in Amstelveen (the Netherlands), the Dutch wholesaler of packaging solutions for flowers and floristry articles. The intralogistics specialist has installed a tailor-made solution with a driverless... more
Heavy haul freight train runs by itself in the USA
New York Air Brake, a US subsidiary of the Knorr-Bremse Group, has deployed its on-board energy management system to test the automatic driving capabilities of a freight train in Colorado, USA. Driving on an 80 km long test track and with locomotive engineers riding along,... more
Rémi Julien takes the helm at MGI
MGI, the French provider of intelligent loading systems, announces today, 3 October 2019, that it has appointed a new chairman of the management board. Frenchman Rémi Julien replaces Jaap Van Den Hoogen, who led the company since 2015. "On behalf of the entire... more
First LNG transaction with the BLNG3 assessment
LNG traders JERA Global Markets and Vitol have carried out the first Atlantic LNG freight swap based on the Baltic Exchange's BLNG3 assessment in a bilateral trade arranged by Affinity Financial Products. The BLNG3 assessment provides a freight rate benchmark for LNG... more
Veterinary vaccines from A(rgentina) to B(olivia)
H & M Air Cargo, which has a member of the UFO network in Argentina for ten years, has recently handled another delicate air shipment of perishable veterinary vaccines. The cargo was moved from Argentina's capital Buenos Aires to La Paz (LPB) in Bolivia for the Pan-American... more
AHS: two women at the top
Amélie Charisius will become the spokesperson for the management at AHS Aviation Handling Services. She replaces Martin Roll, who left the company at the end of September. Charisius has been managing director of the AHS group since October 2009. As a fully qualified lawyer, she... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
The largest known dish is roasted camel. To this day, it is still served at some Bedouin weddings. The camel is stuffed with a whole lamb, 20 chickens and 60 eggs. more
EUR 2 billion for digital transformation
Deutsche Post DHL Group has presented its new group strategy. Until 2025, the group will be spending around EUR 2 billion on digitalisation – this sum is already included in the planned Opex and Capex spending. The digitalisation investment is expected to lead to yearly run rate... more
Turning assistant to become compulsory for long trucks
The turning assistant is to become compulsory in Germany for new long trucks as from 1.7.2020 and for all other trucks as from 1.7.2022. According to the German federal ministry of transport (BMVI), more routes are to be added to the authorised network. This means that long... more