Four musketeers for one terminal 
Container transport is increasing in comparison to bulk cargo. Duisburger Hafen (duisport) will withdraw its coal island from the market as from 2020 and build a trimodal container terminal on the site in cooperation with three international partners: the carrier Cosco Shipping... more
«Tremendous potential» 
Vasilis Karakoulakis is the president of Greece’s FDL Group, a leading national contract logistician. He wants to convince more companies to outsource their logistics activities and is aiming to expand into the Balkans region. more
E-commerce consignments to be carried on EMU services
Indian Railways has started a pilot project that allows e-commerce consignments on its EMU services. As a part of innovative pilot project, the carrying of e-commerce consignments of Amazon in EMU services commenced from Sealdah to Dankuni in EMU local (suburban services)... more
More LCL railfreight options on the new Silk Road
Cargo-Partner currently operates 40 FCL railfreight services und 15 LCL railfreight services from China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin) to Poland (Warsaw) per week. Now, the company has introduced additional direct LCL railfreight options from China to important transshipment... more
Maersk pleased with 2019's results
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based Based A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (APMM) has upgraded its expectations for the 2019 result. The optimism derives from the financials of Q3 and the updated outlook for freight rates, volumes and bunker fuel prices for the rest of the year. APMM’s... more
Turkish Cargo now ISO 10002 certified
Turkish Cargo has obtained the "customer satisfaction management certificate" (ISO 10002) and developed the cargo customers feedback management policy accordingly. Under these guidelines, various improvements have been performed on the reporting methods, related... more
Ship Money appoints Kimberly Oropesa
The global maritime payments provider Ship Money continues to expand its presence in the Far East with a new appointment in the Philippines. The company has hired Kimberly Oropesa to join its team in Manila. Oropesa has worked in sales and marketing since graduating in 2013.... more
KN is on course - only air freight falls behind
Kuehne + Nagel defied the economic slowdown and improved its results in most of its sectors of activity in the first nine months of 2019. Compared to the same period in 2018, the group’s net sales rose by 3.1% to CHF 15.8 billion, gross profit increased by 4.4% to CHF 6 billion,... more
First Georgia railroad in new industrial park
OmniTRAX has signed on chemical transport specialist A&R Logistics as lead tenant to anchor the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) near the port of Savannah in Georgia, USA. OmniTRAX is the master developer of the industrial park owned by the Effingham county industrial... more
Strategic cooperation as Brexit beckons
UK-headquartered Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is now the exclusive partner for all of Airbridge International Agencies' (AIA) aircraft charter requirements to and from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Working closely with GSA's Dublin-based team, the agreement has... more