Purple island hoppers ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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For the second year in a row Emirates SkyCargo cooperated with Gargash, a large luxury car distributor in the UAE, as part of the latter’s involvement in the Gumball 3000 Rallye. Four racing cars were transported to Mykonos and then picked up again on Ibiza. more
Air and sea freight hub for Rhenus at Leipzig/Halle airport ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Rhenus has started operating its own business location for air and sea freight at the airport in Leipzig (Germany), thus expanding its network in the eastern and central parts of the country. The new branch has a direct link to the Rhenus group’s international network... more
APL reduces emissions ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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APL has announced that it achieved a 47.4% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per container transported per kilometre in 2018, compared to its base level in 2009. The result follows the environmental performance assessment (EPA) of APL’s 2018 carbon dioxide emission... more
Europe Net to cooperate with Guretruck ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The German-based ADAC Truckservice subsidiary Europe Net and the Spanish-based Guretruck will cooperate in the field of roadside supply. Europe Net will expand its Europe-wide cash assistance service and at the same time provide pan-European roadside assistance for 23,000... more
New head for UK bureau ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Eagle Ocean Agencies, which operates Eagle Ocean Marine (EOM), has announced that Richard Linacre, an experienced P&I professional with a broad industry background, is joining Shipowners Claims Bureau in London (UK). Recruited to undertake an important market liaison... more
Asky launches services to South Africa ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Pan-African Airline Asky will launch daily flights from its Lomé (Togo) hub to Johannesburg, beginning tomorrow, 15 June 2019. South Africa's financial and economic capital will be connected to Asky's network of 23 other destinations within west and central Africa via Douala... more
From Hamburg to Latin America ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd reports a change to its board. Chief financial officer Nicolás Burr will leave the company in February 2020 at the end of his contract to take over new projects in Chile. Burr was appointed CFO of Hapag-Lloyd in March 2015 and therefore... more
Rail/truck transload facility opened in Jeffersonville ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Distribution of malted grain for the distillery and brewing industries in the northern Kentucky region (USA) will expand dramatically with a new 33-railcar transload facility developed by Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) and malt producer Great Western Malting (GWM).... more
Dirk Max Johns resigns from management ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Dirk Max Johns will leave the management of the German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) effective 15 August 2019. He plans to devote more time to his lecturing activities as professor at Hamburg’s School of Business Administration. He will continue to serve the VDR in an advisory... more
Nippon Express Global builds warehouse in Shanghai ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Nippon Express Global has started to build a new warehouse in Shanghai Qingpu Industrial Park (China). Situated in the western part of Shanghai, Qingpu Industrial Park was opened in 1995 as an industrial park receiving key municipal-level industrial support, and its... more