New vehicles to mine 500,000 t of salt in Ireland 
New vehicles for Irish Salt Miners Irish Salt Mining & Exploration has put two Volvo FMX 6x6 rigids into operation, where they will operate almost exclusively 460m below ground. The Volvos are being used to bring one tonne bags of ballast into the salt mine, as part of a... more
Qantas prepares for first A321 freighter operations
Australia Post's CEO and managing director Christine Holgate (r.) and Qantas' Group CEO Alan Joyce have announced an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement to support the growing demand for parcels. Marking nearly a century of partnership between the two... more
HFW to launch Monaco office with new team
The law firm HFW is opening an office in Monaco with the hire of a team to be led by partners Ian Cranston, Andrew Charlier and Marco Crusafio. The team, which will also include legal directors Ian Fisher and Ruth Monahan, associate George Kaye and trainee legal executive... more
ICTSI celebrates a successful first half of 2019
For the first six months of 2019, the Manila (Philippines)-headquartered port and terminal operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has reported its unaudited financial results. The revenues from port operations were at USD 751.8 million, an increase of 14%... more
Ulan Bator Railway faces a serious task
In Mongolia, the Ulan Bator Railway (UBR) has celebrated its 70th anniversary. The railway was established in 1949 on the basis of an agreement between the governments of the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People’s Republic. Since December 2009, Russian Railways (RZD) has... more
Trumpets and fanfares for Air Partner
While Europe’s festival season is in now full swing, the charter company Air Partner and Luxreisen, which specialises in the organisation of tours for orchestras, choirs and theatres, are celebrating 20 years of an exclusive partnership. The two companies look back on 130 joint... more
GAC appoints new vice president for Americas Region
GAC group president Bengt Ekstrand has announced the appointment of Pontus Fredriksson as group vice president – Americas, following the retirement of Bob Bandos, who held the position since March 2018. Bandos was part of the GAC group for 15 years, also serving as managing... more
Dachser to build hub in northern Germany
The logistics services provider Dachser intends to build a new subsidiary in Neumünster between Hamburg and Kiel in Germany. The facility will contain a cargo handling terminal for industrial goods and foodstuffs. About EUR 17.4 million will be invested in the project, which is... more
Pamyra expands into Switzerland
For some time now, shippers have been able to use the www.pamyra.de website to compare and book logistics services in most countries of the European Union. Now the platform is expanding its offer into Switzerland. Shippers can despatch bulky goods online from Germany to... more
HMM joins up two of its services in the APAC region 
South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine has linked its Transpacific PS2 service to its China-India Express (CIX). This way, fourteen instead of fifteen ships of between 6,000 teu and 8,500 teu will call weekly at the following ports: Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Busan (South Korea),... more