Another round of mega carriers 
The Taiwan-based carrier Evergreen Marine has changed its strategy. Instead of a broad chartering plan, the shipping line now ordered 23,000-teu ships from three separate shipyards at a cost of between USD 1.4 billion and USD 1.6 billion. Thus, the plan to charter up to 11... more
Rail service Rotterdam – France launched
The Dutch multimodal operator Multi Modal Rail has launched a new container rail service between Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and the French town of Ottmarsheim near the French-/Swiss-border. Starting with one round trip per week, the shuttle connection is expected to swiftly... more
Origin Logistics opens Bursa office
Origin Logistics in Turkey continues to grow and has opened its sixth office in the country in Bursa. Bursa, a sea-port city and the fourth largest y in Turkey, is an important industrial and cultural centre and it has a significant share in Turkey's economic growth. In... more
Amazon prepares for opening of first regional air hub
Amazon's regional air hub at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW) in Texas (USA) will open in October. The facility is the first build-to-suit airport project of its kind in the Amazon Air network and was designed to support Amazon Air’s larger scale regional needs. It will... more
On the double: unloading and LNG-bunkering
In the Swedish port of Södertälje, located close to Stockholm, the world’s largest bunker supply vessel (BSV) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) “Kairos” conducted the first LNG bunker supply operation for the product tanker “Ternsund”, chartered by the Finnish fuel supply company... more
Frédéric Barra to preside council of development
Frédéric Barra, president of the port handling company Barra SNM, has been elected president of the council of development of the port of Dunkirk and Franck Gonsse, secretary general of the trade union CNTPA, has been appointed vice president. Barra was already a member of... more
New toll collection devices required for Czechia
Czechia will change the technology for the collection of tolls for vehicles with a weight of over 3.5 t, effective 1 December 2019. As from this date, vehicles liable to pay tolls will no longer be registered by means of microwave technology but with the help of a... more
DHL Freight opens freight hub in Hanover-Langenhagen
DHL Freight officially opened its newest freight hub in the Airport Business Park in Langenhagen today, 17 September 2019. The 8700 sqm transhipment terminal houses more than 86 loading bays, where freight for both the Europe-wide all-in-one groupage service “Euroconnect” and... more
New Zealand's Napier port enhances equipment
Napier port, the third largest port on New Zealand’s North Island, is currently developing a sixth wharf which, at 350 m long, will be capable of handling the larger vessels that are expected to access the port in the near future. Already hosting a range of vessels,... more
Latam Group brings relief plane to Bahamas
Medicines, medical instruments, sanitary and edible items were all part of the humanitarian aid transported from Miami (FL, USA) to the Bahamas on the humanitarian relief plane provided by Latam Group. It was activated via Latam Cargo after the passage of hurricane Dorian led to... more