Davis Refinery finds rail logistics provider 
Watco will serve the Davis crude-oil refinery in Belfield, North Dakota (USA) as rail logistics and management services provider. The US refining firm Meridian Energy has signed a letter of intent to this effect with Watco. The transport company is experienced in improving... more
Contracts awarded for improving UK’s rail network
Colas Rail has signed three deals with Network Rail: a rail systems alliance contract, a signalling and telecoms framework contract and a rail haulage contract. The first of these orders involves the Rails Systems Alliance in the South, Colas Rail and Aecom, to deliver rail... more
Agreement on maritime data transfer
The cooperation between the ship tracking intelligence company Marine Traffic and the satellite AIS data provider exact Earth to deliver additional real-time information is now operational. The additional satellite data complements the MarineT raffic coastal receiver... more
Alaska Air Cargo's soaring seafood season
The 2019 commercial fishing season is underway in the 49th US state, and Alaska Air Cargo is now delivering fresh, wild Alaska seafood all over the country. Halibut shipping is up 32% to date, and the Copper River salmon opener in Cordova was celebrated with the first fish... more
Loxxess takes over logistics from René Lezard
The fashion label René Lezard has adopted a new strategy to improve its competitiveness. Its production has been changed from passive contract processing to a full-scale business and logistics have been outsourced. In the tendering process, the logistics and fulfilment services... more
Bolloré picks Eric Kalala as CEO in DRC
The new CEO of Bolloré Transport & Logistics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially assumed his functions. A Congolese (DRC) national, Éric Kalala joined Bolloré Transport & Logistics in 2003, holding positions in the finance division and the... more
"Monaco Maersk" sets a mark
The “Monaco Maersk” marked a new peak as the best loaded containership record with 19,284 teu on board when it departed Malaysia’s port of Tanjung Pelepas at the beginning of June 2019. These volumes on the “Monaco Maersk” eclipsed the 19,190 teu on the “MOL Tribune” in February... more
SIA Cargo opens two new pharma corridors
Launched in September 2018, Thrucool, SIA Cargo's cold chain service to transport high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical cargo with speed and reliability, has been extended to the airports of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Ho Chi Minh City... more
MGI integrates blockchain technology into its CCS
In cooperation with Thales, the French software company MGI has integrated blockchain technology into its Ci5 Cargo Community System (CCS) so that clients can act as trusted third parties when key statuses are validated for the release of goods from shipping terminals. MGI is... more
Joining forces along the iron silk road
Hellmann and the United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasia Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) have signed a letter of intent to expand their cooperation on the iron silk road. Their common aim is to further develop effective container transports between Europe and China, thereby... more