New chartering manager for dship Carriers 
Dship Carriers has extended its global team by appointing Ibrahim Khan as chartering manager in Mumbai, India. This will ensure further availability and enhanced services to dship Carriers’ clients in India and Middle East. “We are very glad to have Khan on board. In the... more
IAG Hangar 51 programme invites to Spain
In collaboration with Vueling and Iberia, IAG Cargo is seeking applications for the 2019 International Airlines Group (IAG) Hangar 51 global innovation programme. Start-ups of all sizes and growth stages from around the world are invited to apply before 2 August 2019 to join the... more
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
During an IMO symposium on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, concerns raised by the shipping industry were supported by figures from the International Maritime Bureau showing that the number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea region had doubled in 2018. There has also... more
From coal power station to logistics site
St Francis Group, a UK-based property development and investment group, has purchased the former Eggborough power station in Yorkshire (UK) for an undisclosed sum. Built between 1962 and 1970 the coal fired power station closed in 2018 and has been sold by the company Eggborough... more
First gas-powered truck in Memmingen
Gebrüder Weiss, which is based in Memmingen (Germany), put the region’s first gas-powered swap body vehicle into operation at the beginning of June this year, a move that will save the company about 20 t of CO2 per year. Nitrogen oxide output is 70 % below the limit for Euro-6... more
Achim Martinka named VP Germany at Lufthansa Cargo
Achim Martinka, previously head of the One Cargo project, has been named vice president Germany of Lufthansa Cargo. He succeeds J. Florian Pfaff, who took over the position as vice president Asia Pacific of the airfreight carrier on 1 June 2019. Business economist Martinka... more
Kenya Airways finds GSAs for new routes to Europe
Kenya Airways has appointed GACSA as the Cargo GSA in Geneva (Switzerland) with Swissport providing the warehouse element. In Rome (Italy), Air Cargo IAS has been appointed GSA and the warehouse appointment will be XPH. Both will provide cargo services for the new four... more
PISR complies with STCW
The Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has been recognised by the IMO as to fully comply with the International Convention on STCW. At the IMO headquarters in London (UK) in June, secretary-general Kitack Lin’s proposal was approved by the maritime safety committee (MSC)... more
New hinterland connection for Zeebrugge
The Germany port of Duisburg (duisport), the port of Zeebrugge and the Cosco-Shipping (CSP) Zeebrugge Terminal in Belgium have decided to increase their cooperation. The three companies have signed an agreement regarding the new rail link for combined traffic with the... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
28 minutes and 20 seconds: this was the time a radio command took to cover the distance of 500 million km between Earth and the Rosetta space probe, which was travelling through deep space until 2016. more