New appointments to the Baltic Index Council 
The Baltic Exchange has announced two new appointments to the Baltic Index Council (BIC), the governing body which provides effective scrutiny of the Baltic on all aspects of its benchmark determination process in accordance with the Iosco principles of financial benchmarks.... more
New service sets sail from Asia to the US Gulf region
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Maersk and ZIM have launched a new joint service from Asia to the US Gulf. The new service deploys ten ships of 4,500 teu capacity on the following rotation: Xiamen (China) – Yantian (China) – Busan (South Korea) – (Panama Canal transit)... more
New IT solution for Swiss carrier
Swiss rail services are efficient and reliable – just like Swiss freight transport: to plan, dispatch and deploy trains and staff, SBB Cargo uses the integrated standard solution IVU.rail from IT specialist IVU Traffic Technologies. The Swiss Federal Railways subsidiary is now... more
Tigers South Africa opens e-commerce hub as demand soars
Tigers South Africa has officially opened an e-commerce centre at its Johannesburg (South Africa) facility, as the online retail market continues to grow globally. The centre is equipped with the Tigers-developed Scanpak app that allows staff to conduct scan checks while packing... more
Nexxiot and Unilode launch joint digitisation project
Nexxiot, a Switzerland-based enabler of the digitised supply chain, is now an official partner of Unilode Aviation Solutions. The aim of this cooperation is to implement a globally unique project: the entire fleet of Unilode's ULDs (125,000) is to be equipped with Bluetooth... more
Rotor sail for hybrid vessel
The Danish-German ferry operator Scandlines is working with Norsepower Oy, a clean technology and engineering company which specialises in wind propulsion technology, to install Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on board the “M/V Copenhagen”, a hybrid passenger ferry.... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Theoretically, tiny diamonds may be formed from the heated vapour of tequila. more
New supply chain head for Coca-Cola in Germany
Tilmann Rothhammer is to become the new managing director supply chain und a member of the management of Coca-Cola European Partners Deutschland (CCEP DE). The appointment will be made at the next meeting of the supervisory board on 4 September 2019. Rothhammer will replace... more
First UK gas supplier to use Bio-LNG trucks
LPG provider Flogas Britain has become the first UK gas supplier to operate Bio-LNG powered Volvo trucks. The new trucks are part of the company’s 2040 vision to build a lower carbon future in the UK. The two FMs are powered by Volvo’s G13C460 LNG engines, which develop 460... more
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo to return to Zambia
In a fortnight, on 3 September 2019, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will reintroduce Lusaka to its full freighter schedule. The Zambian capital will be the thirteenth full freighter destination on AFKLMP’s existing schedule in Africa. After three years, Lusaka is being... more