Antonov freezes turboprop project 
The Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is suspending its AN-132D multi-purpose transport project. The twin-engined turboprop is a new-generation version of the original 1976 Soviet AN-32 aircraft, but with no Russian-made components. The initiative was to be... more
Packing centre for Volkswagen is ready
Panattoni Europe has finished building the multi-brand packaging centre for exporting the Volkswagen Group’s car parts according to the requisite deadline. The German vehicle manufacturer will use the centre in the Jade Weser port in Wilhelshaven to send around 7,000... more
150 more roads than railtracks
For every new kilometre of railtrack, 150 km of roads are built. Germany’s road network has been expanded by 250,000 km since 1994, which amounts to an average of 192 km per week. In contrast, an average of only 1.3 km of new railtracks are put into operation over the same... more
Uzbekistan Airways increases network
Uzbekistan Airways has just received its fourth B787-8 Dreamliner. The country's flag carrier, this aircraft model's first customer in Central Asia, began commercial operations in 2016 and plans to operate six B787s by 2020. The fleet modernisation aims to adequately... more
Coalition on West African routes
Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (Bocs) and Universal Africa Lines (UAL) are to combine their forces on the West African trades. The Bremen entity, a breakbulk MPV shipping line, operates five geared MPV vessels ranging from 12,800 to 28,000 dwt, with a lifting capacity... more
Arpin Group appoints Bridget Ritchie to management committee
Bridget Ritchie, vice president global business development – corporate accounts, has been appointed to the Arpin group management committee, which is responsible for making recommendations and implementing the vision of Arpin’s board of directors. The committee also... more
"Teesport Express" marks extended Scotland service
PD Ports in UK, based in the north east, has celebrated the success of its second daily rail freight connection to Scotland, with an official locomotive naming ceremony at Teesport. Five years after the launch of the company’s intermodal rail terminal at Teesport, the... more
Bolloré Transport & Logistics opens first B.Lab centre
Bolloré Transport & Logistics has officially opened its B.Lab center in Puteaux (France). The new 500 sqm location aims at developing new solutions to accelerate the digitalisation of the supply chain by involving company customers in the process from creation ideation to... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
In the Hawaiian language there are 65 words for fishing nets, 108 different words for sweet potatoes, 42 for sugarcane and 47 for bananas. more
Speed queen of the freight gateways
The capital of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna has many nicknames, including ‘professor’, on account of it being home to the oldest university in the world, ‘fatty’, for its rich cuisine, and ‘the red city’, on account of its red brick buildings as well as its leftist... more