“Curiosity of the Day” 
Caesar salad is named after Caesar Cardini who ran a chain of restaurants along the US/Mexican border. The dish was first presented to customers to celebrate Independence Day in 1925. more
Kerry Logistics signs MOU with Sitthi Logistics 
KLN Singapore, a subsidiary of Kerry Logistics, and Laos’s Sitthi Logistics have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to develop a dry port in the Vientiane logistics park in Laos. The dry port will be situated in an area of approximately 350,000 sqm and... more
New north-south axis over the Brenner Pass
Kombiverkehr, which is based in Frankfurt (Germany), will add a new north-south axis to its European network. As from the beginning of May 2019, the terminal in Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district (North Rhine Westphalia), which was inaugurated only recently, will... more
Three more locomotives for European network
AWT, which is based in Czechia, has signed a contract to lease three Siemens Vectron A17 multisystem locomotives. The locomotives will be handed over to AWT in the middle of 2019. AWT currently runs a total of seven multisystem locomotives, which are used mainly for... more
Port of Cologne welcomes first LNG bunker station
The construction of Europe’s first permanent bunker station for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is in full swing. The LNG bunker station will be located in the port of Cologne (am Molenkopf 1). With the opening scheduled for June 2019, the LNG bunker station will be the first... more
Flying aid to Mozambique
Over the past weeks, air cargo industry players have rallied to help Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique following cyclone Idai. Cooperation between the UPS foundation and leading humanitarian relief organisations is bringing urgent relief by land, sea and air. Network Airline... more
Award for US short-line railroads
In the USA, OmniTRAX recently honoured some of its short-line railroads for safety, culture and performance in the framework of its annual national leadership meeting in Denver (CO). The OmniTRAX “railroad of the year” award went to Brownsville & Rio Grande... more
Goodman builds for home24
After about seven months of construction work, the real estate company Goodman has completed a new logistics hub in the Star Park in Halle (Germany). The facility was built for the online merchant home24. It is the company’s largest logistics centre in Germany. “Our new hub... more
Weber strengthens its leadership team
With two new additions and one promotion, Weber Logistics has augmented its leadership team. In his new role as vice president, transportation operations, Jerry Critchfield will have overall operational and financial responsibility for Weber’s transportation division.... more
Port of Antwerp launches its methanol project
By bringing together various companies located close to the port to cooperate in the sustainable production of methanol – an important raw material– the port of Antwerp is taking the next step towards deploying alternative sources of fuel and becoming a hub independent of CO2. ... more