Elvis fosters warehousing 
Elvis, the association of freight forwarders, intends to push ahead with its “ware.house” project. The enhanced version of the members’ platform “blue.net” will be put online in May this year. The portal comprises a search and offer platform for warehousing facilities and a... more
EDI transactions surge in Thailand
Thailand’s international freight forwarders association (Tiffa EDI Services) recently achieved an over 220 times growth in the volume of EDI transactions handled since the implementation of Kale Logistics Solutions’ ping services on their “ezyCompliance” platform in 2014. It... more
Negotiations between Maritime Kuhn and Bolloré Ports France
In France, Bolloré Transport & Logistics and the Kuhn Maritime group have entered into exclusive negotiations for Kuhn to take over Bolloré’s port activities in France. This project could become effective during Q3/2019, after the social, legal and administrative procedures... more
DSC Logistics promotes Ken Heller
DSC Logistics, a logistics and supply chain management provider and a CJ Logistics company, has promoted Ken Heller to chief transportation officer (CTO), supporting the company’s transportation growth strategy. As DSC’s CTO, Heller will be responsible for advancing the... more
New director for the port of Rouen
Pascal Gabet is the new director of the port of Rouen on the river Seine (France), which belongs to the Haropa group. Gabet replaces Nicolas Occis, whose mandate ended in mid-March this year. Gabet was previously deputy CEO and responsible for the port of Rouen’s canal and... more
DB Schenker relocates to BUD Cargo City
Budapest airport’s BUD Cargo City is looking forward to welcoming a new tenant: Another logistics services provider, DB Schenker, has decided to relocate its airfreight operations directly to the Hungarian capital’s airport. DB Schenker has signed a lease contract to this... more
China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway goes ahead
Russia and Kyrgyzstan have signed a memorandum of cooperation regarding rail transport. The document underlines the positive development and effectiveness of joint action to conduct a preliminary feasibility study of projects for the phased upgrading of the Kyrgyz rail network.... more
TIL to become sole owner of MCT in Gioia Tauro
Contship Italia and Itaterminaux, an affiliate of Terminal Investment (TIL), have inked a share purchase agreement concerning the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of MCT (Medcenter container terminal). MCT is the concessionaire of container... more
Airline brings honeybees to Ras Al Khaimah
40 tonnes of live honeybees landed recently at Ras Al Khaimah airport (RAK) in the UAE on an Egypt Air Cargo flight from Cairo for the first time in 2019. Many customers of Al Najeh Honey and Bee from Sharjah (UAE) were waiting to welcome the bees and take them to various farms... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Female Adelie penguins exchange sex for pebbles which they use to build their nests. If the partner does not provide enough pebbles, the female chooses another. more