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
American P&I Club appoints prominent maritime lawyer
In a circular to members of the American P&I Club, Shipowners Claims Bureau, (SCB), has announced the recruitment of Daniel A. Tadros to the position of chief legal officer, a key addition to SCB’s senior management team. Tadros will join SCB on 1 July 2019, following... more
Operating results at five-year high
The owner-operated logistics company Röhlig continues to grow successfully in 2018, as the current figures confirm. In the reporting year, the operating result (ebit) rose to a five-year high of EUR 10.2 million after it had been – as planned – lower in the previous year because... more
First Central Asian country ratifies e-CMR
The Tajik parliament has ratified the e-CMR protocol. Once Tajikistan officially notifies the United Nations secretary-general of its decision, the country will become the first in Central Asia to adopt the digital consignment note, paving the way for others in the region to... more
Turkish Cargo launches SVO service
Starting today, 12 June 2019, Turkish Cargo includes Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO), one of Russia’s major air cargo hubs, to its direct airfreight destinations network. Located just 30 km from the capital Moscow, the area is considered an important export and import centre in... more