“Curiosity of the Day” 
About 300,000 letters per year are mailed through post offices in Loveland, a municipality in the US state of Colorado. Why so many? The senders all want to get a very special Valentine’s Day stamp. more
TT Club appoints new Senior Underwriter 
TT Club, an insurance provider for the logistics industry, has appointed Andrew Peers as the senior underwriter for its UK, Benelux and Nordic underwriting team. Peers joins the Club from RSA, where he spent 17 years and led a team of twelve marine liability and marine property... more
More cargo on the Danube
Inland shipping on the river Danube could be kissed awake from its beauty sleep by a liner service. The project is being analysed and developed in Vienna. more
Czech locomotives take to Slovenian tracks
CZ Loko is entering the Slovenian railway market with a delivery of its flagship EffiShunter 1000. The Czech manufacturer won a tender to deliver four shunters to the Slovenian national carrier Slovenske železnice – Tovorni promet. The EffiShunters will be deployed in the port... more
Changes in North America, continuity in South China
Starting today (13 February 2019), with its last Addis Ababa - Lomé - Los Angeles service, Ethiopian Airlines is to restructure its US network as of summer 2019. Washington DC flights will be increased from daily to ten weekly flights, the new flights will pass through... more
"Janus-faced" year for Cargotec
The Finland-based Cargotec group expects its 2019 operating profit to improve vis-a-vis 2018 (EUR 242.1 million). The company said 2018 was somewhat of a “Janus-faced” year. While order numbers rose in all business areas, the company was unable to achieve its financial... more
STI serving cruise ships in European waters
The cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) are vast. The largest - "Symphony of the Seas" can accommodate as many as 6,800 passengers – and they need food and a lot of other items. The service provider STI is in charge of the delivery tasks this... more
700 hoppers cars for hauling Russian cereal
The Russian manufacturer UWC will supply 700 hopper cars for transporting grain and grain mill products to Trade House RIF, one of Russia's largest cereal crop exporters. Wagon delivery is expected to be completed by the end of Q3/2019. The 19-9549 hopper car, designed so... more
Honold and Husqvarna establish partnership
The German service provider Honold has set up a five-year strategic contract and distribution logistics partnership with the logistics unit of the Husqvarna group, a Swedish garden equipment manufacturer. The latter now has in excess of 20,000 pallet slots for storage,... more
Strike in Belgium will impact freight business
A 24-hour national strike is taking place in Belgium from 06.00 today (13 February 2019). The whole country will be impacted by a nationwide shutdown of public services including schools, public transport and ports. Operations in the port of Zeebrugge will suffer... more