Japanese carriers to end mail codesharing with UPS 
ANA All Nippon Airways and Air Japan are to cease mail codesharing with UPS effective tomorrow (2 February 2019). After the merger with ANA in 2010, Air Japan began to operate 217 cargo flights per week with a B767-300F/BCF. The main operating hubs for the cargo flights are in... more
Fedex delivers Super Bowl trophy
The professional football world is descending upon Atlanta GA (USA) in preparation for Super Bowl LIII. One special piece of hardware has already arrived courtesy of Fedex Express. The company was selected to provide safe and on-time delivery of the Vince Lombardi Trophy to... more
Tarros adds Marseille to GPS service
The La Spezia (Italy)-headquartered Tarros Group upgraded its Great Pendulum service (GPS), effective 31 January 2019. It ensures that Tarros is able to maintain a very efficient service network, with great reliability and stability. Danilo Ricci, general manager of Tarros,... more
Increasing rail connectivity in India and Italy
APM Terminals has introduced new rail connections between a number of deep-sea terminals and the hinterland. In Gujarat (India), APM Terminals Pipavav has launched a rail service to its Kanpur inland container terminal. APM Terminals Pipavav is one of India's leading gateway... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
American Indians did not communicate by smoke signals. A fire might be lit to confirm a previous verbal message, for example, but no one could waft a blanket over a fire to send up “coded” messages in puffs of smoke that others in the know could interpret. more
Senior management changes at MOL
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced changes to its senior management. The appointment of new directors and auditors is subject to approval at the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on 25 June 2019. As from 1 April 2019, the following appointments will come into... more
Telematics raises efficiency of pharma transports in Sweden
DB Schenker has started to deploy a telematics solution for mobile temperature monitoring for healthcare and pharmaceutical transports in Sweden. The service provider says the solution lifts the transport chain quality to an even higher level. Developed by the GS Group, the... more
Cleared and delivered
Passengers are not the only ones keen to get from A to B quickly. The forwarding firm Gerhard Wegmüller also wants its airfreighted consignments to reach their destination rapidly – which is why it banks on K & S Informatik‘s ‘cargo arrival’ solution at Zurich airport. more
More flat cars for heavy containers
After winning an open tender, Russia-based United Wagon Company (UWC) completed and delivered 60 flat cars on bogies with an enhanced axle load to Transcontainer, Russia’s largest intermodal container operator. The rolling stock is designed for carrying heavy containers.... more
Mobile harbour crane acquisitions in 2018
Liebherr Maritime Cranes sold 83 mobile harbour cranes in 40 countries in 2018. That gave the company an estimated market share of up to 66% in the mobile harbour crane segment. The major clients were, inter alia, Qube Ports in Tasmania (Australia) and the Belgium port... more