ALC appoints Kirk Coningham as CEO 
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has appointed Kirk Coningham as its new permanent CEO. He commences his responsibilities at the ALC Secretariat in Canberra. Coningham was the national executive director of the Urban Development Institute of Australia until December 2018.... more
US railway provides solid help to industry
Norfolk Southern (NS) generated more than 60,000 carloads of new rail traffic in 2018 that helped 90 industries locate or expand business operations along the company’s rail lines in the USA. The 72 new and 18 expanded industries across 17 US states represented an investment... more
The latest from Zürcher Kies und Transport
The family-owned company, Zürcher Kies und Transport, is a prominent player in Switzerland’s heavylift and special transport industry. Although the company became part of the Eberhard construction group at the beginning of 2019, Zürcher Kies will remain an independent brand... more
First Middle East carrier awarded Iata CEIV Pharma...
Etihad Cargo has set a benchmark in the region by becoming the Middle East’s first carrier to be awarded Iata’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification in Pharmaceutical Logistics. Together with its cargo handling subsidiary, Etihad Airport... more
More about scrubbers and sulphur
The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), a group comprised of around 30 companies in the commercial shipping and cruise industries formed in late 2018, has contracted Maritime AMC (Mamcl) to provide secretariat services for the CSA. The latter wants to expand its knowledge... more
Mosolf expanding advisory board
The Mosolf Group is augmenting its advisory board with Detthold Aden, former CEO of BLG Logistics Group. Mosolf’s CEO Jörg Mosolf remarked: "With Aden, my company gains an outstanding managerial personality and an impulse generator in the logistics field. With his decades... more
Denmark eases pocket wagon ban
The Danish Transport, Building and Housing Authority has allowed Luxembourg-based CFL and TX Logistik (Germany) to resume the use of pocket wagons to transport semi-trailers on the country’s rail network, with immediate effect. Approval was granted after the authority... more
Agility opens new hub in Bahrain
Agility has opened a 28'500 sqm facility with 17,000 pallet slots in Hidd (Bahrain) to expand its warehousing, freight, transport and specialty capabilities and serve as a regional logistics and distribution hub. Costing USD 10 million, the new platform supports contract... more
Emirates adds freighter destination in Latin America
From today (16 January 2019), Emirates Skycargo is serving the Colombian capital Bogota once per week with a B777F that offers an overall cargo capacity of over 100 t. Bogota becomes the carrier's sixth cargo destination in South America after Buenos Aires, Quito, Rio de... more
Clarkson paints sceptical picture of shipping in 2019
Research undertaken by London-headquartered Clarkson revealed that the growth rate of the demand for world maritime transport rose by 2.7% to 11.9 billion t in 2018, compared to 4.2% in 2017. The ton per mile (tpm) growth, though, remains at an acceptable 3.1%. However, the... more