Haropa growing globally, but lifting lighter boxes 
Haropa, an entity formed by the three French ports Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, is continuing to grow. This week in Paris, Haropa’s three director generals (from l.) Nicolas Occis (port of Rouen), Régine Brehier (port of Paris) and Hervé Martel (port of Le Havre) told the ITJ... more
DHL Express builds new hub at Copenhagen airport
DHL Express will make its largest ever investment in Denmark and the Nordic countries by building a new hub at Copenhagen airport. The 26'172 sqm platform, which includes offices and new automated systems, will be able to handle nearly 37'000 packages per hour, 24 hours a day.... more
Ivan de Souza joins Deugro group
Ivan Rodrigues de Souza has been recruited as corporate vice-president – sales & business development by the Germany-based Deugro group, as of 28 January 2019. He shoulders responsibility for the global development of the group’s global mining business and will be tasked... more
Container train covers 10,294 km in 18 days
The Russian company Fesco and China-based Zhengzhou International Hub (ZIH) are launching a regular container train from Hamburg (Germany) to Zhengzhou (China) via the Sino-Russian border crossing Grodekovo/Suifenhe. The transit time for the 10,294km long route is 18 days.... more
Central Asia after Central America
Qatar Airways Cargo has commenced freighter operations to Almaty, its second new destination in 2019. The carrier now offers more than 200 t of capacity each week to the largest metropolis in Kazakhstan. Arriving directly from Doha, the twice-weekly B777Fs return to their hub... more
Rapid freight railways 
Switzerland is set to invest around CHF 11.9 million in its rail infrastructure through to the year 2035. CHF 205 million has been earmarked for the freight segment, which is expected to be speeded up and accorded greater capacities on the north–south... more
New Effi Shunter 600 for Čepro
Czechia-based Cepro has upgraded its extensive rolling stock fleet with the addition a new Effi Shunter 600 locomotive made by CZ Loko. The unit is fitted with a more powerful 709 kW Caterpillar C27 diesel engine, and its main advantages are, inter alia, reduced fuel... more
Subic Port sets milestone in 2018
SBITC, operator of the new container terminals 1 and 2 at Subic Bay Freeport (Philippines), reached a milestone at the end of 2018 when the 200,000th teu was lifted. The ICTSI subsidiary has a capacity of 600,000 teu per annum. The 200'000 teu threshold was reached when a... more
Aercaribe revives Ecuadorian airport
Hard times came to an end for Latacunga Airport (LTX) when a first charter flight, operated by the Colombian airline Aercaribe Cargo, landed there last week. The facility, which has the second longest runway in Ecuador, had had no commercial flight operations since 2017.... more